Hey now, you're an all star!

  

Let's look over who will be the supporting cast for Wes or I next week:

AMERICAN LEAGUE:

C Ivan Rodriguez... Tigers   .376avg, 10HR,  57RBI 

1B Jason Giambi... Yankees   .239 11 31 

2B Alfonso Soriano... Rangers   .292 13 48 

3B Alex Rodriguez... Yankees   .276 19 50 

SS Derek Jeter... Yankees    .273 13 40 

OF Manny Ramirez... Red Sox    .342 22 63 

OF Vladimir Guerrero... Angels    .345 20 71 

OF Ichiro Suzuki... Mariners   .319 3 30 

Tim Hudson... A's 7-3 2.98ERA  68Ks

Ted Lilly... Blue Jays 7-4 4.04 83

Esteban Loaiza... White Sox 8-4 4.37 52

Mark Mulder... A's 10-2 2.90 81

Kenny Rogers... Rangers 11-2 3.42 64

C.C. Sabathia... Indians 5-3 2.77 61

Curt Schilling... Red Sox 11-4 3.08 110 

Francisco Cordero... Rangers 2-0 1.85 24   

Tom Gordon... Yankees 2-2 1.51 2 

Joe Nathan... Twins.. 1-0 1.19 23 

Mariano Rivera... Yankees 0-0 0.86 29 

Francisco Rodriguez... Angels 1-1 1.04 7 

C Victor Martinez... Indians   .299 12 60 

1B Ken Harvey... Royals   .330 9 33 

1B David Ortiz... Red Sox   .306 22 76 

2B Ron Belliard... Indians   .317 5 34 

3B Hank Blalock... Rangers   .313 21 57 

SS Carlos Guillen... Tigers   .328 11 57 

SS Miguel Tejada... Orioles   .315 15 69 

SS Michael Young... Rangers   .330 11 48 

OF Carl Crawford... Devil Rays   .317 3 30

OF Matt Lawton... Indians   .315 13 47 

OF Gary Sheffield... Yankees   .298 13 53

 

And for the Bad Guys:

 C Mike Piazza... Mets   .312 16 39 

1B Albert Pujols... Cardinals   .304 21 57

2B Jeff Kent... Astros   .293 10 52 

3B Scott Rolen... Cardinals   .342 18 77 

SS Edgar Renteria... Cardinals   .287 4 34

OF Barry Bonds... Giants   .354 22 45 

OF Ken Griffey Jr.... Reds   .244 19 35 

OF Sammy Sosa... Cubs   .276 14 33

Roger Clemens... Astros 10-2 2.63 107 

Tom Glavine... Mets 7-5 2.16 60 

Livan Hernandez... Expos 6-7 3.23 100 

Randy Johnson... Diamondbacks 9-6 3.04 129 

Carl Pavano... Marlins 9-3 2.92 73 

Jason Schmidt... Giants 10-2 2.61 112

Ben Sheets... Brewers 7-5 2.58 113 

Carlos Zambrano... Cubs 9-3 2.41 99 1

Armando Benitez... Marlins 2-0 1.11 26 

Eric Gagne... Dodgers 2-0 1.54 21

Danny Graves... Reds 1-3 3.02 31

Danny Kolb... Brewers 0-0 0.87 24

C Johnny Estrada... Braves   .328 4 45

1B Sean Casey... Reds   .352 15 54

1B Todd Helton... Rockies   .352 15 53

1B Jim Thome... Phillies   .298 27 58 

2B Mark Loretta... Padres   .321 6 33 

3B Mike Lowell... Marlins   .301 19 51 

SS Barry Larkin... Reds   .294 4 30

SS Jack Wilson... Pirates   .340 7 33 

OF Moises Alou... Cubs   .287 19 49

OF Carlos Beltran * Astros   .281 19 58 

OF Lance Berkman... Astros   .305 16 59

OF Miguel Cabrera... Marlins   .288 19 54 

* Beltran was selected to the team on the AL All-Star ballot. He can take part in All-Star Game festivities but can't play in the game.

 

-  If Clemens has any sense of humor at all, he should make his first pitch to Mike Piazza be a shard of Louisville Slugger. Pizza Man would either laugh, or attack him- either way, it'd be over.

-  Not a lot of people know this, but Mordred(Medraut, Mewdrawd) was from Wales. Many irreputable historians will tell you that there actually was a Mordred, an evil king in druid times who formed the legend for the Mordred of Camelot/King Arthur fame.

   The man who would slay King Arthur was born in Monmouth, in Eastern Wales- allegedly from an incestuous coupling of Arthur and his sister, Morganna Le Fay. He raised an army that laid waste to Arthur's lands, and eventually took out Mr. Excalibur himself at Camlan.

   Up until 2004 AD, he was the worst Welsh in history. That title was just taken from him as Pedro Martinez was left off the All Star game roster for Ted Iris, or whatever.

- There are rumors that a platoon of Army Rangers, led by President Bush, will escort a long-ago-captured Osama bin Laden to the pitcher's mound prior to the All Star Game. He will then be beaten in public with a bat carved out of a tree from the field in Pennsylvania where one of the doomed 9/11 jets crashed...swung by Ken Griffey Jr.

 

- Joe Torre is arrested, and charged with "Looking Guilty"