Here are the starting lineups for the 2005 MLB All-Star game. National League 1 Bobby Abreu RF 2 Carlos Beltran LF 3 Albert Pujols DH 4 Derrek Lee 1B 5 Jim Edmonds CF 6 Aramis Ramirez 3B 7 Mike Piazza C 8 Jeff Kent 2B 9 David Eckstein SS SP Chris Carpenter American League 1 Johnny Damon CF 2 Alex Rodriguez 3B 3 David Ortiz DH 4 Manny Ramirez LF 5 Miguel Tejada SS 6 Vladimir Guerrero RF

Well, now we have the final 2005 MLB All-Star Game rosters. Each manager had a difficult time narrowing down the players for the final all-star team, but there were a few more players there should have been room for this year. There weren't a lot of them but these are the 10 biggest overlooks for the all-star team. National League: Player, Position, Team AVG HR RBI / W-L ERA SV Carlos

2005 MLB first-year player draft selections - first round 1. Arizona - Justin Upton, ss, Great Bridge HS (VA) 2. Kansas City - Alex Gordon, 3b, Nebraska 3. Seattle - Jeffrey Clement, c, USC 4. Washington - Ryan Zimmerman, 3b, Virginia 5. Milwaukee - Ryan Braun, 3b, Miami 6. Toronto - Ricardo Romero, lhp, CS Fullerton 7. Colorado - Troy Tulowitski, ss, Long Beach 8. Tampa Bay - Wade Townsend, rhp,

I applaud the Boston Red Sox for quickly revoking Fenway Park access to the two fans involved in the altercation with Gary Sheffield. I also applaud the decision of Bob Watson, baseball's vice president in charge of discipline. Today MLB decided no disciplinary action will be taken against Sheffield. The MLB Commissioners office released this statement, "We do not condone any interaction

Last night on Jason Varitek's two-run triple in right field at Fenway Park, a Red Sox fan reached out and sucker punched Gary Sheffield for no apparent reason. Simultaneously another fan threw their beer at Sheffield as well. Sheffield picked up the ball, shoved the fan, and threw the ball back in towards first base. Sheffield, who thought he had a busted lip, and had noticeably been punched in

Of the 30 teams in major league baseball only 11 are under .500, the Colorado Rockies only have one win that came on opening day. Not that it's a surprise to anyone, but the Colorado Rockies are the last place team in all of baseball. To say that they suck would be letting them off the hook. Manager Clint Hurdle has to be beyond frustrated with his squad. He stated that "major league baseball

Steroids in baseball may be a bigger problem than MLB wants to admit. Over the weekend the first positive test at the major league level was reported to be Tampa Bay Devil Rays OF Alex Sanchez. It's not the allstar the public wanted, but Sanchez's story might be the tip of the iceberg. Monday MLB announced 38 minor leaguers from the Cactus League Spring training tests of 12 teams. The MLB minor

Baseball season is finally upon us. Let's look at the NL East first. Winning the division has recently been a tradition for the Braves, and this year that will change. The Florida Marlins will win the division this year. The Marlins added 1B Carlos Delgado in the off season. With Delgado added to the potent lineup of OF Juan Pierre, 2B Luis Castillo, OF Juan Encarnacion, OF Miguel Cabrera, 3B

Baseball season is finally upon us. It has survived the scrutiny of the US Congress, the American public, and itself to bring in a new season. Let's look at the AL East first. Winning the division has recently been a tradition for the Yankees, and this year won't change that. George Steinbrenner went out and spent a lot of money this offseason and he will see it pay off. The Yankees signed free

What can I say about Bonds and McGwire that hasn't already been said? They're both phenomenal record setting athletes, pillars of run production for their respective teams, and both hiding under the suspicion of using "performance enhancing drugs." I personally grew up a fan of both McGwire and Bonds. I still have rookie cards of both from my youth. I grew up thinking they were great athletes.