All-Stars

[Pogotheostrich]

Voting ends tonight and teams are announced Sunday.
I'm really curious about how some things are going to turn out.

NL 1B: Pujols, Gonzalez and Fielder are all in the NL top 5 for HR and OPS. Plus I have to figure Howard is going since Manuel is the manager.

AL 1B: Youk and Tex have been flip flopping from 1st to 2nd in the votes. Chances are both are going but what does that mean for M-Cab, Mourneau, Pena and Branyan?

AL 2B: Kinsler, Hill and Cano are all having great seasons but Pedroia might be voted in.

[Ender]

If Ryan Howard makes the all star game over any of those guys I'll be pretty pissed. He really isn't in the same league as any of them this season with an OPS under .900.

[bigh0rt]

If Ryan Howard makes the all star game over any of those guys I'll be pretty pissed. He really isn't in the same league as any of them this season with an OPS under .900.

This is, of course, presuming that the All-Star Game is designed for players who have had the best April/May/June of this season, which is debatable. We should start a thread about this...

[Pogotheostrich]

If Ryan Howard makes the all star game over any of those guys I'll be pretty pissed. He really isn't in the same league as any of them this season with an OPS under .900.

This is, of course, presuming that the All-Star Game is designed for players who have had the best April/May/June of this season, which is debatable. We should start a thread about this...

Well, it isn't like Gonzalez and Fielder came out of nowhere. They both have a pretty good track record.
But there is no way I see Ryan Howard being left off the All-Star team. Manuel is his manager and he is from St. Louis. 4 1B would not shock me.

[AussieDodger]

Hopefully the NL can continue their recent dominance of this.

Oh wait...............

[Pogotheostrich]

Looks like all 4 NL 1B made it.

National League

C Yadier Molina, STL
1B Albert Pujols, STL
2B Chase Utley, PHI
SS Hanley Ramirez, FLA
3B David Wright, NYM
OF Carlos Beltran, NYM
OF Ryan Braun, MIL
OF Raul Ibanez, PHI

P Heath Bell, SD
P Chad Billingsley, LAD
P Jonathan Broxton, LAD
P Matt Cain, SF
P Francisco Cordero, CIN
P Ryan Franklin, STL
P Dan Haren, ARI
P Josh Johnson, FLA
P Ted Lilly, CHC
P Tim Lincecum, SF
P Jason Marquis, COL
P Francisco Rodriguez, NYM
P Johan Santana, NYM

C Brian McCann, ATL
1B Prince Fielder, MIL
1B Adrian Gonzalez, SD
1B Ryan Howard, PHI
2B Orlando Hudson, LAD
2B Freddy Sanchez, PIT
SS Miguel Tejada, HOU
3B Ryan Zimmerman, WSH
OF Brad Hawpe, COL
OF Hunter Pence, HOU
OF Justin Upton, ARI

[AussieDodger]

P Jason Marquis, COL

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Pogotheostrich]

P Jason Marquis, COL

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The really sad part is that he isn't the only Rockie so they didn't have to take him.

[AussieDodger]

P Jason Marquis, COL

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The really sad part is that he isn't the only Rockie so they didn't have to take him.

Yep, I wouldn't have laughed if Brad Hawpe wasn't there.

[Pogotheostrich]

American League

C Joe Mauer, MIN
1B Mark Teixeira, NYY
2B Dustin Pedroia, BOS
SS Derek Jeter, NYY
3B Evan Longoria, TB
OF Jason Bay, BOS
OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA
OF Josh Hamilton, TEX

P Andrew Bailey, OAK
P Josh Beckett, BOS
P Mark Buehrle, CWS
P Brian Fuentes, LAA
P Zack Greinke, KC
P Roy Halladay, TOR
P Felix Hernandez, SEA
P Edwin Jackson, DET
P Joe Nathan, MIN
P Jonathan Papelbon, BOS
P Mariano Rivera, NYY
P Justin Verlander, DET
P Tim Wakefield, BOS

C Victor Martinez, CLE
1B Justin Morneau, MIN
1B Kevin Youkilis, BOS
2B Aaron Hill, TOR
SS Jason Bartlett, TB
3B Michael Young, TEX
OF Carl Crawford, TB
OF Curtis Granderson, DET
OF Torii Hunter, LAA
OF Adam Jones, BAL
OF Ben Zobrist, TB