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Nothing we hadn’t already heard from the interview Bob did with Bustedhalo.com, but nice to hear the Yankees confirm.

Sliding Into Home: A Yankees Blog: Sheppard Improving, May Be Back For All Star Game

Go back to April 1st and write that headline…but he’s at the top of the league in wins, and the game is at The Stadium. Amazing. Why not?

>The Mets Police comment that there may not be any Mets on the All-Star team got me to thining. Yes, the votes are still coming in so this could change, but thought I’d take a shot at what players will make up the NL All-Star team next month (assuming the current vote leaders remain so).

All teams are represented. There are 11 pitchers (7 starters and 4 relievers)

The Cubs have 5 players, while six teams are represented by only one.
For the record the Mets have 3.

Starting Lineup
C – G. Soto, Cubs
1B – L. Berkman, Astros
2B – C. Utley, Phillies
3B – C. Jones, Braves
SS – H. Ramirez, Marlins
OF – A. Soriano, Cubs
OF – K. Fukudome, Cubs
OF – K. Griffey, Jr., Reds

Backups
C – R. Martin, Dodgers
C – B. Molina, Giants
1B – A. Pujols, Cardinals
1B – A. Gonzalez, Padres
2B – D. Uggla, Marlins
3B – D. Wright, Mets
SS – M. Tejada, Astros
SS – J. Reyes, Mets
OF – M. Holliday, Rockies
OF – R. Ludwick, Cardinals
OF – N. McLouth, Pirates
OF – R. Braun, Brewers
OF – A. Rowand, Phillies

Pitching Staff
B. Webb, Diamondbacks (Starter)
C. Zambrano, Cubs
A. Cook, Rockies
E. Volquez, Reds
T. Redding, Nationals
T. Lincecum, Giants
T. Hudson, Braves
B. Wagner, Mets
K. Wood, Cubs
J. Valverde, Astros
B. Lidge, Phillies

The Mets Police comment that there may not be any Mets on the All-Star team got me to thining. Yes, the votes are still coming in so this could change, but thought I’d take a shot at what players will make up the NL All-Star team next month (assuming the current vote leaders remain so).

All teams are represented. There are 11 pitchers (7 starters and 4 relievers)

The Cubs have 5 players, while six teams are represented by only one.
For the record the Mets have 3.

Starting Lineup
C – G. Soto, Cubs
1B – L. Berkman, Astros
2B – C. Utley, Phillies
3B – C. Jones, Braves
SS – H. Ramirez, Marlins
OF – A. Soriano, Cubs
OF – K. Fukudome, Cubs
OF – K. Griffey, Jr., Reds

Backups
C – R. Martin, Dodgers
C – B. Molina, Giants
1B – A. Pujols, Cardinals
1B – A. Gonzalez, Padres
2B – D. Uggla, Marlins
3B – D. Wright, Mets
SS – M. Tejada, Astros
SS – J. Reyes, Mets
OF – M. Holliday, Rockies
OF – R. Ludwick, Cardinals
OF – N. McLouth, Pirates
OF – R. Braun, Brewers
OF – A. Rowand, Phillies

Pitching Staff
B. Webb, Diamondbacks (Starter)
C. Zambrano, Cubs
A. Cook, Rockies
E. Volquez, Reds
T. Redding, Nationals
T. Lincecum, Giants
T. Hudson, Braves
B. Wagner, Mets
K. Wood, Cubs
J. Valverde, Astros
B. Lidge, Phillies

>Always fun to listen to the out of town call. I got to enjoy Jon Miller calling the Giants game – how refreshing!

Don't judge Miller by either ESPNs production values or by Joe Morgan dumbing him down.

Miller more or less works alone. He has a partner but I only heard the guy speak once in 4 innings. A (practically) one man booth with little production values, and no annoying F-A-N chant every half inning was a wonderful experience. Just the facts with no cheeze nor pompous high-far home run calls was a treat for this New Yorker.

Mets win, Maine wins, Willie stays – amazin' what the easy part of the schedule can do for a team.

Let's go mets! Mets-po-lice da da da!

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