National League all stars

Here is the NL All-Star bunch. Four teams have no rep Washington, Houston, Milwaukee and St. Louis. For the Nationals, pitcher Odalis Perez would be the choice (7-5, 2.98 for a 36 games below .500 Nationals team). Houston's rep would be center fielder Michael Bourn and his major league leading 39 stolen bases. What dooms Bourn from an appearance outright is his .199 batting average. For the Brewers, first baseman Prince Fielder gets the nod. If not for his stiff competition at first base from Ryan Howard (.265, 30, 76) and the Braves' Mark Teixeira (.298, 16, 71 and a 15 games over .500 Braves team) Fielder would undoubtedly be on the team based on his stats (.304, 26, 66). If you ask me, Fielder should be the direct backup instead of Teixeira. As for St. Louis, the choice would be pitcher Todd Wellemeyer (9-6, 3.34 ERA in 18 starts) basically because of no clear-cut choice for a rep like the other teams.

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AWARDS VOTING FOR 2008 National League                         Date: 7/14/2008
 
MVP AWARD                               CY YOUNG AWARD
A.Ramirez(CHN) 385                      J.Santana(NYN) 124
C.Utley(PHN) 360                        K.Wood(CHN) 89
H.Ramirez(FLN) 211                      T.Hoffman(SDN) 49
D.Wright(NYN) 139                       J.Maine(NYN) 17
J.Reyes(NYN) 102                        T.Lilly(CHN) 8
 
ALL-STAR SELECTIONS BY POSITION
C  B.McCann(ATN) 1,667,741              G.Soto(CHN) 1,258,596
1B R.Howard(PHN) 2,183,088              M.Teixeira(ATN) 1,842,839
2B C.Utley(PHN) 2,726,331               D.Uggla(FLN) 1,800,341
3B A.Ramirez(CHN) 2,352,933             D.Wright(NYN) 2,050,679
SS H.Ramirez(FLN) 2,736,306             J.Reyes(NYN) 1,942,011
LF M.Holliday(CON) 1,813,539            A.Dunn(CIN) 1,485,144
CF S.Victorino(PHN) 1,519,006           C.Young(ARN) 1,412,695
RF A.Ethier(LAN) 1,328,459              X.Nady(PIN) 1,150,620
Pi J.Santana(NYN) 2,626,854             T.Hoffman(SDN) 1,938,974
   K.Wood(CHN) 1,607,077                J.Maine(NYN) 1,468,682
   A.Miller(FLN) 1,445,464              J.Jurrjens(ATN) 1,428,605
   T.Lincecum(SFN) 1,396,803            T.Lilly(CHN) 1,343,431
   B.Webb(ARN) 1,334,673                D.Lowe(LAN) 1,292,882
   F.Cordero(CIN) 1,236,665             T.Hudson(ATN) 1,188,781
 
GOLD GLOVE SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
P  A.Eaton(PHN)                         D.Haren(ARN) 
C  J.Kendall(MLN)                       C.Snyder(ARN) 
1B M.Teixeira(ATN)                      D.Lee(CHN) 
2B B.Phillips(CIN)                      O.Hudson(ARN) 
3B C.Jones(ATN)                         P.Feliz(PHN) 
SS J.Rollins(PHN)                       M.Tejada(HON) 
OF C.Beltran(NYN)                       S.Victorino(PHN) 
OF N.McLouth(PIN)                       H.Pence(HON) 
OF C.Young(ARN)                         R.Winn(SFN) 
 
SILVER SLUGGER SELECTIONS BY POSITION
WINNER                                  RUNNER UP
C  B.McCann(ATN)                        G.Soto(CHN) 
1B R.Howard(PHN)                        P.Fielder(MLN) 
2B C.Utley(PHN)                         D.Uggla(FLN) 
3B A.Ramirez(CHN)                       D.Wright(NYN) 
SS H.Ramirez(FLN)                       J.Reyes(NYN) 
LF M.Holliday(CON)                      C.Lee(HON) 
CF S.Victorino(PHN)                     M.Kemp(LAN) 
RF X.Nady(PIN)                          A.Ethier(LAN) 
 
ROLAIDS FIREMAN RELIEF AWARD            MANAGER OF THE YEAR
T.Hoffman(SDN) 77                       Lou Piniella(CHN) 
K.Wood(CHN) 73                          Bobby Cox(ATN) 
B.Wilson(SFN) 58                        Jerry Manuel(NYN) 
F.Cordero(CIN) 55                       Bud Black(SDN) 
B.Lidge(PHN) 44                         Dusty Baker(CIN) 
 

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