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No, but he's only pitched 6 games.

Gallardo, 1st inning yesterday: 47 pitches Niemann, 5 innings today: 49 pitches

Other than that, how did you like the play, Mrs. Lincoln?

36 strikes and 10 balls for Wakefield? Wow, we are generous.

Ridiculous. Yo is going to top Marcum's 44 1st inning pitches from Friday. Kind of misleading that only 3 of the 6 runs are earned since the E was on Yo.

Yo looks like his head isn't in the game at all.

Yeah, it's Ernie Johnson, Smoltz, and Darling on TBS.

When did you last see bad Ax Man? He has 14 consecutive scoreless innings/appearances, and has given up 2 runs in his last 23 innings/appearances.

GEORGE! Lefty on lefty!

Good News: 2 runs in 1st. Bad News: This is the 3rd straight day with 2 in the 1st and we're still waiting for a win.

Dear Lord. This looks bad.

I am an out-of-towner stuck watching the Sox announcers, so please let me (and people in my situation) knnow if FSN gets the dirt on the Marcum injury.

To this day I still wish the Brewers had held onto Scutaro.

In a streak of twenty some days without an off day, we can't just pull guys 10 outs into the game because he doesn't look as good as normal.

Yeeeesh. Through 3 innings Yo has thrown 63 pitches and Niese has thrown 28 (yet still has 4 strikeouts).

4- Weeks 9- Hart 7- Braun 3- Fielder 5- McGehee 6- Betancourt 2- Lucroy 8- Gomez 1- Gallardo

Prince is gone after this year. I believed it two years ago and nothing has changed in my mind. I wish it weren't so, but I don't dare hold on to hope. No point in letting myself get deflated later on. As long as he's not playing in the division next year, I'll be fine.

I would have put Espinosa on if he wasn't hitting .218. His other numbers are good,though. Yes, I think Rickie should start over Phillips, but won't. Reyes should start over Tulo, but likely won't, and (based on THIS year) Prince and Votto should be duking it out for the start at first, but Pujols will get that. Finding a Cubs rep was hard, and only the weak left side of the infield gave Castro the nod. I can definitely agree that Storen deserved the nod over Marquis. Still, not a lot to choose from in DC. I don't think I gave Morton enough love, but I am suspect that he will keep it up. McCutchen, Beltran, and Ethier are hard to choose one from, but McCutchen got the Pittsburgh vote, even though arguments can be made for Hanrahan and Morton. I wonder if Ryan Roberts will squeek in by virtue of the game being in Arizona. EDIT: Also, Kimbrel's 5 blown saves are kind of an eye sore. I had 4 closers because I think managers are now more willing to burn out (for lack of a better term) bullpen guys than starters. Pitchers who start the Sunday before the AS game are usually unavailable anyway.

I believe they always DH in the all-star game because AL pitchers could get hurt.....Correct. All all-star games have a DH nowadays. I actually do like that rule.

Keeping in place the leading vote getters, making sure every team has a representative, and using 33 solid roster spots with the 34th being the final five, here is my all star predictions as of today (man, outside of first base, there is nothing in the NL infields). VOTE WINNERS C- Brian McCann ATL 1B- Albert Pujols STL 2B- Brandon Phillips CIN 3B- Placido Polanco PHIL SS- Troy Tulowitzki COL OF- Ryan Braun MIL OF- Lance Berkman STL OF- Matt Holliday STL P- Roy Halladay PHIL P- Cole Hamels PHIL P- Jair Jurrgens ATL P- Kyle Lohse STL P- Tim Lincecum SF P- Tommy Hanson ATL P- Shawn Marcum MIL P- Clayton Kershaw LAD P- Jason Marquis WASH P- JJ Putz ARIZ P- Heath Bell SD P- Francisco Rodriguez NYM P- Leo Nunez FLA (Nunez, and maybe K-Rod, should probably be replaced by Hanrahan and Madsen based on peripherals instead of girth saves). DH- Prince Fielder MIL C- Yadier Molina STL OF- Matt Kemp LAD OF- Jay Bruce CIN OF- Hunter Pence HOU OF- Andrew McCutchen PIT IF- Joey Votto CIN IF- Gaby Sanchez FLA IF- Rickie Weeks MIL IF- Jose Reyes NYM IF- Starlin Castro CHI IF- Freddy Sanchez SF (gotta have someone who can play third and, since Bochy is coaching, this is a likely choice) FINAL FIVE: P- Anibal Sanchez FLA P- Yovani Gallardo MIL P- Charlie Morton PIT OF- Andre Ethier LAD OF- Carlos Beltran OF (In truth, I am probably being biased putting Yo on this list. He has the record, but not the peripherals. Of course, starting with tonight, he has time to make that up). A few on the fringe: Mike Stanton, Jaime Garcia, Kevin Correia, Justin Upton, Stephen Drew, Ryan Roberts, Ian Kennedy, Joel Hanrahan, Ryan Madsen, Brian Wilson (Wilson has a leg up because his manager is managing the NL). If you argue that someone should be in who is not, please say who should be out. There is only a certain number of roster spots and every team needs a rep.

That had echoes of Kent Hrbek picking Ron Gant up off the bag in the 1991 World Series.

Wasn't even on my radar.

Jed Bradley. Ga Tech

88??????? He was hitting 96 when I saw him. Is something wrong with him?

Longhorn nation. Wow, one of the few people I've actually seen live and the Crew takes him.