2007 All-Star Game Thread

[zackredsox]

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The 2007 game will be the 78th All-Star Game. It will be the third to be played in San Francisco and the first at AT&T Park, which opened in 2000

 

Game Info:

Date: Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

Teams: American League vs National League

First Pitch: 8:05pm EDT

Venue: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California

TV: FOX

 

Starters

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AL #15 Dan Haren: 10-3, 101 SO, 2.30 ERA

NL #44 Jake Peavy: 9-3, 125 SO, 2.19 ERA

 

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Manager - Jim Leyland

 

American League Starting Lineup

 

CF- Ichiro Suzuki, SEA

SS - Derek Jeter, NYY

1B - David Ortiz, BOS

3B - Alex Rodriguez, NYY

RF - Vladimir Guerrero, LAA

LF - Magglio Ordonez, DET

C - Ivan Rodriguez, DET

2B - Placido Polanco, DET

SP - Dan Haren, OAK

 

American League Pitchers

 

SP - Josh Beckett, BOS

SP - Dan Haren, OAK

SP - John Lackey, LAA

SP - Gil Meche, KC

SP - C.C. Sabathia, CLE

SP - Johan Santana, MIN

SP - Justin Verlander, DET

RP - Bobby Jenks, CWS

RP - Jonathan Papelbon, BOS

RP - J.J. Putz, SEA

RP - Fransisco Rodriguez, LAA

RP - Hideki Okajima, BOS

 

American League Reserves

 

C - Victor Martinez, CLE

C - Jorge Posada, NYY

1B - Justin Morneau, MIN

2B - Brian Roberts, BAL

SS - Carlos Guillen, DET

SS - Michael Young, TEX

3B - Mike Lowell, BOS

OF - Carl Crawford, TB

OF - Torii Hunter, MIN

OF - Manny Ramirez, BOS

OF - Alexis Rios, TOR

OF - Grady Sizemore, CLE

 

 

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Manager - Tony LaRusa

 

National League Starting Lineup

 

SS - Jose Reyes, NYM

LF - Barry Bonds, SF

CF - Carlos Beltran, NYM

RF - Ken Griffey Jr., CIN

3B - David Wright, NYM

1B - Prince Fielder, MIL

C - Russell Martin, LAD

2B - Chase Utley, PHI

SP - Jake Peavy, SDG

 

 

National League Pitchers

 

SP - Cole Hamels, PHI

SP - Jake Peavy, SD

SP - Brad Penny, LAD

SP - Ben Sheets, MIL

SP - John Smoltz, ATL

SP - Chris Young, SD

SP - Brandon Webb, ARI

SP - Roy Oswalt, HOU

RP - Fransisco Cordero, MIL

RP - Brian Fuentes, COL

RP - Trevor Hoffman, SD

RP - Takashi Saito, LAD

RP - Jose Valverde, ARZ

RP - Billy Wagner, NYM

 

National League Reserves

 

C - Brian McCann, ATL

1B - Derrek Lee, CHC

1B - Albert Pujols, STL

1B - Dmitri Young, WAS

2B - Orlando Hudson, ARZ

2B - Freddy Sanchez, PIT

SS - J.J. Hardy, MIL

3B - Miguel Cabrera, FLA

OF - Carlos Lee, HOU

OF - Matt Holliday, COL

OF - Aaron Rowand, PHI

OF - Alfonso Soriano, CHC

[zackredsox]

7-4 American league

[tek33]

The biggest joke is Brian Fuentes.. Jason Isringhausen deserves it more

 

John Maine should be there too

[zackredsox]

im not sure barry should be starting

[Papelbon58]

im not sure barry should be starting

 

Everybody needs to realize that it does not matter that Soriano is most definitely a better player right now, and just see that it is terrific that Barry is starting because it is in his home stadium, and is a positive environment that puts Bud in a situation where he cannot rain on the parade.

[schillingouttheks]

Everybody needs to realize that it does not matter that Soriano is most definitely a better player right now' date=' and just see that it is terrific that Barry is starting because it is in his home stadium, and is a positive environment that puts Bud in a situation where he cannot rain on the parade.[/quote']

 

...or that he's actually starting because he does indeed deserve it...

[zackredsox]

...or that he's actually starting because he does indeed deserve it...

 

Matt Holiday: 15 HR, 4 SB, AVG .341, OBP .392, SLG .573

Alfonso Soriano: 15 HR, 13 SB, AVG .309, OBP .352, SLG .532

Barry Bonds: 17 HR, 5 SB, AVG .295, OBP .512, SLG .589

 

maybe he does thats a nice on base percentage with high slugging

[tek33]

8-7 american league

[redsoxrules]

Everybody needs to realize that it does not matter that Soriano is most definitely a better player right now' date=' and just see that it is terrific that Barry is starting because it is in his home stadium, and is a positive environment that puts Bud in a situation where he cannot rain on the parade.[/quote']

 

NO, everybody needs to realize that bonds is verry diserving to be the starter

 

HE LEADS ALL NL OUTFIELDER IN OBP,SLG AND OPS ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE

[lasordas speed dial]

It's Beltran that is no where near deserving in the OF.

 

Lineup should be:

 

Reyes

Utley

Bonds

Griffey

Holliday

Fielder

Wright

Martin

 

But that really stacks the lefties at the top of the order. Bonds will be out after the required 3 innings. Should be replaced by Soriano which would even things out. Beltran doesn't even belong on the roster.

 

EDIT: 4-2 NL

EDIT: NL 40-35-2 vs. AL in Allstar games.

[tek33]

Hanley Ramirez and Aaron Hill deserve to be in it also

[lasordas speed dial]

Hanley Ramirez and Aaron Hill deserve to be in it also

 

Hanley yes. Not Hill. Roberts and Polanco are both having better seasons.

[CrespoBlows]

7-4 American league

 

 

Is that really your sig?

[RedSoxRooter]

Oh great - they do have gay intros this year. Really need those amazing fireworks, red carpet and stupid music. This is getting harder to watch each year.

[Thumper]

Oh great - they do have gay intros this year. Really need those amazing fireworks' date=' red carpet and stupid music. This is getting harder to watch each year.[/quote']

 

Next year they'll designate Barry Zito as the decorations coordinator. Imagine the turn out of that game...

[example1]

Two threads, hmmm.

 

It is pretty amazing that we, as Sox fans, are blessed enough to have the #3 hitter in THAT lineup. What an amazing group: Ichiro, Jeter, Ortiz, A-Rod, Vlad, Maggs, Pudge, Polanco. That the Sox would have the MEAT of that order is pretty impressive.

 

Let's be thankful! (while we wait to actually watch a 'baseball game').

[Thumper]

Now it's time for the unessecarily long Willie Mays tribute...

 

Give Bonds an Academy Award too for best supporting actor. He sure does look like he's caring.

[tek33]

lets get this party started

[zackredsox]

Jeter was safe at 1st

[example1]

C'mon Ortiz and Manny. Use these as ABs to get yourselves going.

[Thumper]

Nice error.

[zackredsox]

haha fielder is a sucky fielder

[lasordas speed dial]

Pudge pwnt

[example1]

Yeah, Polanco, get the HELL out of the way.

 

Reyes tags if Polanco catches that, but Vlad's cannon? That's something even Reyes wouldn't challenge.

[zackredsox]

sitdown beltran

[zackredsox]

if beckett had started this woulnt have happend

[lasordas speed dial]

Haren>Beckett

[VA Sox Fan]

 

Is that really your sig?

 

Seriously....LMAO!

[zackredsox]

cool, Becketts pitchin

 

EDIT: nevermind hes pitchin next ining

[VA Sox Fan]

LOTS of broken bats!