Real A.L. All-Stars

(Ed. note - I've been in LA since Monday and I am feeling the West Coast laziness.  With that being said, here's a little somethin' for that a**.)

After Jermaine Dye got shafted out of going to Yankee Stadium as an All-Star, it got me to thinking (oh hey, I'm thinking now?) about the make up of the rosters.  There's a paradox here. And it's all Bud Selig's fault.  So I can sort of appreciate having every team represented to induce interest for fans across the country.  Your team sucks but there's one dude that's sort of okay and he might get into the game for a half an inning.

Whoo-hoo.

But a few years ago, Selig had the bright idea to lay home field advantage for the WORLD F'N SERIES(!) on the line.  Really?!?! You're potentially going to have players on teams that are 15 games out of first place in July playing in a game that decides where games are played in October?

One or the other folks.  

Now I can appreciate this since I am an unabashed White Sox fan and the American League has won the last 10 games in a row.  And with that being said, here is the real team that can get U.S. Cellular field the first games of the Fall Classic. (Using roughly the same format that was presented this year)

C-Joe Mauer (S)

AJ Pierzynski

Dioner Navarro

1B-Kevin Youkilis (S)

Justin Morneau

2B-Ian Kinsler (S)

Dustin Pedroia

3B-Alex Rodriguez (S)

Evan Longoria

Mike Lowell

SS-Michael Young (S)

Jhonny Peralta

OF-Josh Hamilton(S)

Grady Sizemore(S)

JD Drew(S)

Nick Markakis

Carlos Quentin

Jermaine Dye

DH-Milton Bradley(S)

Aubrey Huff

Jason Giambi

P-John Danks

Justin Duchscherer

Cliff Lee

Shawn Marcum

Roy Halladay

Gavin Floyd

Scott Kazmir

Ervin Santana

RP-Francisco Rodriguez

Mariano Rivera

Joe Nathan

Jonathan Papelbon

Joakim Soria

Discuss...