Your 2009 MLB All Star Game Rosters

Here Are Your rosters for the 2009 MLB All Star Game, being played on July 12th.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Starters
Pos Player B/T

C Joe Mauer, MIN L/R

1B Mark Teixeira, NYY S/R

2B Dustin Pedroia, BOS R/R

SS Derek Jeter, NYY R/R

3B Evan Longoria, TB R/R

OF Jason Bay, BOS R/R

OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA L/R

OF Josh Hamilton, TEX L/L

Pitchers
Pos Player B/T

P Andrew Bailey, OAK R/R

P Josh Beckett, BOS R/R

P Mark Buehrle, CWS L/L

P Brian Fuentes, LAA L/L

P Zack Greinke, KC R/R

P Roy Halladay, TOR R/R

P Felix Hernandez, SEA R/R

P Edwin Jackson, DET R/R

P Joe Nathan, MIN R/R

P Jonathan Papelbon, BOS R/R

P Mariano Rivera, NYY R/R

P Justin Verlander, DET R/R

P Tim Wakefield, BOS R/R

Reserves
Pos Player B/T

C Victor Martinez, CLE S/R

1B Justin Morneau, MIN L/R

1B Kevin Youkilis, BOS R/R

2B Aaron Hill, TOR R/R

SS Jason Bartlett, TB R/R

3B Michael Young, TEX R/R

OF Carl Crawford, TB L/L

OF Curtis Granderson, DET L/R

OF Torii Hunter, LAA R/R

OF Adam Jones, BAL R/R

OF Ben Zobrist, TB S/R
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Starters
Pos Player B/T

C Yadier Molina, STL R/R

1B Albert Pujols, STL R/R

2B Chase Utley, PHI L/R

SS Hanley Ramirez, FLA R/R

3B David Wright, NYM R/R

OF Carlos Beltran, NYM S/R

OF Ryan Braun, MIL R/R

OF Raul Ibanez, PHI L/R

Pitchers
Pos Player B/T

P Heath Bell, SD R/R

P Chad Billingsley, LAD R/R

P Jonathan Broxton, LAD R/R

P Matt Cain, SF R/R

P Francisco Cordero, CIN R/R

P Ryan Franklin, STL R/R

P Dan Haren, ARI R/R

P Josh Johnson, FLA L/R

P Ted Lilly, CHC L/L

P Tim Lincecum, SF L/R

P Jason Marquis, COL L/R

P Francisco Rodriguez, NYM R/R

P Johan Santana, NYM L/L

Reserves
Pos Player B/T

C Brian McCann, ATL L/R

1B Prince Fielder, MIL L/R

1B Adrian Gonzalez, SD L/L

1B Ryan Howard, PHI L/L

2B Orlando Hudson, LAD S/R

2B Freddy Sanchez, PIT R/R

SS Miguel Tejada, HOU R/R

3B Ryan Zimmerman, WSH R/R

OF Brad Hawpe, COL L/L

OF Hunter Pence, HOU R/R

OF Justin Upton, ARI R/R

Team USA To Face Japan

Team USA will play the defending Champion Team Japan Sunday Night. Barry Larkin talks about preparing for the game.

MLB Preview: Postseason

Which Team will win the 2008 World Series?

These are my picks for the 2008 MLB Season.
THIS SEASON
DIVISON WINNERS
NL EAST: NEW YORK METS
NL WEST: SAN DIEGO PADRES
NL CENTRAL: CHICAGO CUBS
AL EAST: BOSTON RED SOX
AL WEST: LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM
AL CENTRAL: DETROIT TIGERS
AL WILDCARD: NEW YORK YANKEES
NL WILDCARD: COLORADO ROCKIES

NL DIVISION SERIES
CHICAGO CUBS OVER SAN DIEGO PADRES
NEW YORK METS OVER COLORADO ROCKIES

AL DIVISION SERIES
DETROIT TIGERS OVER NEW YORK YANKEES
BOSTON RED SOX OVER LOS ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM

NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
CHICAGO CUBS OVER NEW YORK METS

AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
DETROIT TIGERS OVER BOSTON RED SOX

2008 WORLD SERIES
CHICAGO CUBS OVER DETROIT TIGERS

MLB AWARDS
AL CY YOUNG: JOSH BECKETT
NL CY YOUNG: JOHAN SANTANA
NL MVP: CARLOS BELTRAN
AL MVP: MIGUEL CABRERA
NL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: KOSUKE FUKUDOME
AL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: CLAY BUCHOLZ
NL GOLD GLOVE: JOSE REYES
NL GOLD GLOVE: GREG MADDUX
NL GOLD GLOVE: ARAMIS RAMIREZ
AL GOLD GLOVE: DEREK JETER
AL GOLD GLOVE: CURTIS GRANDERSON
AL GOLD GLOVE: TORII HUNTER
AL ROLAIDS RELIEF MAN: JOHNATHAN PAPELBON
NL ROLAIDS RELIEF MAN: CARLOS MARMOL
AL MANAGER OF THE YEAR: JIM LEYLAND
NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR: LOU PINIELLA

The Arizona Diamondbacks and The Colorado Rockies will meet up in the National League Championship Series

The Diamondbacks contained The Cubs "Big Three" and outhit and outplayed The Cubs, and that's why they won this series.

Three solo home runs from Chris Young, Eric Byrnes, and Stephen Drew behind 6 innings pitched (1 run on 5 hits) from Liván Hernández, and 4 double plays turned on defense put Game Three out of reach for the Chicago Cubs who were swept out of the post-season by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

So, The Arizona Diamondbakcks and The Colorado Rockies are meeting in the National League Championship Series, which will begin on Thursday. Congratulations to the Arizona Diamondbacks. They've had a magnificent season, and they managed to sweep The Cubs in their house, Wrigley Field. Carlos Zambrano's next start will be opening day 2008, where the Same Old Chant of "Wait 'till Next Year" will be heard for the 100th time in Chicago.

Time for me for me to go off on the Cubs for a second.

Aramis Ramirez, Alfonso Soriano, and Derrek Lee. Where in the world was your plate disipline at? Did you leave it in Cincinnatti or something? My Goodness, every time you guys had runners in scoring position, you guys grounded into a double play, killing your chance to win. I'm not gonna fall for this again. If they manage to win the division next season, I'm not gonna take their season seriously until they get to the World Series. There was so much promise for their season, and now I remember something I should have remembered a long time ago: They're The Cubs. The Cubs continue to use that stupid excuse of "We're cursed by a billygoat" to explain why they have not won a World Series, and I'm sick of it. It's way too early to talk about the 2008 Baseball Season, particularly because the American League Championship Series has not been determined yet, although it may be by tonight, as Boston and Cleveland are both going for sweeps of Anaheim and New York.

Speaking of New York, Joe Torre is about to be fired as manager of the New York Yankees. He will either be fired or resign as Yankee Manager. New York is dead come game three, and even if they win tonight, they're still dead. George Steinbrenner may already be looking for a new manager of the Yankees. He just hasn't said it publicly yet.

Let's talk about their archrival, the Boston Red Sox. Congratulaions guys. You guys swept The Angels and you're about to face Cleveland in the American League Championship Series. Boston has been the best team in Baseball since day one of the 2007 Season. David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez may be about to bring home another World Series Pennant for the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox have the best rotation in Baseball, with Fireballer Josh Beckett, Wise Pitcher Curt Schilling, Japaneese Import Daisuke Mastuzaka, and knuckleballer Tim Wakefield (Wakefield had a bad back, so he was not on the Red Sox American League Divisional Series roster.)

There are my random thoughts and feelings on the Divisional Series of the Baseball Postseason so far.

My Picks for the World Series: Boston meets Arizona in the World Series and beats them in five games.

MLB Postseason taking unexpected Twists and Turns

Kenny Lofton had four RBI's in the Indians victory over the Yankees.

Through the first two games of the NLDS and the opening games of the ALDS, there have been some suprises. Arizona and their youngsters are one game away from going to the National League Championship Series, as they have tamed the Cubs offense to a dull roar through the first two games. Colorado Rockies as well are one game away from eliminating their opponent, the Philladelphia Phillies. Ryan Howard's homerun wasn't enough to overcome Kaz Matsui's Grand Slam in Game Two, as Colorado beat Philly by the score of 10 to 5.

Here's my analysis of the respective series.
NLDS: Cubs vs. Diamondbacks
Wow. How about the Arizona Diamondbacks. It seems like The "Fountain Of Youth" has been found. It's is Arizona, buried underneath Chase Field. The Diamondbacks players are young, most are only about 25 years old, and they are one game away from eliminating the $300 Million ballclub that has suffered for 99 (and possibly coming up on 100) years without a World Series Ring. The only good thing for the Cubs is that their next two games are at home. The Wrigley Crowd will be rocking, trying to modivate the Cubbies to fight to win three in a row to advance to the National League Championship Series. Rich Hill gets the ball for the Cubs in the all important game three, and he will be opposed by the former Montreal Expo Livan Hernandez. I hope the Cubs fight to pull even and win this thing, but I don't think it's going to happen.

NLDS: Rockies vs Phillies
The "Fountain of Youth" has also been found in Rocky Mountain High Coors Field in Denver Colorado. Rockies Superphenom Troy Tulowitski has been on a tear offensively and defensicely. Tulowitski and Todd Helton are the two reasons the Phillies are dead in this series. It would be good October baseball for them to come back, but I don't see that happening.

ALDS: Red Sox vs. Angels
Vlad Guererro has been hurt, and the Angels production has hurt without him. The loss of gary Matthews Jr. was the big reasdon why this team was doomed coming into this series. Daisuke Mastuzaka will make his postseason debut for the Red Sox in Game Three, where the Red Sox can sweep the Angels and move on to the American League Championship Series.

ALDS: Yankees at Indians
Derek Jeter went 0-4 in the Yankees loss to the Indians, but of course, the talk will be how Alex Rodriguez went hitless in what may be his final season with The New York Yankees. Chien Mien Wang did not have his good stuff in that game. I lost count how many homeruns were hit in that game. Cleveland Sports Fans will make a huge deal about LeBron James wearing a Yankee cap in Cleveland, but Red Sox Natrion has that same thing to be said to Tom Brady, a self-professed Yankee fan.

October Baseball is in full swing and you can catch all of it on TBS.

Divisional Series Action On TBS

TBS Baseball.

There is a lot of great baseball on TBS today. Check out this Dane Cook TBS Preview. Click on the video to have it begin.


For those of you who missed the one game playoff game between the San Diego Padres and the Colorado Rockies, here is all the good parts from this long, exciting game. The video itself is about 10 minutes. Click on the video to have it begin.


Enjoy Phiilies at Rockies, Yankees at Indians, and Cubs at Diamondbacks on TBS tonight.

MLB Playoffs Preview!

Carlos Zambrano and Alfonso Soriano are on a mission to help deliver The Cubs a World Series Pennant.



I Live For This!
It's October, and that means that the postseason for Major League Baseball Season is about to get under way. Let's take a look at each series and the things that will have to happen for that team to go to the World Series.

NATIONAL LEAGUE DIVISIONAL SERIES
Philladelphia Phillies vs. Colorado Rockies
Analysis: The Colorado Rockies had to fight to make it here, and they did, scoring three runs, including the game winner, in the bottom of the 13th inning to beat San Deigo in a thrilling 9 to 8 finish in the one game playoff to decide the winner of the National League Wild Card. The Rockies are getting here thanks to the collapse of the San Diego Padres over the last two weeks. The Philladelphia Phillies are also getting here because of a monumental collapse over the last two weeks, they sat back and watched the New York Mets blow an 8 and a half game lead with two weeks to play to get eliminated from the playoffs. Both of these teams just got in at the last minute, and this will be a good series for both teams.
Keys To Victory
PHILLIES: No doubt, Ryan Howard is the key for the Phillies. If he's swinging the bat well, Philladelphia will win the series. If he's not, it will be that much harder for Philly to pull it out.
COLORADO: Troy Tulowitski will be the key for the Rockies, with the glove and the bat. Tulowtski got an unassisted triple play for the Rockies against the Braves, and he did a good job with the bat as well, batting near .300. He's gonna be key for the Rockies.
Your Winner
PHILLIES. The Phillies just seem to have more depth, more offense, and more defense, although The fact that Denver is the highest altitude in Baseball will help the Rockies out. Expect a lot of homeruns in this series. I go with The Phillies in five. I expect it to go back and fourth with the Phillies winning.
Phillies in Five.

Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
Analysis: This is the series that I'm waiting to see. The Cubs got hot after the Florida series and won the National League Central for the first time since 2003, when they were five outs away from going to the World Series before a monumental collapse cost them their chance to Break The Curse. Watch out for this young Diamondback team, particularly when Micah Owings is pitching (and hitting.)
Keys To Victory
CUBS: No doubt, the key for the Cubs will be scoring runs. Runs will be hard to score in Game One against Brandon Webb, so one run for either side may be enough to win a couple of the games.

DIAMONDBACKS: The Diamondbacks were everyone's unexpected team this season. Arizona seemed to get hot and stay hot nearly all season. The Diamondbacks don't have much of a rotation outside of Micah Owings and Brandon Webb, so they need to depend on the arms of the bullpen to help them win ballgames.
Your Winner
I've gotta go with the Cubs. I think this Cubs team is good enough to beat the Diamondbacks and face the Phillies in the NLCS. That would be a fantastic series. Perhaps the Cubs could go further than five outs away from going to the World Series this time around.
Cubs In Four

AMERICAN LEAGUE DIVISIONAL SERIES
Los Angeles Angels Of Anaheim vs Boston Red Sox
Analysis: Game One is another marquee pitching matchup. Twenty Game winner Josh Beckett takes the mound for the Red Sox, while nineteen game winner John Lackey is on the mound for the Angels.
Keys To Victory
RED SOX: Outside of the Pitching, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez are thr two biggest reasons why the Red Sox will be very hard to defeat. Ortiz and Manny were together in 2004 when the Red Sox won the World Series, and were in the playoffs again in 2005, when the White Sox defeated the Angels to advance to the American League Championship Series.
ANGELS: Vladamir Guererro and Garret Anderson will be tough to defeat. Andersson had 10 RBIs in an August win over the Yankees, and Vlad is the defending Home Run Derby Champion.
Red Sox in Four

New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians
Analysis: This will be a fantastic series as well. Chien Mien Wang will pitch Game One for the Yankees, and C.C. Sabathia will pitch for the Red Sox.
Keys To Victory
YANKEES: Alex Rodriguez will have his chance to erase his "Choke-Rod" label that comes with him every October.
INDIANS: The only Indian that has posteason experience is Trot Nixon, who was with the 2004 Boston Red Sox. Travis Hafner will be swinging for the fences. C.C. Sabathia and Paul Byrd will have to bring their A-Game to prevent a Yankee sweep.
Prediction:Yankees in Three.

My Picks.
ALCS: New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox
NLCS: Chicago Cubs vs. Philladelphia Phillies

The Major League Baseball Postseason begins tommorow! Don't miss a second of the exciting playoff action!

MLB All Star Game is Tonight!

Click on the video to see a promo for the MLB All Star Game.


The Major League Baseball All Star Game is Tonight. Here are the Starting Lineups for the teams tonight.

AMERICAN LEAGUE (Managed by Detroit Tigers Manager Jim Leyland)
Order Team Pos. Player
1.Mariners CF Ichiro Suzuki
2.Yankees SS Derek Jeter
3. Red Sox 1B David Ortiz
4.Yankees 3B Alex Rodriguez
5.Angels RF Vladimir Guerrerro
6.Tigers LF Magglio Ordonez
7.Tigers C Ivan Rodriguez
8.Tigers 2B Placido Polanco
9.Athletics P Dan Haren

AMERICAN LEAGUE RESERVES
Pos. Name Team
C Víctor Martínez Indians
C Jorge Posada Yankees
1B Justin Morneau Twins
2B Brian Roberts Orioles
3B Mike Lowell Red Sox
SS Carlos Guillén Tigers
SS Michael Young Rangers
OF Carl Crawford Devil Rays
OF Torii Hunter Twins
OF Manny Ramírez Red Sox
OF Alex Ríos Blue Jays
OF Grady Sizemore Indians


NATIONAL LEAGUE (Managed by St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony LaRussa)
Order Team Pos. Player
1. Mets SS Jose Reyes
2. Giants LF Barry Bonds
3. Mets CF Carlos Beltran
4. Reds RF Ken Griffey Jr.
5. Mets 3B David Wright
6. Brewers 1B Prince Fielder
7. Dodgers C Russell Martin
8. Phillies 2B Chase Utley
9. Padres P Jake Peavy

NATIONAL LEAGUE RESERVES
Pos. Name Team
C Brian McCann Braves
1B Derrek Lee Cubs
1B Albert Pujols Cardinals
1B Dmitri Young Nationals
2B Orlando Hudson Diamondbacks
2B Freddy Sanchez Pirates
3B Miguel Cabrera Marlins
SS J.J. Hardy Brewers
OF Matt Holliday Rockies
OF Carlos Lee Astros
OF Aaron Rowand Phillies
OF Alfonso Soriano Cubs

Oakland Athletics Ace Dan Haren has made Athletics fans forget all about Barry Zito, and he will be rewarded by becoming the Starting Pitcher for the American League.

San Diego Padres Ace Jake Peavy was bound to start an All Star Game. It was only a matter of time. Peavy is the ace of the veteran pitching staff in San Diego, and Peavy will be the Starting Pitcher for the National League.

The National League came close to beating the American League last year, only to watch Rangers SS Michael Young bring home the winning run for the American League. That's not going to happen this year. National League Wins.

The All Star Game is tonight on Fox.