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where did all the people go who love Baseball? well the All-Star will be played at Houston one week from now - and roster has been announced.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

AL Starters

Pos Player B/T Age Games AVG HR RBIs
C Ivan Rodriguez, DET R/R 32 11 .376 10 57
1B Jason Giambi, NYY L/R 33 5 .239 11 31
2B Alfonso Soriano, TEX R/R 28 3 .292 13 48
3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY R/R 28 7 .276 19 50
SS Derek Jeter, NYY R/R 30 6 .273 13 40
OF Manny Ramirez, BOS R/R 32 6 .342 22 63
OF Vladimir Guerrero, ANA R/R 28 5 .345 20 71
OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA L/R 30 4 .319 3 30

AL Pitchers

Pos Player B/T Age Games W-L ERA
SP Tim Hudson, OAK R/R 28 1 7-3 2.98
SP Ted Lilly, TOR L/L 28 1 7-4 4.04
SP Esteban Loaiza, CWS R/R 32 2 8-4 4.37
SP Mark Mulder, OAK L/L 26 2 10-2 2.90
SP Kenny Rogers, TEX L/L 39 2 11-2 3.42
SP C.C. Sabathia, CLE L/L 23 1 5-3 2.77
SP Curt Schilling, BOS R/R 37 4 11-4 3.08

AL Bullpen
Pos Player B/T Age Games SV ERA
RP Francisco Cordero, TEX R/R 29 1 24 1.85
RP Tom Gordon, NYY R/R 36 2 2 1.51
RP Joe Nathan, MIN R/R 29 1 23 1.19
RP Mariano Rivera, NYY R/R 34 4 29 0.86
RP Francisco Rodriguez, ANA R/R 22 1 7 1.04

AL Reserves
Pos Player B/T Age Games AVG HR RBIs
C Victor Martinez, CLE S/R 25 1 .299 12 60
1B Ken Harvey, KC R/R 24 1 .330 9 33
1B David Ortiz, BOS L/L 28 1 .306 22 76
2B Ron Belliard, CLE R/R 29 1 .317 5 34
3B Hank Blalock, TEX L/R 23 2 .313 21 57
SS Carlos Guillen, DET S/R 28 1 .328 11 57
SS Miguel Tejada, BAL R/R 28 2 .315 15 69
SS Michael Young, TEX R/R 27 1 .330 11 48
OF Carl Crawford, TB L/L 22 1 .317 3 30
OF Matt Lawton, CLE L/R 32 2 .315 13 47
OF Gary Sheffield, NYY R/R 33 8 .298 13 53

NATIONAL LEAGUE

NL Starters
Pos Player B/T Age Games AVG HR RBIs
C Mike Piazza, NYM R/R 33 10 .312 16 39
1B Albert Pujols, STL R/R 24 3 .304 21 57
2B Jeff Kent, HOU R/R 34 4 .293 10 52
3B Scott Rolen, STL R/R 29 3 .342 18 77
SS Edgar Renteria, STL R/R 28 4 .287 4 34
OF Barry Bonds, SF 39 L/L 12 .354 22 45
OF Ken Griffey, CIN L/L 34 11 .244 19 35
OF Sammy Sosa, CHC R/R 35 7 .276 14 33

NL Pitchers
Pos Player B/T Age Games W-L ERA
SP Roger Clemens, HOU R/R 41 9 10-2 2.63
SP Tom Glavine, NYM L/L 38 6 7-5 2.16
SP Livan Hernandez, MON R/R 29 1 6-7 3.23
SP Randy Johnson, ARI R/L 40 8 9-6 3.04
SP Carl Pavano, FLA R/R 28 1 9-3 2.92
SP Jason Schmidt, SF R/R 31 2 10-2 2.61
SP Ben Sheets, MIL R/R 25 2 7-5 2.58
SP Carlos Zambrano, CHC S/R 23 1 9-3 2.41

NL Bullpen
Pos Player B/T Age Games SV ERA
RP Armando Benitez, FLA R/R 32 1 26 1.11
RP Eric Gagne, LA R/R 28 3 21 1.54
RP Danny Graves, CIN R/R 30 2 31 3.02
RP Danny Kolb, MIL R/R 29 1 24 0.87

NL Reserves

Pos Player B/T Age Games AVG HR RBIs
C Johnny Estrada, ATL S/R 28 1 .328 4 45
1B Sean Casey, CIN L/R 30 3 .352 15 54
1B Todd Helton, COL L/L 30 5 .352 15 53
1B Jim Thome, PHI L/R 33 4 .298 27 58
2B Mark Loretta, SD R/R 32 1 .321 6 33
3B Mike Lowell, FLA R/R 30 3 .301 19 51
SS Barry Larkin, CIN R/R 40 12 .294 4 30
SS Jack Wilson, PIT R/R 26 1 .340 7 33
OF Moises Alou, CHC R/R 38 5 .287 19 49
OF Carlos Beltran, HOU# S/R 27 1 .281 19 58
OF Lance Berkman, HOU S/L 28 3 .305 16 59
OF Miguel Cabrera, FLA R/R 21 1 .288 19 54

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i hope to see input about the All-Star selection from y’all.

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well - here it goes - my thoughts

NL is first because thats the only league that matters - lol

Mike Piazza... get ready - the rocket will be launching his arsenals at you... :p

Pujols? Thome? Casey (He's Injured does that mean someone will replace him?)? Helton? Cant go wrong with either of them this year. Some say Thome should start but I say Albert should start.

Kent.. Good pick but hes injured. Im sure he'll play this game though but what if he doesnt? Loretta starting? How about Tony Womack makes the team?

There's a good reason Larkin made it.. The SS position is weak and he's had a decent year and it's his last so why not have him? Even as a Cardinals fan Jack Wilson should be starting but Id still take Renteria over the long haul.

At 3B it's a no brainer Rolen should start, but McKeon picked Lowell over Ramirez and Beltre who are both having all-star type years IMHO. Ramirez got shafted but I think he takes the Final Vote spot anyways.

Barry Bonds.. Good.. Ken Griffey Jr.. Good.. Sammy Sosa.. YEAH BABY! - Berkman should be starting but I'll take those three in my outfield anyday of the week. Alou? Granted he was on fire and basically carried the Cubs but he still has worse numbers than Edmonds - Berkman as I stated should be a starter but can't go wrong with Sammy. Beltran gets selected but he can't play, therefore taking a spot away from someone who deserves that spot even though it's not Carlos' fault (J.D. Drew, Bobby Abreu, Steve Finley, Jim Edmonds just to name a few). I'm glad Cabrera got selected too.

Johnny Estrada as the back up catcher. That's fine with me.

The Starting pitchers are all fine with me as well except I dunno how much consideration Chris Carpenter recieved but that's alright.

Relievers are fine with me as well I guess.

I'm happy with this NL team - there's always gonna be snubs but you have to deal with it!

I could have made this post longer to state some points but I decided I'd shut up!

here goes AL - the Yankees bias some would say.

Tom Gordon? My God is this Torre the most biased man in the world? At least Mckeon's guys deserved to go - How about Foulke, Guardado or Rincon? Shingo has a better ERA, better WHIP. He hasn't blown a save while Gordon has blown 2. Shingo is 4-0. Gordon is 2-3. How does Gordon celebrate this selection? By giving up the game winning homerun to Ty Wiggington for the Mets, as they sweep the Yanks. GJ Joe. GJ. You look real smart with that pick.

There are tons more pitchers who deserve it more than him - you better slip something in Giambi's food like a parasite so he can't play again. Thomas, Hafner, Konerko. Sure put in Ted Lilly, you're former pitcher. Who cares about the ERA. forget Frasor. Torre was quoted " I love to see the looks on the guys faces when they make it to the team for the first time." BS. BS. BS. then quit bringing in your boys. HEY you're in the AL EAST. Don't just gloss over Melvin Mora.

MLB just screwing the White Sox over again. No one cares for the Sox at all. Sure make the 32nd vote include both Sox players just to split the vote 50/50.

Giambi. just step down and do us a favor - David Ortiz deserved to be starter at 1B.