ARam, Dempster, Fukudome, Soriano, Soto, Wood, Z to ASG

[Schwarber Fan]

ST. LOUIS -- The All-Star teams have been selected and will be announced at 1 p.m., and major league sources say that the Cubs are very well represented.

 

Aside from starters Geovany Soto, Alfonso Soriano and Kosuke Fukudome, pitchers Ryan Dempster, Kerry Wood and Carlos Zambrano are also expected to be named to the team.

 

http://blogs.chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports_hardball/2008/07/cubs-look-to-ha.html

 

Ramirez sans his slump and Theriot could also be seen as deserving. Can you imagine having 8 guys on the team?

 

Also, I have a bad feeling Dempster's gonna struggle if he's used.

[Little Slide Rooter]

How many players are on the all star roster?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Ramirez will get in if Chipper opts out, which has a decent likelihood of happening. I bet you see Marmol on the last man fan vote, they put several non-closers on that ballot last year.

[Roast]

Ramirez will get in if Chipper opts out, which has a decent likelihood of happening. I bet you see Marmol on the last man fan vote, they put several non-closers on that ballot last year.

Why would chipper opt out? Injury?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Ramirez will get in if Chipper opts out, which has a decent likelihood of happening. I bet you see Marmol on the last man fan vote, they put several non-closers on that ballot last year.

Why would chipper opt out? Injury?

 

Yeah, he's been in and out of the lineup for like a month.

[BCVM22]

Soto, Sori and Fukudome all named as starters.

[Andy]

Soto, Sori and Fukudome all named as starters.

Braun must have jumped Griffey as well.

[BCVM22]

Zambrano, Demp and Wood in.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Add Aramis to the list. 7 Cubs!

[BCVM22]

Aramis named as a reserve.

 

7 All-Stars.

[Handlebar McSkullet]

Im talking crap to my brewer fan friends while they are at miller park watching the brewers sweep the pirates

[BCVM22]

http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pMLB2-4989068dt.jpg

[Sludgeworth21]

Don't forget Piniella. That's 8 Cubs.

[Mizzou]

Wow, 7 All Stars? When's the last time the Cubs had that many?

 

Also, I think it's more than any other NL team... is it the most of any team in baseball?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Wow, 7 All Stars? When's the last time the Cubs had that many?

 

Also, I think it's more than any other NL team... is it the most of any team in baseball?

 

Looks like it, the Red Sox only got 6.

 

EDIT: I may have lied, they haven't done AL Relievers yet.

[Andy]

Wow, 7 All Stars? When's the last time the Cubs had that many?

 

Also, I think it's more than any other NL team... is it the most of any team in baseball?

 

Looks like it, the Red Sox only got 6.

 

EDIT: I may have lied, they haven't done AL Relievers yet.

Sox got Paps so they have 7.

[anabiono]

cubs - 7

 

rays - 2

 

suck it rays

[abuck1220]

no cubs on the final ballot thing...

 

c lee

burrell

hart

rowand

d wright

[anabiono]

it should be burrell by a long shot

[Little Slide Rooter]

With Youklis, Kinsler, and Braun we have a record 2.5 Jews representing.

 

And what happened to Griffey? I take it the CUbs fans and Brewer fans went vote crazy for Fuku and Braun and trumped the Reds fans who were to depressed about their awful team to care.

[Little Slide Rooter]

it should be burrell by a long shot

 

Dont count Hart out.

[TruffleShuffle]

ryan ludwick on the all star team pisses me off to no end

[BCVM22]

ryan ludwick on the all star team pisses me off to no end

 

Not quite as bad as Jason Varitek and his .217 average being named to the team.

[Andy]

ryan ludwick on the all star team pisses me off to no end

 

Not quite as bad as Jason Varitek and his .217 average being named to the team.

I don't think it's Ludwick's numbers that Truffle has a problem with. The idea that Ludwick is even an ASG caliber player...that's different.

[SouthSideRyan]

ryan ludwick on the all star team pisses me off to no end

 

Not quite as bad as Jason Varitek and his .217 average being named to the team.

 

It wasn't even Francona getting his guy on the team, it was the dopey players. Pierzynski probably deserved it, but they all hate him so he wasn't getting their vote. Odd that Pudge wouldn't have got it though, if you're going with reputation for being good.