2007 All-Star Rosters

[dissent]

AL All-Stars

Starters:

C: Ivan Rodriguez
1B: David Ortiz
2B: Placido Polanco
3B: Alex Rodriguez
SS: Derek Jeter
OF: Vladimir Guerrero
OF: Magglio Ordonez
OF: Ichiro Suzuki

Reserves:

C: Victor Martinez
C: Jorge Posada
1B: Justin Morneau
2B: Brian Roberts
3B: Mike Lowell
SS: Carlos Guillen
SS: Michael Young
OF: Torii Hunter
OF: Manny Ramirez
OF: Carl Crawford
OF: Alex Rios
OF: Grady Sizemore

Pitchers:

Josh Beckett
John Lackey
C.C. Sabathia
Johan Santana
Justin Verlander
Dan Haren
Gil Meche
Jonathan Papelbon
J.J. Putz
Francisco Rodriguez
Bobby Jenks


NL All-Stars

Starters:

C: Russell Martin
1B: Prince Fielder
2B: Chase Utley
3B: David Wright
SS: Jose Reyes
OF: Ken Griffey, Jr.
OF: Carlos Beltran
OF: Barry Bonds

Reserves:

C: Brian McCann
1B: Albert Pujols
1B: Derrek Lee
1B: Dmitri Young
2B: Orlando Hudson
2B: Freddy Sanchez
3B: Miguel Cabrera
SS: J.J. Hardy
OF: Alfonso Soriano
OF: Carlos Lee
OF: Aaron Rowand
OF: Matt Holliday

Pitchers:

Brad Penny
Jake Peavy
Cole Hamels
Ben Sheets
John Smoltz
Trevor Hoffman
Billy Wagner
Francisco Cordero
Brian Fuentes
Jose Valverde
Takashi Saito



I'm sure there'll be a lot more complaints than usual this year.

[dissent]

And of course the candidates for online voting. All pitchers this year:

AL:
Jeremy Bonderman
Kelvim Escobar
Roy Halladay
Hideki Okajima
Pat Neshek

NL:
Roy Oswalt
Carlos Zambrano
Tom Gorzelanny
Chris Young
Brandon Webb

[Amazinz]

LaRussa screwed Maine. Maine is the type of guy who relies on the manager since he'll never get the fan vote. I realize the Mets had three others so that's probably why he was overlooked but it's not really fair to a young guy that really deserved it (IMHO at least). However, I am also OK with it since having a pitcher in the AS game is always a little nerve-wracking.

Did anyone see them fighting over Reyes on BT? Classic...

[Big Pimpin]

LaRussa screwed Maine. Maine is the type of guy who relies on the manager since he'll never get the fan vote. I realize the Mets had three others so that's probably why he was overlooked but it's not really fair to a young guy that really deserved it (IMHO at least). However, I am also OK with it since having a pitcher in the AS game is always a little nerve-wracking.

Did anyone see them fighting over Reyes on BT? Classic...

I thought the players selected the reserves now? Or at least some of them? I know during the M's game they said Putz got selected by the players... If that's the case, then the rest of the league screwed Maine.

(Plus the fans don't vote for pitchers at all except for the online thing.)

[Art Vandelay]

How did Chris Young not make the team? Hopefully he gets voted in.

Also, the one-player-from-every-team rule needs to go. One guaranteed player from the host team would be okay, but not one from every team.

[davidmarver]

LaRussa screwed Maine. Maine is the type of guy who relies on the manager since he'll never get the fan vote. I realize the Mets had three others so that's probably why he was overlooked but it's not really fair to a young guy that really deserved it (IMHO at least).

Lol. Chris Young, whose numbers dwarf Maine, is in the same situation.

[chipper]

Did anyone see them fighting over Reyes on BT? Classic...

Yeah....did you hear Kruck rip on Steve Phillips.

He said something to the effect of, "that's why you're a GM and sitting here with us."



I don't think they like that guy very much.




The worst guy ever put on TV has to be Orestes Destrade. Down right awful.

[Big Pimpin]

As far as snubs, I see Rollins, Hanley, Dunn, and Byrnes that got screwed... Who else?

[Amazinz]

I thought the players selected the reserves now? Or at least some of them? I know during the M's game they said Putz got selected by the players... If that's the case, then the rest of the league screwed Maine.

That sounds uncomfortable...

Is that the case? I didn't realize. And to be frank, I don't care. I'll still blame it on Larussa. He's like the rain.

[Amazinz]

Lol. Chris Young, whose numbers dwarf Maine, is in the same situation.

East Coast, Dave. Stay focused.

Edit: And 'dwarf' is just a tad bit of an exaggeration.