This is even more meaningless than the HoF voting.

by the players, not Francona.

I’m still not sure who was Francona’s picks. Nothing wrong with picking Drew, if it was his call. That would mean that he didn’t have a pitching selection – which I think was the case because he’d probably have gone with Lester or Dice-K first.

Personally I think Longoria is the pick for the final spot, followed by Dye and then Giambi. If you think about it as an “MVP” type choice, that ordering is pretty obvious, IMHO.

Varitek and his OPS+ 73 was picked.