Wasn’t Mike Schmidt voted to the all-star team, despite being on the DL list? It was so long ago, I forget. But it HAS always been a popularity contest. I used to respect the all-pro team in the NFL much more, because the players only got to vote. THEY knew who deserved to be there.
Wasn’t Mike Schmidt voted to the all-star team, despite being on the DL list?That actually happened in 1989 . . . . after Schmidt decided to retire earlier in the season. (He did it pretty much because he realised he wasn't Mike Schmidt anymore, even if he was leading the National League in RBIs at the time he retired.)