Codica3 Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 What would be your starting line-up for the AL vs NL in this year's All-Star game?I know it's still kinda early.. but voting has already begun (www.mlb.com) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipsSOE Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 i've been too excited about basketball, so i haven't watched much baseball yet. but from what i have seen, u got some obvious folks, and some dissappointments. obvious folks having great seasons again would be arod, bonds, pudge rodriguez, delgado, vlad guerrero, smoltz ( best reliever right now), soriano, mussina, andrew jones,jeff bagwell, gary sheffield, armando benitez (lol, j/k). some dissappointments thus far have been tejada who should not make it, randy johnson, omar vizquel, ichiro suzuki, piazza (and for that matter the entire mets team). few surprises who should make it have to be carl everret and gonzalez who seemed to have found there bats again, craig counsell, and if anyone is going to make it from the mets, it should be wilson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickhouse Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 I think All-Star rosters are 25 (maybe they're more though)....in any case, here's my prediction, taking into account that every team must have an all-star, and that the fans sometimes make stupid choices for starters....NL:C: Mike Piazza, Jason Kendall1B: Todd Helton, Richie Sexson, Jim Thome2B: Jose Vidro, Aaron BooneSS: Edgar Renteria, Alex Gonzalez3B: Scott RolenOF: Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Jim Edmonds, Albert Pujols, Vladimir Guererro, Gary Sheffield, Andruw JonesSP: Mark Prior, Kevin Millwood, Adam Eaton, Curt Schilling, Roy Oswalt, Jason SchmidtRP: John Smoltz, Eric GagneAL:C: Mike Leiberthal, Jorge Posada1B: Carlos Delgado, Jason Giambi2B: Alfonso Soriano, Jerry HairstonSS: ARod, Nomar Garciaparra3B: Eric ChavezOF: Ichiro, Rocco Baldelli, Magglio Ordonez, Garrett Anderson, Juan GonzalezDH: Edgar Martinez, Brad FullmerSP: Mike Mussina, Barry Zito, Pedro Martinez, Runlevys Hernandez, Mike Maroth, CC SabathiaRP: Mike MacDougal, Troy PercivalVance Wilson as an all-star is absurd....the guy isn't even a regular starter. Piazza will get voted in at Catcher, no doubt, but that's probably it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlipsSOE Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 Originally posted by brickhouse I think All-Star rosters are 25 (maybe they're more though)....in any case, here's my prediction, taking into account that every team must have an all-star, and that the fans sometimes make stupid choices for starters....NL:C: Mike Piazza, Jason KendallVance Wilson as an all-star is absurd....the guy isn't even a regular starter. Piazza will get voted in at Catcher, no doubt, but that's probably it... u know whats absurd?? a guy with a 91 million dollar contract with only 3 homeruns and 6 rbi's. as for cathers. how could u leave ivan rodriguez out?? hes having a better season with the marlins than piazza and kendall combined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickhouse Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 Originally posted by FlipsSOE u know whats absurd?? a guy with a 91 million dollar contract with only 3 homeruns and 6 rbi's. as for cathers. how could u leave ivan rodriguez out?? hes having a better season with the marlins than piazza and kendall combined. Because Piazza will get voted in by the fans and Kendall is batting 35 points higher than Rodriguez. Rodriguez could easily make it in over Kendall, but Piazza being the fan selection is a no-brainer. Mike Matheny could also end up being the NL backup for catcher, but there's still a couple months until the all-star game, and the backups aren't selected until then, so I'm taking a gamble that Rodriguez will get injured (again) before the All-Star break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickhouse Posted May 10 Report Share Posted May 10 Just the same way, there are plenty of other guys who don't deserve to be all-stars who are up there, but will get voted in (Ichiro, Jorge Posada, Piazza), or are just the best player on a really crappy team (Mike Maroth, Adam Eaton, Jerry Hairston). Also, I really don't think there's any deserving NL 3B this year, so I'm guessing that Rolen will get voted in, and then Helton will play 3B (his old position) when they decide to change things up...BTW, Vance WIlson is probably only the 2rd best player named Wilson this year.....lemme check his line this year...G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS BA OBP SLG OPS 17 36 4 9 2 0 3 10 3 10 0 0 .250 .300 .556 .856Yeah, those look like numbers that an AL manager is going to call the guy into the all-star game over. 36 ABs? Gimme a break...maybe if he continues on that pace once Piazza in moved to 1B, he has a shot. Still, unless Marlins fans suddenly start voting for the All-Star Game more than Mets fans, and Ivan breaks out so hardcore that people have to notice, and people actually pay attention enough to notice that Piazza is no longer a catcher, he'll be the catcher. That's a lot of ifs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someclown Posted May 11 Report Share Posted May 11 Originally posted by brickhouse I think All-Star rosters are 25 (maybe they're more though)....in any case, here's my prediction, taking into account that every team must have an all-star, and that the fans sometimes make stupid choices for starters....NL:C: Mike Piazza, Jason Kendall1B: Todd Helton, Richie Sexson, Jim Thome2B: Jose Vidro, Aaron BooneSS: Edgar Renteria, Alex Gonzalez3B: Scott RolenOF: Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Jim Edmonds, Albert Pujols, Vladimir Guererro, Gary Sheffield, Andruw JonesSP: Mark Prior, Kevin Millwood, Adam Eaton, Curt Schilling, Roy Oswalt, Jason SchmidtRP: John Smoltz, Eric GagneAL:C: Mike Leiberthal, Jorge Posada1B: Carlos Delgado, Jason Giambi2B: Alfonso Soriano, Jerry HairstonSS: ARod, Nomar Garciaparra3B: Eric ChavezOF: Ichiro, Rocco Baldelli, Magglio Ordonez, Garrett Anderson, Juan GonzalezDH: Edgar Martinez, Brad FullmerSP: Mike Mussina, Barry Zito, Pedro Martinez, Runlevys Hernandez, Mike Maroth, CC SabathiaRP: Mike MacDougal, Troy PercivalVance Wilson as an all-star is absurd....the guy isn't even a regular starter. Piazza will get voted in at Catcher, no doubt, but that's probably it... Ahem, sorry to correct this very nice post, but Leiberthal is on the Phillies, a National League team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lolahotass Posted May 12 Report Share Posted May 12 I think any player from the Marlins and Tigers:laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementx Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 Piazza is far from an ALL STAR Catcher... Hense the reason they are moving him out of the Catchers position... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someclown Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Originally posted by elementx Piazza is far from an ALL STAR Catcher... Hense the reason they are moving him out of the Catchers position... I love Piazza, but I think his skills are eroding pretty fast (like most of the Mets) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elementx Posted May 14 Report Share Posted May 14 Originally posted by someclown I love Piazza, but I think his skills are eroding pretty fast (like most of the Mets) Maybe the METS are cursed... Piazza was alot better before he went over to the METS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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