2007 MLB All Stars

About a week ago I tried compiling my own All Star game rosters (because I'm a baseball nerd) using the same standards that those compiling the real rosters would have had to use (1 player from each team, same roster number, etc.). Of course this was also before the starters, which were voted in by the public, were announced. And since the baseball watching, all star voting public has proven year after year that their incompetence is really rivaled by that of Neifi Perez, the real manager's hands were tied with the inclusion of such unworthies as Ivan Rodriguez and Carlos Beltran. Neither of these players, along with Placido Polanco, ended up on my roster and rightfully so. So who did make it? Let's take a look.

The American League

Starting Line-up

C - Victor Martinez (.323/14/63)- A real no-brainer that the public completely screwed up.
1B - Mark Teixeira (.302/12/41)
2B - Brian Roberts (.327/5/24) - 25 stolen bases
3B - Alex Rodriguez (.327/28/79)
SS - Derek Jeter (.338/5/39)
RF - Ichiro Suzuki (.365/5/39) - 23 stolen bases
LF - Magglio Ordonez (.369/13/68)
CF - Grady Sizemore (.285/13/41) - 23 stolen bases

Bench

C - Jorge Posada (.336/9/45)
C - John Buck (.243/14/28) - The Kansas City rep. Batting average was up at .280 not too long ago.
1B - Justin Morneau (.279/20/61)
1B - David Ortiz (.314/13/49)
2B - B.J. Upton (.320/9/31) - 13 SB, lost some time to injury
3B - Mike Lowell (.297/12/55)
SS - Orlando Cabrera (.337/5/48)
SS - Carlos Guillen (.320/12/59)
OF - Vladimir Guerrero (.328/14/73)
OF - Torrii Hunter (.302/17/63) - 11 SB
OF - Alex Rios (.287/17/45)
OF - Gary Sheffield (.290/18/52) - 11 SB

Pitchers

SP - Dan Haren (10-2/2.20/98)
P - Johan Santana (9-6/2.76/120)
P - Josh Beckett (11-2/3.38/83)
P - C.C. Sabathia (12-2/3.20/116)
P - Justin Verlander (9-3/3.18/90)
P - John Lackey (11-5/3.04/87)
P - Erik Bedard (6-4/3.36/129)
RP - J.J. Putz (1-0/0.92/43/23 Saves)
RP - Fransisco Rodriguez (1-2/2.27/49/24 Saves)
RP - Jonathan Pablebon (0-1/1.50/42/19 Saves)
RP - Joe Nathan (3-1/2.29/40/16 Saves)
RP - Bobby Jenks (2-3/2.76/29/22 Saves)

The National League

Starting Line-up

C - Russell Martin (.297/9/53) - 15 SB
1B - Prince Fielder (.281/27/66)
2B - Chase Utley (.326/15/66)
3B - Miguel Cabrera (.329/17/57)
SS - Jose Reyes (.317/4/34) - 40 SB
LF - Ken Griffey, Jr. (.292/22/53)
RF - Matt Holliday (.349/13/62)
CF - Alfonso Soriano (.304/15/30) - 10 SB

Bench

C - Bengie Molina (.289/8/44)
1B - Adrian Gonzalez (.272/14/51) - Consider that Petco saps average and power.
1B - Albert Pujols (.307/16/49) - And he's struggling!?!!?!?
1B - Dmitri Young (.340/7/37) - The Nationals Rep.
2B - Brandon Phillips (.269/15/42) - 15 SB
3B - David Wright (.288/14/44) - 17 SB
SS - Hanley Ramirez (.318/11/29) - 25 SB
SS - Edgar Renteria (.324/10/41)
SS - Jimmy Rollins (.283/14/49) - 15 SB
OF - Barry Bonds (.304/16/40)
OF - Eric Byrnes (.315/13/46) - 15 SB
OF - Carlos Lee (.293/15/68)

Pitchers

SP - Jake Peavy (9-2/2.09/119)
P - Brad Penny (10-1/2.00/77)
P - Ian Snell (6-5/2.90/88)
P - John Smoltz (9-4/2.98/90)
P - Ben Sheets (10-3/3.19/81)
P - Chris Young (8-3/2.14/90)
P - Brandon Webb (8-5/2.05/100)
RP - Takashi Saito (1-0/1.34/42/22 Saves)
RP - Fransico Cordero (0-2/2.91/47/27 Saves)
RP - Trevor Hoffman (2-3/2.03/18/23 Saves)
RP - Jason Isringhausen (2-0/1.67/26/15 Saves)
RP - Billy Wagner (1-0/1.73/29/16 Saves)