Hey now, you're an All-Star

Here's the second annual PH4H All-Star Ballot:



This year, instead of going with the points leaders for the league, we passed the ballot around at tonight's Nationals game, and chose players based on a simple theme -- "disappointment." And generally speaking, that's the spirit of the whole league anyway.

Here are our choices:

National League:

• 1B Nick Johnson (We're disappointed that he hasn't played, and might not play again for some time.)


• 2B Craig Biggio (I'm not really sure on this one. Maybe we're disappointed that he's still playing at 42? Plus, he's only batting .238.)


• SS David Eckstein (Cards fan Justin is clearly disappointed with his production, although .313 seems ok to me.)


• 3B Pedro Feliz (Stated reason: "Vote for Pedro!" Plus, he's hitting .255.)


• C Michael Barrett (It's always a little strange when a catcher gets in a fist-fight with his own pitcher.)


• OF Andruw Jones (Considering his history, .202 and 11 HR are really disappointing numbers. And he spells his name wrong.)


• OF Juan Pierre (He's been caught stealing 7 times, so he's not that fast anymore. But his average is up as of late.)


• OF Alfonso Soriano (For all that money, it was disappointing that he didn't hit a home run for the first month of the season.)


• P Carlos Zambrano (We were disappointed that he didn't hurt Barrett worse in the fight.)

American League:

• 1B Jason Giambi (We're disappointed that he used steroids. And that he's dumb enough to tell USA Today about it.)


• 2B Josh Barfield (.257. Or, as Dan said, "Cause you can't spell 'Barfield' without 'Barf.'")


• SS Julio Lugo (He's hitting .205. Plus, we're disappointed that Mike Lowell turned out to be good this year.)


• 3B Alex Gordon (At .216, he clearly hasn't lived up to the hype. Although, is it really 'hype' when we're talking about Kansas City?) (Note: There were two good arguments for Alex Rodriguez here: First, that the other players are disappointed that he's so good. Second, that his wife must be disappointed in his behavior with the strippers, etc. Neither of these carried the day.)


• C Gerald Laird (.245. But really, it was because the Rangers are currently the worst team in the league, so clearly, they needed to be represented.)


• OF Jose Guillen (.263 with 9 HR -- it's not just RFK. And personally, I'm disappointed that he hasn't thrown a tantrum yet.)


• OF Vernon Wells (.249 with 6 HR. Blame Canada.)


• OF Jay Gibbons (.210 with 3 HR. Orioles fan Jeff was disappointed that they didn't fire him instead of Sam Perlozzo.)


• P Danys Baez (A lot of money for a 6.52 ERA. That and Sidney Ponson wasn't eligible.)

For those who want the points leaders, here they are, based on all points accumulated through June 19:

National League:

• C Miguel Olivo, Florida Marlins


• 1B Adam LaRoche, Pittsburgh Pirates


• 2B Felipe Lopez, Washington Nationals


• 3B Ryan Zimmerman, Washington Nationals


• SS Alex Gonzalez, Cincinnati Reds


• OF Andruw Jones, Atlanta Braves


• OF Austin Kearns, Washington Nationals


• OF Jeff Francoeur, Atlanta Braves


• P Woody Williams, Houston Astros

American League:

• C Jason Kendall, Oakland Athletics


• 1B Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles


• 2B Josh Barfield, Cleveland Indians


• 3B Alex Gordon, Kansas City Royals


• SS Tony Pena Jr., Kansas City Royals


• OF David DeJesus, Kansas City Royals


• OF Delmon Young, Tampa Bay Devil Rays


• OF Jose Guillen, Seattle Mariners


• P Daniel Cabrera, Baltimore Orioles

Note: These are the points leaders at the position they are eligible for on the All-Star Ballot, if they play more than one position.