All-Star Rosters

[Star Man]

American League
Starters

Pos Player B/T

C Ivan Rodriguez, DET R/R

1B David Ortiz, BOS L/L

2B Placido Polanco, DET R/R

3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY R/R

SS Derek Jeter, NYY R/R

OF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA R/R

OF Magglio Ordonez, DET R/R

OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA L/R

Pitchers

Pos Player B/T

P Josh Beckett, BOS R/R

P Dan Haren, OAK R/R

P Bobby Jenks, CWS R/R

P John Lackey, LAA R/R

P Gil Meche, KC R/R

P Jon Papelbon, BOS R/R

P J.J. Putz, SEA R/R

P Francisco Rodriguez, LAA R/R

P C.C. Sabathia, CLE L/L

P Johan Santana, MIN L/L

P Justin Verlander, DET R/R

Reserves

Pos Player B/T

C Victor Martinez, CLE S/R

C Jorge Posada, NYY S/R

1B Justin Morneau, MIN L/R

2B Brian Roberts, BAL S/R

SS Carlos Guillen, DET S/R

SS Michael Young, TEX R/R

3B Mike Lowell, BOS R/R

OF Carl Crawford, TB L/L

OF Torii Hunter, MIN R/R

OF Manny Ramirez, BOS R/R

OF Alex Rios, TOR R/R

OF Grady Sizemore, CLE L/L


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National League
Starters

Pos Player B/T

C Russell Martin, LAD R/R

1B Prince Fielder, MIL L/R

2B Chase Utley, PHI L/R

3B David Wright, NYM R/R

SS Jose Reyes, NYM S/R

OF Carlos Beltran, NYM S/R

OF Barry Bonds, SF L/L

OF Ken Griffey Jr, CIN L/L

Pitchers

Pos Player B/T

P Francisco Cordero, MIL R/R

P Brian Fuentes, COL L/L

P Cole Hamels, PHI L/L

P Trevor Hoffman, SD R/R

P Jake Peavy, SD R/R

P Brad Penny, LAD R/R

P Takashi Saito, LAD R/R

P Ben Sheets, MIL R/R

P John Smoltz, ATL R/R

P Jose Valverde, ARI R/R

P Billy Wagner, NYM L/L

Reserves

Pos Player B/T

C Brian McCann, ATL L/R

1B Derrek Lee, CHC R/R

1B Albert Pujols, STL R/R

1B Dmitri Young, WSH S/R

2B Orlando Hudson, ARI S/R

2B Freddy Sanchez, PIT R/R

SS J.J. Hardy, MIL R/R

3B Miguel Cabrera, FLA R/R

OF Matt Holliday, COL R/R

OF Carlos Lee, HOU R/R

OF Aaron Rowand, PHI R/R

OF Alfonso Soriano, CHC R/R

Well, here they are ladies and gentlemen. It is mind boggling to me how a guy (Guthrie) can be 2nd in the league in ERA and 1st in WHIP and not even be sniffing the All-Star game.

EDIT: forgot to add link: mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2007/roster_league.jsp

[seaver41]

Valverde? Hamels? Fuentes? No wonder the NL always loses.

Does the NL really need three 1B? They should have Rolen in as a defensive replacement since Cabrera can't field for crap.

[Star Man]

seaver41 said:

Valverde? Hamels? Fuentes? No wonder the NL always loses.

Does the NL really need three 1B? They should have Rolen in as a defensive replacement since Cabrera can't field for crap.

Yeah, seems a little strange that they would have three 1B. Dmitri Young is in partly because the Nats need an All-Star representative.

BTW, (belated) congrats on 1,000 posts dude!

[seaver41]

They should have cut Lee and put another SS on the list since the NL SS is loaded. They need to select relievers better. Isringhausen deserves to be in it over Valverde or Fuentes. But of course he can't since he doesn't have 20+ saves. And Feliciano deserves to be in there in place of Fuentes. They should stop this "1 All-Star from every team" crap. Some teams don't have anyone good and a guy on a loaded team shouldn't lose a spot because of it.

[Fuck Mike Brown]

how is Holliday not starting?

[Ziggy/Franzen Troll]

sports.espn.go.com/mlb/allstar07/news/story?id=2920420

i guess fans can care less about whos better in batting average, RBI and HRs'

[Fuck Mike Brown]

It's all because of the New York bias. Beltran does not deserve to get in. Holiday does.

[Ziggy/Franzen Troll]

proxy.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/polling?event_id=2992

3 mets players on question 6

And cabreras pitiful batting average of .329 doesnt stand a chance against wrights .288

dont give me any s*** about fielding or last years game or you might as well not respond because you will just be wasting my time and yours.

but anything else i missed be sure to point out, i'd really appreciate it.

because i personally dont care who starts, i just care who is doing better as an individual.

[seaver41]

marlins2004 said:

sports.espn.go.com/mlb/allstar07/news/story?id=2920420

i guess fans can care less about whos better in batting average, RBI and HRs'

All of those stats are vastly overrated.

marlins2004 said:

And cabreras pitiful batting average of .329 doesnt stand a chance against wrights .288

dont give me any s*** about fielding or last years game or you might as well not respond because you will just be wasting my time and yours.

When fielding is no longer part of the game, I won't give you crap about it anymore.

[Fuck Mike Brown]

most fans who voted probably did not take the fielding into account. The reason why Wright is starting is because of all of the New York fans, and how ESPN jams New York players down our throats. You can't tell me that if Miguel was on the Mets and Wright on the Marlins that Wright would be starting. He's a great player, but Cabrera has been better

[#1 Jays Fan]

how is Halladay not on

[Ziggy/Franzen Troll]

seaver41 said:

marlins2004 said:

sports.espn.go.com/mlb/allstar07/news/story?id=2920420

i guess fans can care less about whos better in batting average, RBI and HRs'

All of those stats are vastly overrated.

marlins2004 said:

And cabreras pitiful batting average of .329 doesnt stand a chance against wrights .288

dont give me any s*** about fielding or last years game or you might as well not respond because you will just be wasting my time and yours.

When fielding is no longer part of the game, I won't give you crap about it anymore.

ahahahahahhahaahhahahaha when someone comes up to bat, you know what the TV broadcast shows?

AVG, HR, RBI, IN THAT ORDER

oh and hes 2nd in SLG% in the NL too, so i guess thats overrated too since hes good in that catagory, omg obp ownz all.

[cardsfan643]

Isringhausen should be in, Fuentes out. Maine should be in, Sheets out.

[#1 Jays Fan]

nice to see the O-Dog in the all star game.

[diehardmetsfan]

tigerwoods3 said:

It's all because of the New York bias. Beltran does not deserve to get in. Holiday does.

i'm tired of this sh.it, i'm not gonna sit here and apologize because my team has more fans and is a bigger market than yours...you can say what you want, but the mets do deserve to be there, they're leading their division and these 3 are a huge reason why....plus, beltran and wright both had huge all-star games last year and beltran was set up to be the MVP until cabrera couldnt field his position and hoffman choked and it's also good b/c beltran is getting hot now, having 2 multi-homer games, back to back...