Posted on 06/30/2011 1:06:08 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson
Tonight at midnight is the deadline for voting for baseball All-Stars. (Pitchers and reserves named later.) Each roster gets 34 players, and every team must be represented. What are your picks? Here are mine, with starter mentioned first, then the reserves (HM = Honorable Mention). I look at this year's performance, of course, but also factor in last year and career:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
C: McCann, Molina
1B: Fielder, Votto, Morse
2B: Weeks, Phillips
SS: Reyes, Tulowitzki, Castro
3B: Ramirez, Jones
OF: Braun, Holliday
OF: Kemp, Victorino, McCutcheon
OF: Berkman, Upton, Pence
SP: Halladay, Hamels, Lee, Jurrjens, Hanson, Lohse, Kershaw, Kennedy, Sanchez, Lincecum
RP: Hanrahan, Wilson, Bell, Venters
(HM: Montero, Polanco, Ethier, Bruce, Clippard)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
C: Avila, Martinez
1B: Gonzalez, Cabrera, Konerko
2B: Cano, Kendrick
SS: Cabrera, Peralta
3B: Rodriguez, Youkilis
OF: Granderson, Quentin, Gordon
OF: Ellsbury, Hamilton, Jones
OF: Bautista, Joyce
DH: Ortiz, Young
SP: Verlander, Weaver, Beckett, Shields, Haren, Ogando, Wilson, Gonzalez, Baker, Sabathia, Lester
RP: Rivera, Valverde
(HM: Teixeira, Lind, Hernandez, Romero, Robertson)
I was lucky enough to have been living in Lee county Ga when Buster played his last two years of HS ball. The kid lives, eats, sleeps baseball.
Catchers are normally a little slow to develop. Posey is the best young catcher that I’ve seen. I’m a Phils fan and it hurt losing the pennant to the Giants last year. Posey just killed us. Great player.
Jeter’s starting. What an effin joke.
He of the 0-4 night yesterday and .257 average. A joke, indeed.
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETHIER!!!!!!
Ethier is in, Hula Boy is out!!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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