#VoteChooch - 2008 Topps All-Star Rookies #AR73 Carlos Ruiz

I am sure that it will be talked about more then it needs to be but Carlos Ruiz is scheduled to catch R A Dickey in tonights All-Star Ggame.  Chooch is a professional and if he can handle the Phillies erratic relievers I think he can do a servicable job with RA Dickey's Knuckler.

2008 Topps All-Star Rookies #AR73 Carlos Ruiz 

I love this card - These were inserts with 2008 Topps.  This was a year before the 2009 Heritage set came out which homaged the 1960 Topps set.  

It is a card of a player who isn't known around the league as well, but is loved by his fans in Philadelphia. The card honors the start of his career as he was named to theTopps Rookie All-Star Squad.  Tonight he becomes a full fledged All-Star as he reps the Phillies and the NL in Kansas City.  Go get um Chooch

1960 Topps B-Sides
 

2008 Topps All-Star Rookies #AR73 Carlos Ruiz (b-Side)  

Just wanted to show the flip side of this card - in the 1960 set in the bottom left they list a bunch of season highlights.  This is something I would like to see Topps bring back for the base set.  I would not want to see it every year, but it really hasn't been done (other than in 09 heritage) since then.

2011 Phungo Cards Carlos Ruiz - #VoteChooch

2012 Phungo #51 Carlos Ruiz

I don't know how often the update the All-Star Voting, but last week when I was at a Phillies game Carlos Ruiz was in 3rd place among catchers.

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Phillies Scoreboard w/ All-Star Voting for Catchers 2012 06 19

FWIW I really didn't have the right to bitch to much last week since I had not yet voted.  I don't take the All-Star game voting too seriously.  For me it used to be more fun when you had to do it at the ballpark - now that I can do it anytime it seems less urgent.  Sort of like how I blow off TV shows that are ON-Demand, then I never come back to watch them. modern problems. 

As I said I don't take it too seriously, but over the weekend I did go on and #VoteChooch.  Of course the rest of my ballot was a farce - Chase Utely hasn't set a foot (or bad knee) on the field and I voted for him.  A lot of times I just vote for guys from my area, but I had trouble finding one - Chris Heisey wasn't on the ballot.  I voted for Marlon Byrd (NL OF) just because I am pretty sure he was last spotted playing for an AL team (BoSox).  Chris Davis got a vote just for earning a Pitchiing Win in a game despite the fact that he is a position player.  They are like jokes only for myself. 

#VoteChooch

There are hashtags on Twitter to reference specific people, subjects, events etc.  One of the ones that has emerged is #VoteChooch to remind folks to Vote for Carlos Ruiz in the All-Star Balloting.  I am farily sure this is the first time that I have referenced a #hasntag here, and I got off my butt and voted - so  Twitter you have finally made a difference.