Baseball All Star Game

The starting pitchers are now finally announced for the MLB All-Star game in Detroit. I'm sad, very sad. I don't want to see Chris Carpenter vs. Mark Buehrle in the mid-summer classic. I'd much rather see Roger Clemens or Dontrelle Willis vs. Johan Santana or Bartolo Colon (since Roy Halladay is now hurt). Sometimes I just don't understand people. Anyway, the fans did a crappy job voting... again. It doesn't hurt me as much now since I know that it's going to happen. Edmonds, Eckstein, and Rolen don't even deserve to be there as far as I'm concerned and the fans happily voted them in as starters. In order to right these wrongs I have compiled my own All-Star teams. I went through the same process as a manager would; 1) The starters are the players I would have voted for and the top 8 pitchers from each league who should be in the game. 2) I picked one reserve at each position just like the players did. 3) I made sure each team was represented. 4) With what was left I filled out the roster so that I had 12 pitchers and 20 position players. Without further adieu, the teams:

My NL All-Stars
C- Paul LoDuca, Florida
1B- Derrek Lee, Chicago
2B- Luis Castillo, Florida
3B- Aramis Ramirez, Chicago
SS- Felipe Lopez, Cincinnati
OF- Andruw Jones, Atlanta
OF- Bobby Abreu, Philadelphia
OF- Miguel Cabrera, Florida
*I would have Albert Pujols DH

My NL Reserves
C- Mike Piazza, New York
1B- Albert Pujols, St. Louis
2B- Chase Utley, Philadelphia
2B- Jeff Kent, Los Angeles
3B- Morgan Ensberg, Houston
SS- Bill Hall, Milwaukee
SS- Omar Vizquel, San Francisco
OF- Carlos Lee, Milwaukee
OF- Cliff Floyd, New York
OF- Jose Guillen, Washington
OF- Jason Bay, Pittsburgh
OF- Moises Alou, San Francisco
P- Roger Clemens, Houston (starter)
P- Dontrelle Willis, Florida
P- Pedro Martinez, New York
P- Jake Peavy, San Diego
P- Chris Carpenter, St. Louis
P- Chad Cordero, Washington
P- Jason Isringhausen, St. Louis
P- Brandon Lyon, Arizona
P- Brian Fuentes, Colorado
P- Livan Hernandez, Washington
P- Roy Oswalt, Houston
P- John Smoltz, Atlanta

My AL All-Stars
C- Jason Varitek, Boston
1B- Mark Teixeira, Texas
2B- Brian Roberts, Baltimore
3B- Alex Rodriguez, New York
SS- Miguel Tejada, Baltimore
OF- Manny Ramirez, Boston
OF- Johnny Damon, Boston
OF- Vladimir Guerrero, Los Angeles
DH- David Ortiz, Boston

My AL Reserves
C- Ivan Rodriguez, Detroit
1B- Paul Konerko, Chicago
1B- Mike Sweeney, Kansas City
2B- Alfonso Soriano, Texas
3B- Melvin Mora, Baltimore
3B- Jorge Cantu, Tampa Bay
SS- Michael Young, Texas
OF- Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle
OF- Hideki Matsui, New York
OF- Torii Hunter, Minnesota
DH- Travis Hafner, Cleveland
P- Roy Hallady, Toronto (starter)
P- Mark Buehrle, Chicago
P- Johan Santana, Minnesota
P- Kenny Rogers, Texas
P- Jon Garland, Chicago
P- Bartolo Colon, Los Angeles
P- Mariano Rivera, New York
P- Eddie Guardado, Seattle
P- Jim Duchscherer, Oakland
P- Matt Clement, Boston
P- Joe Nathan, Minnesota
P- B.J. Ryan, Baltimore

I realize that some of these guys got hurt (Halladay) or declined the invite (Pedro) but these teams were made regardless of attendance. They're my All-Stars and if you have a beef (like still leaving Jeter off) then chew me out.

-Fonda