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2010 NFL Pro Bowl Rosters Announced With Few Surprises

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Here are the rosters as posted on NFL.com, there really arent many surprises. Glad to see Sid Rice, Peterson, Williams, and Allen make it, as they all deserved to go. Too bad Percy Harvin didnt get consideration as a KR, as he definitely deserved to make it as well. Usually they select a different returner than the players already selected, but Jackson has also done a great job for the Eagles. In total the Vikings got 8, which looks to be the highest of the NFC, but I didnt go that far into it.

It also doesnt hurt to mention that if a team is playing in the Super Bowl, those players will not play, so there could be quite a few slots that would be filled. Favre hasnt played in a pro-bowl in years, and a lot of players still fake injuries to avoid going, or maximize existing injuries. For all intensive purposes, this game is a joke anyways, so the honor is in the actual consideration. Stupidly, the game is being played in miami, BEFORE the Super Bowl, and I am still not sure why the league decided on this.
AFC on the left, NFC on the right.
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2009 All Star Starters, Or Why The Fans Should Not Be Allowed To Vote Volume 205

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American League:

C Joe Mauer – this was right.
1B Mark Texiera – Morneau has the best VORP for all AL 1Bs, was #8 for the entire league, but was third in the voting. Tex wasnt even in the top 30 for the league.
2B Dustin Pedroia – Again, Ben Zobrist was the top 2B for AL, Pedroia wasnt even on the first page of players for the stat.
SS Derek “Calm Eyes” Jeter – Jason Bartlett has a Top 5 VORP in the whole FUCKING league, but wasnt even close in voting to the most overrated player in MLB history.
3B Evan Longoria – this was right
OF Jason Bay – should be Shin Soo Choo
OF Ichiro – this was right
OF Josh Hamilton – Should be Torii Hunter. Just goes to show you what a HR Derby performance can do for fans who dont watch baseball more than one game here or there. The guy has played 35 games, hit 6 HRs, and basically has done nothing this year. Why is he an all star? Oh right, because he hit a bunch of HRs in an exhibition.
NOTE: Tim Wakefield has made it because he has 10 wins. That is fucking crap. He has an ERA at almost 5. Wins mean nothing. Absolutely nothing. What shit.
National League:

C Yadier Molina – HA! Should be McCann. Funny enough, there isnt an NL catcher in the top 60 for VORP.
1B Albert Pujols – This is a duh-level right.
2B Chase Utley – This is right
SS Hanley Ramirez – This is right
3B David Wright – should be Pablo Sandoval, who oddly did not get the nod AT ALL. Final vote my ass.
OF Ryan Braun – this is right
OF Raul Ibanez – this is right
OF Carlos Beltran – this is right
Man, they need to stop the fan voting. Half of the AL players have been vastly outperformed by other, more statistically superior players. Its crazy.
Since this game “counts” for some fucking ridiculous reason, its important to prevent the general stupidity of the fans from entering into the equation.