[UKCAT5FAN]

I personally think that all 12 need to be voted on instead of picking 2 if you are the coach. When a coach picks his buddies little boy in stead of a kid who can really play ... it just seems like it hurts the team and the other kids who deserve to be there.
Just my opinion, thats all.

That's why it is important to select the right coach for the job. I like the 10 vote process because (if you have the right coach) the coach can assess the talent and decide on what he needs to have a complete baseball team. I think baseball is so strategic sometimes that its good for a good coach to be able to fill voids. In baseball a coach may need a kid who can only do a certain skill or have a certain talent or maybe have a certain characteristic like speed. A coach may also decide that he needs a kid with a great attitude who is going to get the boys fired up and keep their spirits high but can still play good baseball. People who vote on all-stars usually vote on the most talented kid or the most talented pitcher. Its good for a coach to be able to fill 2 roster spots with whatever he/she believes he/she needs to be successful, more so in baseball than any other sport and I might even feel differently about this process in sports other than baseball. Maybe there were several kids who have great talent but didn't make the top ten, with this process the coach can decide what players are needed on that specific team and add them to the roster. That is why it is extremely important to pick the right coach and not pick someone who is not going to play politics and someone who deserves to be the coach because of his coaching skills and not for ANY other reason such as friendship or favors. I think you see more politics played in the coaching selection than you do in the player selection.....that's a whole other argument though. These are just my opinions on this matter.