Your Yellow Chair All Stars, Featuring Mark Grudzielanek!

Posted about 5 minutes before the whole point becomes moot. We're on the cutting edge here at Yellow Chair.The baseball experts at YCS have come up with what we think the AL and NL rosters should look like, feel free to disagree and let thy voice go forth.

Please note: 'experts' is a relative term, and normal baseball go-to guy Vinnie didn't have any input on the team because Vinnie is a jerk and doesn't send emails to me when he should and therefore can shut up. Otherwise, the teams were compiled by Matt, Matt Z and Nathan and players were voted in on a two thirds majority basis. HOO-RAH!

National League All-Stars

Catcher
Starter: Paul Lo Duca - New York Mets
Reserve: Michael "The Golden Boy" Barrett - Chicago Cubs

First Base
Starter: Albert Pujols - St. Louis Cardinals
Reserve: Lance Berkman - Houston Astros
Reserve: Nomar Garciaparra - Los Angeles Dodgers
Reserve: Ryan Howard - Philadelphia Phillies

Second Base
Starter: Chase Utley - Philadelphia Phillies
Reserve: Dan Uggla - Florida Marlins

You could basically switch these at your leisure, their numbers are virtually identical.

Special note: Nate voted for Todd Walker, and is therefore still a Cubs fan and a homer.

Third Base
Vote split three ways between:
David Wright - New York Mets (Zuch)
Scott Rolen - St. Louis Cardinals (Matt)
Freddy Sanchez - Pittsburgh Pirates (Nate)
Reserve: Miguel Cabrera - Florida Marlins

Who's right? Me. Otherwise, you be the judge.

Shortstop
Starter: Edgar Renteria - Atlanta Braves
Reserve: Jose Reyes - New York Mets

*Nate split and voted for Bill Hall - Milwaukee Brewers as a reserve

Outfield
Starters:
Carlos Beltran - New York Mets
Carlos Lee - Milwaukee Brewers
Matt Holliday - Colorado Rockies
Reserves:
Alfonso Soriano - Washington Nationals
Jason Bay - Pittsburgh Pirates
Adam Dunn - Cincinnati Reds

Pitchers
Bronson Arroyo - Cincinnati Reds
Chris Capuano - Milwaukee Brewers
Chris Carpenter - St. Louis Cardinals
Brian Fuentes - Colorado Rockies
Tom Glavine - New York Mets
Tom Gordon - - Philadelphia Phillies
Trevor Hoffman - San Diego Padres
Brad Penny - LA Dodgers
Jason Schmidt - San Francisco Giants
Brandon Webb - Arizona Diamondbacks
Chris Young - San Diego Padres
Carlos Zambrano - Chicago Cubs

American League All-Stars

Catcher
Starter: Joe Mauer - Minnesota Twins
Reserve: Victor Martinez - Cleveland Indians

First Base
Starter: Travis Hafner - Cleveland Indians
Reserve: David Ortiz - Boston Red Sox
Reserve: Jim Thome - Chicago White Sox
Reserve: Paul Konerko - Chicago White Sox

Second Base
Starter: Jose Lopez - Seattle Mariners
Reserve: Mark Grudzielanek - Kansas City Royals

Third Base
Starter: Alex Rodriguez - New York Yankees
Reserve: Troy Glaus - Toronto Blue Jays

Shortstop
Starter: Derek Jeter - New York Yankees
Reserve: Miguel Tejada - Baltimore Orioles

Outfield
Starters:
Vernon Wells - Toronto Blue Jays
Magglio Ordoñez - Detroit Tigers
Jermaine Dye - Chicago White Sox
Reserves:
Ichiro Suzuki - Seattle Mariners
Vladimir Guerrero - LA Angels of Anahiem
Gary Matthews Jr. - Texas Rangers
Manny Ramirez - Boston Red Sox
Grady Sizemore - Cleveland Indians

Pitchers
Jose Contreras - Chicago White Sox
Roy Halladay - Toronto Blue Jays
Bobby Jenks - Chicago White Sox
Scott Kazmir - Tampa Bay Devil Rays
John Lackey - LA Angels of Anahiem
Francisco Liriano - Minnesota Twins
Jonathan Papelbon - Boston Red Sox
Kenny Rogers - Detroit Tigers
B.J. Ryan - Baltimore Orioles
Johan Santana - Minnesota Twins
Justin Verlander - Detroit Tigers
Barry Zito - Oakland A's

There it is, kids, in what will most likely be the longest post ever on YCS. And if it's not, it will certainly be one of Sever's meandering posts about soccer.

P.S. What's the over/under on the length in minutes of whatever ridiculously sappy pre-game introduction ceremony they do this year?

P.P.S. I am willing to bet money in Vegas that the FOX cameramen will at some point catch Derrick Turnbow either sleeping or picking his nose.

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