What Does Your All-Star Team Look Like?

by Birds on the Matt on May 30, 2008 1:42 PM EDT

First off - a few of our Cardinals aren't getting the love they deserve. So go vote 25 times for who you want. Berkman belongs at the game, but its embarrassing that he's leading the vote getting at 1B :-/ Lets turn that around.

Does it strike anyone else that the NL looks to have a particularly strong pool of players this year? Is this the year the NL makes a come-back? Heck, you could man half the field with NL Central first basemen.

So who are you voting for? I don't follow the AL as closely so I'm just gonna throw out my NL line-up w/ the DH

Hanley Ramirez
Kosuke Fukudome
Albert Pujols
Lance Berkman
Chipper Jones
Matt Holliday
Chase Utley
Nate McLouth
Geovany Soto

the NL has some big-time talent this year. I think this would be an extremely well balanced Lineup.

Who're you voting for? I suppose I should be yelled at for the lack of cardinals on here, but I think these guys all are having very strong years.

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wow

i thought i had looked for a previous all-star ballot posting but apparently i’m blind.. my bad. taunt away =/

by Birds on the Matt on May 30, 2008 1:44 PM EDT reply actions

How in the world

is Chase Utley batting SEVENTH in this lineup, right behind a guy who is on the DL????

"I believe he’s been reincarnated, that he played before, in the twenties and thirties, and he’s back to prove something." - Former teammate Mark McGwire about Albert Pujols

by cardzfan24 on May 30, 2008 2:16 PM EDT reply actions

arg.

didn’t realize holliday was on the dl! i had a hard time placing him.. I have no idea how to order this thing.. i was trying to balance out speed, on-base ability and power throughout the lineup. but they’re all good. maybe utley 2nd, ludwick for holliday and drop fukudome or pence down to utley’s spot.

by Birds on the Matt on May 30, 2008 2:22 PM EDT up reply actions

fukudome...

doesn’t deserve to be an all-star. You can’t get there on OBP alone.

"Ding-dong the wicked witch is dead!" - Wayne Hagin after the cardinals snapped a losing streak

by The Ghost of Todd Burns on May 30, 2008 3:15 PM EDT reply actions

unless you have the entire country of Japan and entire city of Chicago voting for you

"Ding-dong the wicked witch is dead!" - Wayne Hagin after the cardinals snapped a losing streak

by The Ghost of Todd Burns on May 30, 2008 3:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Dude, you forgot Ludwick

Seriously, without Cards fan support, he will never get the recognition he deserves.

However, outside of Holliday and Fuku-you-dome, this is an excellent ballot in my opinion.

by Zack Morris on May 30, 2008 4:25 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed

I’d vote on Luddy and possibly Tejada instead of those two.

Miles in '08

by Zoop on May 30, 2008 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions

Almost

I’d replace Fukudome and Holiday with Ludwick and Carlos Lee.

by stl tyler on May 30, 2008 6:23 PM EDT reply actions

i'd put chipper at two & utley at five

by tom s. on May 30, 2008 11:07 PM EDT reply actions

Here is Mine

C. Martin
1B. Berkman
2B. Utley
3B. C. Jones
SS. Ramirez
OF. McLouth
OF. Braun
OF. Ludwick
DH. Pujols

A couple of crazy things I see when I look at the ballot
1. You could make a case for any or all of the Pittsburgh outfielders. Bay is seemingly back, Nady is hitting for average and power, and well McLouth has been awesome.
2. Benjie Molina (and McCann) could make a case for being an allstar. I laughed when I saw him penciled in as the Giants clean up guy, but he hasn’t really let them down.
3. Look at Uggla’s numbers, they aren’t that far behind Utley’s

by t7rick on May 31, 2008 10:54 AM EDT reply actions

N: roster:

I’d love to see guys like Ludwick get a shot.. but the voting is entirely based on namesake. Even if Derek Jeter was batting .260 with 4 home runs, he’d be the AL starter.

C – Brian McCann
1B – Albert Pujols
2B – Chase Utley
3B – David Wright
SS – Hanley Ramirez
LF – Matt Holliday
CF – Pence
RF – Ludwick

On the bench I’d have C Soto, 2B D. Uggla (my god, he’s tearing it up!!), SS Rollins, 3B Chipper, OF Francoeur, OF Bay, OF McLouth
DH – Lance Berkman

With the Well on the mound = )

Also, why does the MLB allow you to vote 25 times? I’m pretty certain my vote means nothing now, as I don’t feel like sitting at the computer for an hour to re-write a roster more than once.

by KeepOnRolen on May 31, 2008 3:55 PM EDT reply actions

but

if you just keep hitting ‘revote’ or whatever, it remembers your previous selections and you can just click away. might take 5 mins to vote 25 times.

by Birds on the Matt on Jun 2, 2008 9:44 AM EDT up reply actions

NL & AL

NATIONAL LEAGUE
C- Soto
1B- Pujols
2B- Utley
SS – M. Tejada
3B – C. Jones
OF – Braun
OF – McLouth
OF – C. Lee
DH – Berkman
Starter : Webb

AMERICAN LEAGUE
C- J. Mauer
1B – J. Morneau
2B – I. Kinsler
SS- Renteria
3B – J. Crede
OF – J. Hamilton
OF – C. Quentin
OF- M. Ordonez
DH – D. Ortiz
Starter – C. Lee

by KYCards on May 31, 2008 5:50 PM EDT reply actions