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A* shizzle* BS said 06/09, 12:35 AM
June is here so heres a little taste of the 2 1/2 month all_stars....
just list your people in da 1st one with 1 KEY stat
--Put NL person first then under that list AL person--

Starting Pitcher: Brandon Webb- 11 wins tops in baseball
Scott Kazmir(going out on a limb)- 1.40 era
Closer: Brade Lidge- 0.96 era
Mariano Rivera- .128 opp ba against
C: Bengie Molina- batting over .330
Joe Mauer- most hits of any AL C (66)
1st: Lance Berkman- hitting a whopping .372
kevin Youkilis-117 TB leads all 1B's
2nd: Chase Utley- leads league with 21 HR
Ian Kinsler- leads 2B with 82 hits
3rd: Chipper Jones- batting .420 into june
Alex Rodriguez- after recent surge now batting .313
SS: Hanley Ramerez- best all around SS
Michael Young- riding a 22 game hit streak
OF: Aaron Rowand- batting .330 , Nate McLouth- 14 HR's, Xavier Nady- 45 RBI's
Josh Hamilton- 69 rbi's, Carlos Quentin- 16 homers, Johnny Damon- recent hitting surge 16/26 has propelled Avg to .328
DH for NL can be anyone, DH for AL has to be their real position..

DH: Albert Pujols- .347 batting average
Milton Bradley-1.096 O

A* shizzle* BS said 06/10, 02:12 AM
-First I picked Arod because he has a higher OPS, has only 7 less hits in 39 at bats he may have more homers but Arod has 6 steals to his one: If it wasn't for the injury it'd be a no contest
-Second the closer issue: i originally had K-rod but then i looked at what Rivera has been doing and he has an ERA below 1, whip below one and batters are almost as effective not even coming to the plate. At this point I would rather have Mariano closing my all star game
-The reason why i chose Bengie over Mcann is that hes batting now .333 has more hits ( 70 to 64) may have less homers but i'd take a hit over an out any day of the week: plus he's known for being a better defensive player too
-Scott Kazmir over Roy Halliday, why: hes pitched in 7 less games, but hes only 2 wins behind Roy opponents are batting 35 points lower against kazmir, he also has a higher K/9 inning (8.8 to 7.1)
-I chose Nady over Braun again because of teh 26pt higher batting average: yes X my have 7 less HR, but he only has 1 less RBI. Plus he has a higher OPS (900---892)
-Lastly i chose Damon over Manny, not cuz i'm a Yankee fan but because hes batting 326 to 302 Damon has 11 steals Manny has 1 Continue Below

A* shizzle* BS said 06/10, 08:40 PM
Batting average is the key to any good player: you find me any HOF, or all star, that has had a good average. If you bat .325 have 10 homers but over 100 rbi's I'd take that over a person that bats .250 and has 40 homers and 100 rbi's
well first i have to ask what a "C-" is
Molina is doing his thing on a horrible team he has no help other than rowand
while Mccann has a potential MVP (see my other TD), Texeria, Francour, and others.... What Bengie is doing is much more impressive and is having a better year from my point of view

The pitcher issue: Scott Kazmir is having a better year because even though hes pitched in 7 less games, HE ONLY HAS 2 LESS WINS. I can tell that your just doing a cop out by saying "shoulda, coulda........."
hes has won 6 of 7 games, halliday has won 8 of 14 now tell me which is better.
Also, when a person is injured(kazmir, Arod) and they come back very strong and play really good, why shoot them down. They got injured now are healthy, so back off, please.
You also seem to be obsessed with the long ball, small ball is the way to play now adays so batting average is the key component to baseball.
BELOW....