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@PWSullivan: Starlin and LaHair All-Stars

lol

but in reality
2006 .364
2007 .351
2008 his one big year
2009 .347
2010 90 games played
2011 .323
what do you call that?

I wonder how TT is feeling right now

lol I hope he faces a lefty in the game.

That's so weird. I could understand if he was our only rep but damn

Amused. And hopeful that Carlos Lee likes Houston a lot.

@CarrieMuskat: Both Castro and LaHair can thank their peers. Castro was 1st among NL SS & LaHair 2nd to #Reds Votto in player ballots. #Cubs

Despite the fact that he's been in free fall for over a month, interesting that the players voted him in. They're smarter than just blindly looking at a stat line. Is it just a testament to how weak the crop is beyond Votto? There has to be some NL 1st baseman besides Votto who hasn't been God awful for the past month. And then theres this from yesterday

@Rotoworld_BB: Votto leaves game with undisclosed injury http://t.co/hciIUnOC

any chance of him hitting the DL? Just sayin.

CHICAGO – Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro and first baseman Bryan LaHair were today named to the 2012 National League All-Star team. Castro has been named to his second All-Star team, while LaHair has earned the first selection of his major league career.

Castro and LaHair will join coach Dave McKay, a member of National League Manager Tony LaRussa’s coaching staff, in representing the Cubs at the 83rd Major League All-Star Game Tuesday, July 10 in Kansas City. The Cubs have multiple members on the All-Star team for the first time since 2008, when eight players represented the club at Yankee Stadium.

The 22-year-old Castro has earned his second All-Star honor in as many seasons, as he last year became the youngest player in franchise history to be named to an All-Star team. He is the first Cubs shortstop to be named to the All-Star team in consecutive seasons since Don Kessinger’s five-year run from 1968-72.

Last year, Castro became the first Cubs shortstop to be selected to the All-Star game since Shawon Dunston made the club in 1990. Castro is only the sixth shortstop in franchise history to be named to the All-Star team, the third in the last 50 seasons, joining Dunston (twice), Don Kessinger (six times), Ernie Banks (nine times as a shortstop), Billy Jurges (once) and Woody English (once).

LaHair, 29, is the first Cub to be elected as a first baseman since Derrek Lee in 2007 and only the third Cubs first baseman to make the team in the last 30 years (also Mark Grace).

Entering Sunday, Castro ranks tied for sixth in the National League with 94 hits, tied for second with seven triples, tied for fifth with 28 multi-hit games and tied for ninth with 16 stolen bases. Overall, he enters the day batting .298 (94-for-315) with 10 doubles, six home runs and 40 RBI in 77 games. LaHair enters the day batting .284 (60-for-211) with 12 doubles, 13 home runs and 28 RBI in 67 games.

Both Castro and LaHair were voted to the All-Star team by way of the player ballot.

After picking Felix Hernandez to represent the Mariners, Joe Mauer to represent the Twins and Billy Butler to represent the Royals, Washington was left with four picks. He took three of his own Rangers players (Matt Harrison, Joe Nathan and Elvis Andrus), and one ex-Ranger (Angels left-hander C.J. Wilson, who replaced Sabathia).

Despite the fact that he's been in free fall for over a month, interesting that the players voted him in. They're smarter than just blindly looking at a stat line. Is it just a testament to how weak the crop is beyond Votto? There has to be some NL 1st baseman besides Votto who hasn't been God awful for the past month. And then theres this from yesterday

@Rotoworld_BB: Votto leaves game with undisclosed injury http://t.co/hciIUnOC

any chance of him hitting the DL? Just sayin.

he's 3rd amongst NL 1B in wOBA for the year, and came in 2nd in the voting; why exactly is this a travesty?

That's annoying. Not that any of those four are indefensible picks, but something about it is annoying.