I know this isn't directly a game used topic, but wanted to bring this up.

I just looked at the Allstar voting for the AL...what a complete joke. Lugo is 4th and Cabrera is 5th?...he should be in AAA right now. Magglio Ordonez isn't in the top 3 OF. Posada behind Pudge? Why is Giambi even on this list with those numbers?

This game continues to kill me. The real allstar game ususally doesn't arrive until the 5th inning when the manager's picks get into the game. I understand baseball's desire to include fans, but it just doesn't work. First of all, everything is biased by population. New York has 10x as many people voting as Kansas City and most people vote by team. Even if KC did have an allstar, they wouldn't be voted on to start. Online voting makes it even worse. I like what the minor leagues do: fan voting counts for 1/3 of the final vote. GMs and managers have a say in it too.

So, who SHOULD be the 2007 allstars? It's not who you like the most, but who SHOULD be an allstar. Who has had the best first half of 2007?

Here's mine:

C- Posada (Martinez)
1B - Ortiz (Morneau)
2B - Polanco
SS - Cabrera (Jeter)
3B - A-Rod
OF - Ordonez
OF - Ichiro
OF - Vlad Guerrero (Hunter)

I put close calls/alternates/2nd stringers in ( ).

OK guys, let's see you 2007 Allstars. Do AL NL or both.