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bizofbaseball.com - 7/11/2009

Complete Listing of 2009 MLB All-Star Game Bonuses

— bizofbaseball.com — Each year, through free agency, extensions, or salary arbitration, player contracts are written up with management and... player working to get the most out of the arrangement. For management, it’s often a case of offering up bonus perks that work to incentivize players (for example, Josh ... (more) Complete Listing of 2009 MLB All-Star Game Bonuses

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blog.mlive.com - 7/3/2009

All-Star Stat Speak: When choosing All-Stars, let the stats do the talking.

— blog.mlive.com — It looks like resident stat dork Bill Marshall has taken time away from his tetris addiction to... write another edition of Statspeak, this time naming his own NL stat-based All-Stars in part two. Yesterday, he gave you his AL... (more) All-Star Stat Speak: When choosing All-Stars, let the ...

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outsidetheboxscore.blogspot.com - 7/6/2009

FDH Lounge: How the MLB All-Star rosters should be filled

— outsidetheboxscore.blogspot.com — Every year, the fans generally shame themselves in at least a few areas in the All-Star voting... – even if it happens less often than it did when I was a kid. The managers always shame themselves as well, as do others contributing to the roster shaping. This year was no exception in both areas.  ... (more) FDH Lounge: How the MLB All-Star rosters should be filled

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Adam Jones Makes First All-Star Team
Camden Crazies — ... Jones is only ranked 17th in the AL in Wins Above Replacement among outfielders though, and just 7th among centerfielders (though he is second in the latter group with the bat, to Torii Hunter). He has been the O’s top player thus far (tied with Brad Bergesen and Koji Uehara) so he was probably the right pick considering the stupid “one player from each team” rule. The AL and NL rosters can be found here and here, respectively. The only AL pick I could really argue with ...

Two Marlins join All-Star festivities in St. Louis
Marlin Maniac | A Florida Marlins Blog — In case you hadn’t heard, Hanley Ramirez and Josh Johnson will be joining the National League All-Stars as they try to take home-field advantage for the league against the American League at the All-Star game later this month. Congratulations to Hanley and JJ for making the team, it will be a well-deserved trip to St. Louis for the two of them. Check out the rest of the NL roster here. The AL roster to face them is here. I had an issue with Tim Wakefield and Jason Marquis making the festivities, as both have been average and made it on the back of a ...

NL All Star Roster Announced: Hunter Pence and Miguel Tejada head to St. Louis
The Crawfish Boxes — ... Here's the roster for your viewing pleasure. Not a whole lot of surprises on that list. Thirteen first timers on the Senior Circuit roster, so that's exciting. Two of which, ...