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Fun With All-Star Rosters

I came up with what I think should be the 32-man rosters for this year’s All-Star Game in New York. Feel free to critique mine and/or post your own rosters in the comments.

American League

C – Joe Mauer, MIN
1B – Jason Giambi, NYY
2B – Ian Kinsler, TEX
SS – Michael Young, TEX
3B – Alex Rodriguez, NYY
OF – Josh Hamilton, TEX
OF – J.D. Drew, BOS
OF – Grady Sizemore, CLE
DH – Milton Bradley, TEX

C – A.J. Pierzynski, CHW
1B – Justin Morneau, MIN
2B – Brian Roberts, BAL
2B – Dustin Pedroia, BOS
3B – Evan Longoria, TBR
3B – Joe Crede, CHW
SS – Jhonny Peralta, CLE
OF – Manny Ramirez, BOS
OF – David DeJesus, KCR
OF – Carlos Quentin, CHW
OF – Johnny Damon, NYY
OF – Magglio Ordonez, DET

SP – Cliff Lee, CLE (starts All-Star Game)
SP – Justin Duchscherer, OAK
SP – Felix Hernandez, SEA
SP – Roy Halladay, TOR
SP – Joe Saunders, LAA
SP – John Danks, CHW (replaces SP Shaun Marcum, TOR)

RP – Francisco Rodriguez, LAA
RP – Joe Nathan, MIN
RP – Joakim Soria, KCR
RP – George Sherrill, BAL
RP – Mariano Rivera, NYY

Team Counts… TBR: 1; BOS: 3; NYY: 4; BAL: 2; TOR: 1; CHW: 4; MIN: 3; DET: 1; KCR: 2; CLE: 3; LAA: 2; OAK: 1; TEX: 4; SEA: 1.

National League

C – Brian McCann, ATL
1B – Lance Berkman, HOU
2B – Chase Utley, PHI
SS – Hanley Ramirez, FLA
3B – Chipper Jones, ATL
OF – Nate McLouth, PIT
OF – Pat Burrell, PHI
OF – Jason Bay, PIT
DH – Adrian Gonzalez, SDP

C – Geovany Soto, CHC
1B – Albert Pujols, STL
1B – Mark Teixiera, ATL
2B – Brandon Phillips, CIN (replaces 2B Dan Uggla, FLA)
SS – Jose Reyes, NYM
3B – David Wright, NYM
3B – Aramis Ramirez, CHC
OF – Carlos Beltran, NYM
OF – Corey Hart, MIL
OF – Ryan Ludwick, STL
OF – Xavier Nady, PIT
OF – Kosuke Fukudome, CHC

SP – Edinson Volquez, CIN (starts All-Star Game)
SP – Tim Lincecum, SFG
SP – Ben Sheets, MIL
SP – Dan Haren, ARI
SP – Brandon Webb, ARI
SP – Cole Hamels, PHI
SP – Aaron Cook, COL

RP – Brad Lidge, PHI
RP – Billy Wagner, NYM
RP – Jon Rauch, WAS
RP – Kerry Wood, CHC
RP – Takashi Saito, LAD

Team Counts… PHI: 4; FLA: 1; NYM: 4; ATL: 3; CHC: 4; STL: 2; MIL: 2; PIT: 3; HOU: 1; CIN: 2; ARI: 2; LAD: 1; SFG: 1; COL: 1; SDP: 1.