Mook vs 2010 baseball all stars

i don't understand how baseball continually gets it wrong when choosing all stars. Even with 34-35 players now, they mess it up. The fans actually did a pretty good job, but still people got screwed.
Joey Votto is probably more famous now because he got left off originally, but how do you leave off the guy who Jayson Stark said (and is probably right) should be the MVP of the NL so far?

i like that they are including some middle relievers, but seriously? Thornton, Meek, Rhodes, and Kuo? What?

What makes me most angry is that A Rod somehow still made it. When i looked at the AL, i saw Evan Longoria- my choice for MVP, Adrian Beltre posting huge numbers likes his MVP season (And his glove is better than his bat) for the Bo Sox, and Micheal Young- the leader of the the first place Rangers who has just hit the ball this year...

Still, A Rod, CC & Ortiz somehow make the All-star team...

How do they leave off guys like Billy Wagner and Andy Petitte- veterans who are making comeback and having phenomenal years...

And Heath Bell and Rafael Soriano only make it as replacements?... and speaking of Padres pitchers- how can a team that is one of the best teams - and has no hitting- have no pitchers originally make the team?

Plus, shouldn't they try to get some players from the home team there- especially when they lead the league in K's and towards the top in whip...

i blame Bud Selig... i mean the guy has messed everything else up...

My All stars
July 5

25 man rosters (10 SP)
AL
1b Miguel Cabrerra
2b Robinson Cano
3b Evan Longoria
SS Derek Jeter
OF Carl Crawford
OF Josh Hamilton
OF Ichiro
C Joe Mauer
BN
1. Michael Young
2. Justin Morneau
3. Paul Konerko
4. Adrian Beltre
5. Vernon Wells
6. Alexi Rios
7. Vlad
Pitchers
1. Andy Petitte
2. Cliff Lee
3. David Price
4. Shaun Marcum
5. Mariano Rivera
6. Jose VelVarde
7. Jon Lester
8. Jerred Weaver
9. Phil Hughes
10. Rafeal Soriano

Marcum is on the team b/c of his comeback combined with season. Petitte is my starter.



NL
1b Albert Pujols
2b Martin Prado
3b Scott Rolen
SS Han Ram
OF Ryan Braun
OF Car Go
OF Andre Either
C Miguel Olivio
BN
1. David Wright
2. Joey Votto
3. Casey McGehee
4. Corey Hart
5. Brandon Philips
6. Jayson Werth
7. I Rod
Pitchers
1. Ubaldo Jiminez
2. Adam Wainright
3. Roy Halladay
4. Josh Johnson
5. Chris Carpenter
6. Tim Lincecum
7. Billy Wagner
8. Heath Bell
9. Mat Latos
10. Jonothon Broxton

Now, add 2-3 P & 2-3 position player make sure each team has a rep, and each All-star team has at least one middle reliever, one back-up Catcher and one back-up middle infielder

AL adds
1. Ty Wiggington (O’s/MI)
2. Craig Breslow (A’s/MR)
3. Carlos Santana (CL/C)
4. Jokiam Soria (KC)
5. Tori Hunter
NL adds
1. Carlos Marmol (C)
2. Roy Oswalt (H)
3. Andrew McCutcheon (P)
4. CB Young (Az)
5. Arthur Rhodes (MR)

Then for fun 4 more players on each team
AL
1. Mags
2. Colby Lewis
3. Jon Rauch
4. Elvis Andrus
NL
1. Tim Hudson
2. Mike Pelfrey
3. Adrian Gonzales
4. Jose Reyes

40-man rosters
AL
1. Youk
2. Carl Pavano/Francisco Liriano
3. Nick Swisher/Bret Gardner
4. Clay Buchholz
5. Ricky Romero
6. Nelson Cruz


NL
1. Colby Rasmus/Matt Holliday
2. Matt Capps
3. Ryan Zimmerman/Josh Wellington
4. Ryan Howard/Troy Glauss
5. Jay Bruce
6. Matt Cain

Did i neglect anyone?
There will always be some good players who don't get selected
Others worthy of considerations
1. Yovanni Gollardo (NL)
2. Jose Bautista (AL)
3. Matt Thornton (AL)
4. Luke Gregerson (NL)
5. Felix (AL)



IF I could name 60 allstars A Rod isn’t on the team… if I could name 100 CC & David Ortiz wouldn’t be there either… and Omar Ifante? Are you kidding me?

They should have picked Carlos Marmol instead of Evan Meek and Andrew McCutcheon instead of Marlon Byrd



Biggest snubs
1. Joey Votto - Howard gets paid, doesn’t mean he’s an AS
2. Michael Young - ARod are you kidding me?
3. Paul Konerko - David Ortiz, what?
4. Billy Wagner - Capps may deserve selection, but Wagner has been better
5. Heath Bell - over Brian Wilson
6. Carlos Gonzales - I like Holliday, but the current rockie has been better than the former rockie
7. Jerred Weaver - CC has had a horrible year
8. Casey McGehee - Omar Ifante? Really?
9. Mat Latos - Gollardo has been good, but Latos better
10. Carlos Marmol - mentioned cubs/pirate switch already
11. Alexi Rios - Bautista may deserve it, but I’d take the former BJ
12. Miguel OLivio - better than McCann or Yadier
13. Ivan Rodriguez - see Olivio
14. Shaun Marcum - middle relievers are valuable, but Marcum is mre deserving than Thornton
15. Rafeal Soriano - you really think Feliz has been better?
16. Andrew McCutcheon - see Marmol


In the end, i think the AL wins again