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KTE Special Edition: The 2006 American League All Star Team

SteveJRogers Jul 10 2006 07:03 PM

This is the fifth ASG to be held in Pittsburgh: [url=http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B07110NLS1944.htm]7/11/1944[/url]The NL won 7-1 in Forbes Field Not the most Star Studded year as it was during the War. Stan Musial did play, went 1-4, scored a run and drove in a run. [url=http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B07070NLS1959.htm]7/7/1959[/url]The NL won a 5-4 squeaker again at Forbes in the first game of two All Star Games played. This was done from 1959-1962. How’s this for a hell of a line, Willie Mays drove Hank Aaron in for the winning run. [url=http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B07230NLS1974.htm]7/23/1974[/url] The first All Star Game at Three Rivers Stadium was a 7-2 laugher for the NL. Yogi Berra of the Mets skippered the team to the win. Known as the Steve Garvey game, written in as the starting 1B, Garvey went 2 for 4, scored and drove in a run. [url=http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B07120NLS1994.htm]7/12/1994[/url] The last for Three Rivers Stadium, in a year many would love to forget, the All Star Game saw the NL break the AL’s 6 game winning streak with a 9-7 10 inning victory. Fred McGriff picked up the MVP for his 2 run game tying homerun. Met Bobby "Fresno" Jones picked up the win. Time to know the AL All Stars RF Ichiro Suzuki Mariners 3 for 12 in ASG play. Having another good season. SS Derek Jeter Yankees Captain Intangibles is having another stellar season, don’t be surprised if he finds himself in the MVP discussion later this year. This represents his second ever All Star Game start. 1B David Ortiz Red Sox Arguably the “clutchest” guy in the game today. 31 HR and 87 RBI leads the majors 3B Alex Rodriguez Yankees Unclutchness aside, Alex Rodriguez is having another good year. Fun fact, 1999 is the only time he was not voted starter on the AL squad as the home town Red Sox fans sent Nomar Garciaparra to the team. LF Vladimir Guerrero Angels Having a stellar season. One that got away? Still waiting for that back to go out. Though that Beltran guy seems to have worked out. C Ivan Rodriguez Tigers Hey the power numbers all but shut down. Hmmmm… This guy seems to skate by all the finger pointing, probably because he’s still producing in other ways, unlike Sam-ME and Ratty who fell apart quickly as well as Bonds and the Yankee Balco Twins who have the Balco stench attached to them. CF Vernon Wells Blue Jays Starting in place of Manny Ramirez. Having a stellar season as the Jays try to stay on the fringe of the AL East race 2B Mark Loretta Red Sox Your Red Sox Nation “Gotta get someone to beat whomever the Yankees have” member of the team. I mean how do you think ex-Sox Shea Hillenbrand once beat out former Met Robin Ventura in 2002 P Kenny Rogers Tigers Named to a second straight All Star Game, first start. On the Bench INF 1B Jim Thome White Sox Having a great year back in the AL INF 1B Paul Konerko White Sox Was a manager pick as Guillen loaded up on guys who helped win him the World Series a year ago INF 2B Jose Lopez Mariners Replaced an injured Robinson Cano. Having a good year and was considered one of the biggest All Star Snubs if not for it! INF 3B Troy Glaus Blue Jays Having a decent year power wise. Believe it or not he and Eric Chavez got voted AHEAD of Alex Rodriguez in the Players Vote! INF SS Michael Young Rangers Having a good year, as part of a terrific young Ranger infield. INF SS Miguel Tejada Orioles Your lone Oriole Rep. Having a pretty darn good year, but got on solely due to the O’s needing a Rep OF Jermaine Dye White Sox Having a stellar year, your defending WS MVP OF Grady Sizemore Indians Lone Indian on the squad. Hard to believe he made it over Travis Hafner. OF Gary Matthews Jr. Rangers Having a pretty darn good year, got selected to replace injured Blue Jay Alexis Rios on the roster. OF Magglio Ordonez Tigers Replaces Manny Ramirez on the roster. Surprising considering how Guillen blasted him out the door following the 2004 season. C Joe Mauer Twins Strangely both squads feature only one backup backstop. Anyway, Mauer is having a stellar year, putting up numbers that make you think that he is the next in line when Pudge Rodriguez finally retires in the AL. C A.J. Pierzynski White Sox Easily the most hated non-superstar in the game. The White Sox have won the last two “Final Man Vote” for the AL Pitchers: SP Mark Buehrle White Sox Picked by Guillen in yet another “I’m taking my guys” pick Much better year last year when he started the All Star Game SP Roy Halladay Blue Jays Doc is in midst of another stellar year. One of the best pitchers in the game today. SP Scott Kazmir Devil Rays The name sounds familiar… Third ever Devil Ray to be picked by a vote. Jose Canseco was voted by the fans for the 1999 AL DH and Carl Crawford in 2004 was a Player Selection SP Mark Redman Royals Your 2006 “Lance Carter: Most anonymous member of the All Star Squad selected by the Manager due to the Every Team Needs A Rep” Roster slot SP Johan Santana Twins Another outstanding year from the Twins ace. SP Barry Zito Athletics The lone A’s rep. Could he be elsewhere by this time next month? A’s are tied for first, but why not get someone if you don’t plan to sign him. SP Francisco Liriano Twins Early candidate for Rookie of The Year. Forming great One-Two punch with Santana. Replaces Contreras, who started that marathon played on Sunday. RP Jonathan Papelbon Red Sox That 0.59 ERA is looking quite nifty. RP BJ Ryan Orioles Not to shabby, 0.89 ERA. Easily the closer version of Alex Rodriguez in terms of Free Agents and the Mets. RP Mariano Rivera Yankees His 8th All Star selection, the most ever by a reliever. RP Bobby Jenks White Sox Picked by Guillen in yet another “I’m taking my guys” pick. Having a good year though. Man, this years AL Squad looks stacked. That bullpen looks pretty tough to go through, the AL dominance could continue as they haven’t lost since 1996.

metirish Jul 10 2006 08:10 PM

Nice job Steve. EDIT:...What a beautiful stadium they have in Pittsburgh.

Iubitul Jul 10 2006 08:40 PM

Very nice job, Steve.

MFS62 Jul 10 2006 09:04 PM

Good job. Later

Nymr83 Jul 10 2006 09:04 PM

good job. ]C Ivan Rodriguez Tigers Hey the power numbers all but shut down. Hmmmm… This guy seems to skate by all the finger pointing, probably because he’s still producing in other ways, unlike Sam-ME and Ratty who fell apart quickly as well as Bonds and the Yankee Balco Twins who have the Balco stench attached to them. he also has the "catchers always lose their power etc etc" excuse.

Willets Point Jul 10 2006 09:08 PM

metirish wrote: Nice job Steve. EDIT:...What a beautiful stadium they have in Pittsburgh. Another sufferer of PNC Envy.

Johnny Dickshot Jul 10 2006 09:18 PM

Stellar job, Steve J. Watch them repeaters.

SteveJRogers Jul 10 2006 09:38 PM

Nymr83 wrote: good job. ]C Ivan Rodriguez Tigers Hey the power numbers all but shut down. Hmmmm… This guy seems to skate by all the finger pointing, probably because he’s still producing in other ways, unlike Sam-ME and Ratty who fell apart quickly as well as Bonds and the Yankee Balco Twins who have the Balco stench attached to them. he also has the "catchers always lose their power etc etc" excuse. Not this badly they don't

Edgy DC Jul 10 2006 10:00 PM

Anybody want to talk about how crazy Kenny Rogers' career is? We're talking about 1999. Who would have taken a bet then that he'd be playing anything but Strat-O-Matic today, let alone starting the All Star Game?

Elster88 Jul 10 2006 10:58 PM

Nice KTE.

Elster88 Jul 10 2006 10:58 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Anybody want to talk about how crazy Kenny Rogers' career is? We're talking about 1999. Who would have taken a bet then that he'd be playing anything but Strat-O-Matic today, let alone starting the All Star Game? I'm trying to work in a steroid theory and blame the cameraman incident on roid rage. It's not working.

Elster88 Jul 10 2006 11:00 PM Re: KTE Special Edition: The 2006 American League All Star

="SteveJRogers"] LF Vladimir Guerrero Angels Still waiting for that back to go out. LOL me too. Tough call for me between this non-move and the Kazmir move for which one I hate more.

SteveJRogers Jul 10 2006 11:03 PM Re: KTE Special Edition: The 2006 American League All Star

="Elster88"] ="SteveJRogers"] LF Vladimir Guerrero Angels Still waiting for that back to go out. LOL me too. Tough call for me between this non-move and the Kazmir move for which one I hate more. BJ Ryan could be up there in a few years as well

metirish Jul 10 2006 11:07 PM

Did the Mets ever even go for Ryan?, I forget .

Zvon Jul 10 2006 11:31 PM

Fantastic report. Thanx for this Steve. It was unexpected. I usually dont know that much about the AL,----nor do i care to-- tho fantasy baseball has somewhat changed all a that. I have Hafner in my brothers league and its amazing with the numbers he has posted that he dont make the cut. Im sure the fact that he's only a DH is a factor, and thats really not fair. Cuz that guy can rake man.

Elster88 Jul 10 2006 11:37 PM Re: KTE Special Edition: The 2006 American League All Star

="SteveJRogers"] ="Elster88"] ="SteveJRogers"] LF Vladimir Guerrero Angels Still waiting for that back to go out. LOL me too. Tough call for me between this non-move and the Kazmir move for which one I hate more. BJ Ryan could be up there in a few years as well Not even close for me. We got a decent-to-above-average guy instead of Ryan (though I'd rather have a young Ryan approaching his prime instead of a Wagner who will be 39 when his contract runs out---and I'm not a 20/20 hindsighter, at least not on this one). The non-move for Guerrero netted us nothing that year, and of course we know what happened in the Kazmir deal. Wagner is more valuable then nothing and he who shall not be mentioned.

Zvon Jul 10 2006 11:40 PM

Edgy DC wrote: Anybody want to talk about how crazy Kenny Rogers' career is? We're talking about 1999. Who would have taken a bet then that he'd be playing anything but Strat-O-Matic today, let alone starting the All Star Game? It is crazy. He keeps reinventing himself. Even this season I figured 2nd time thru the league he'd get touched up good and end up with a mediocre first half. The guys pretty incredible. I still have this mental picture of him servin up that walk off walk as a Met tho, ('99 playoffs vs Atl) and I get a lil sick. He walked him and then just kept right on walkin off the mound to the clubhouse. Season over. UGH.

Edgy DC Jul 11 2006 12:28 AM

It's him against the Hall of Fame at this point. And that door should be shut. ]Tough call for me between this non-move and the Kazmir move for which one I hate more. Hard to compare a non-signing to a trade. The Kazbrano deal all the way.

Nymr83 Jul 11 2006 01:37 AM

]The non-move for Guerrero netted us nothing that year though if you believe that the Mets are on a budget it probably allowed us to "afford" Beltran. are we a better team with Vlad in right and (likely) Cameron in center than we are with Beltran/Nady? i think we'd be marginally better but thats assuming there aren't any other moves made or moves not made as a result. it's pretty hard to judge a non-signing, its much easier to judge a trade or even a wagner/ryan situation where one guy was signed over the other in the same offseason.

Johnny Dickshot Jul 11 2006 07:18 AM

Pretty sure the $$ we didn't use to sign Vladdy went to Dolan so we could buy out the cable deal and start SNY. If that works out, it affords the team lotz of free agents.

Rotblatt Jul 11 2006 07:47 AM

Nice, Steve. Apparently A-Rod failed to show up to a pre-All Star party that he was supposed to host. The tagline: MIA-rod. Wright, who was cohost, I guess, showed up despite having plane problems and getting a flat in his car.