timbdp Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 American League Roster for 2005 MLB All-Star Game American League Starters C Jason Varitek, BOS 1B Mark Teixeira, TEX 2B Brian Roberts, BAL 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY SS Miguel Tejada, BAL LF Manny Ramirez, BOS CF Johnny Damon, BOS RF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA DH David Ortiz, BOS American League Pitchers SP Mark Buehrle, CWS SP Bartolo Colon, LAA SP Jon Garland, CWS SP Roy Halladay, TOR SP Kenny Rogers, TEX SP Johan Santana, MIN RP Danys Baez, TB RP Justin Duchscherer, OAK RP Joe Nathan, MIN RP Mariano Rivera, NYY RP B.J. Ryan, BAL RP Bob Wickman, CLE American League Reserves C Ivan Rodriguez, DET 1B Shea Hillenbrand, TOR 1B Paul Konerko, CWS 1B Mike Sweeney, KC 2B Alfonso Soriano, TEX 3B Melvin Mora, BAL SS Michael Young, TEX OF Garret Anderson, LAA OF Gary Sheffield, NYY OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbdp Posted July 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 National League Roster for 2005 MLB All-Star Game National League Starters C Mike Piazza, NYM 1B Derrek Lee, CHC 2B Jeff Kent, LAD 3B Scott Rolen, STL SS David Eckstein, STL LF Carlos Beltran, NYM CF Jim Edmonds, STL RF Bobby Abreu, PHI National League Pitchers SP Chris Carpenter, STL SP Roger Clemens, HOU SP Livan Hernandez, WSH SP Pedro Martinez, NYM SP Jake Peavy, SD SP John Smoltz, ATL SP Dontrelle Willis, FLA RP Chad Cordero, WSH RP Brian Fuentes, COL RP Jason Isringhausen, STL RP Brad Lidge, HOU National League Reserves C Paul Lo Duca, FLA 1B Albert Pujols, STL 2B Luis Castillo, FLA 3B Aramis Ramirez, CHC SS Cesar Izturis, LAD SS Felipe Lopez, CIN OF Moises Alou, SF OF Jason Bay, PIT OF Miguel Cabrera, FLA OF Luis Gonzalez, ARI OF Andruw Jones, ATL OF Carlos Lee, MIL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBoy4Life Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 I really thought Andruw Jones deserved to start. I know he has just been hot lately but he has carried his team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountryBoy4Life Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 And why did the NL get so many OF reserves? I also think Melvin Mora should start over A-Rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotmilk? Posted July 4, 2005 Report Share Posted July 4, 2005 None of the starting OF for the NL is right, it should have been Andruw Jones, Carlos Lee, and Miguel Cabrera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RHSBASEBALL99 Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 I really wish the MLB would take the fan voting away for the starters. I like how the fans vote for the final spot on both teams, but the starting lineup is just a popularity contest. Piazza is not even close to having an all-star caliber year, same goes for Beltran. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffin Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 The fans voting for the starters is a joke and should be done away with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotmilk? Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Perfect examples: Scott Rolen, 3B, St. Louis (.260, 5 HR, 22 RBI)-NL starting 3rd Base Morgan Ensberg, 3B, Houston (.287, 22 HR, 59 RBI)-At Home Carlos Beltran, OF, NY Mets (.262, 9 HR, 40 RBI)-Starting OF Cliff Floyd, OF, NY Mets (.288, 21 HR, 53 RBI)-At Home Jose Guillen, OF, Washington (.310, 17 HR, 46 RBI)-At Home Pat Burrell, OF, Philadelphia (.289, 17 HR, 61 RBI)-At Home Overall I think the AL looks pretty good, but the NL is a joke! The real starting lineup should be! C-Paul Lo Duca 1B-Derek Lee 2B-Jeff Kent SS-Felipe Lopez 3B-Morgan Ensberg OF-Andruw Jones OF-Carlos Lee OF-Miguel Cabrera DH-Albert Pujols Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuggly63 Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Perfect examples: Scott Rolen, 3B, St. Louis (.260, 5 HR, 22 RBI)-NL starting 3rd Base Morgan Ensberg, 3B, Houston (.287, 22 HR, 59 RBI)-At Home Carlos Beltran, OF, NY Mets (.262, 9 HR, 40 RBI)-Starting OF Cliff Floyd, OF, NY Mets (.288, 21 HR, 53 RBI)-At Home Jose Guillen, OF, Washington (.310, 17 HR, 46 RBI)-At Home Pat Burrell, OF, Philadelphia (.289, 17 HR, 61 RBI)-At Home What about fielding stats? You can't just base it all on how they swing the bat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotmilk? Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 What about fielding stats? You can't just base it all on how they swing the bat. 825697488[/snapback] Ensberg-.965 Fielding, 169 assist Rolen-.961 Fielding, 110 assist Beltran-.979 Fielding, 190 PO, 1 assisst Floyd-.993 Fielding, 139 PO, 8 assist Burrell-.982, 105 PO, 6 assist Guillen-.975 Fielding, 158 PO, 1 assist Are you convinced yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotmilk? Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Something else, even though theses guys are pros, they are not perfect and they are going to make errors and managers and fans understand that, so I dont think there is very much emphasis put on defense! And I will give you a few examples! 1B-Pujols has the thrid most errors of all first basemen(10 in the NL in Fielding) 2B-Soriano has more errors than any second baseman in MLB(8th in the AL in Fielding) 3B-A-Rod is 6th among all third baseman(8th in the AL in fielding, .951) SS-Renteria has more errors than any ss in baseball, Tejada has 4th most and Eckstein the 5th most 3 OF in the allstar game have a fielding % of less than .980 I think if you said theses guys werent All-Star calibur, people would laugh at you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted July 5, 2005 Report Share Posted July 5, 2005 Quit crying people. The only thing MLB should change about this game is the stupid idea that the winner of the game gets homefield in the World Series. This is the fans game to get to see the most popular players play together. If you have been to a baseball game in the past 10 years then the fans are getting ripped in every deal, and the least MLB can do is allow them to vote in the starters for the game, whether or not the player is having the best season or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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