[More Cowbell]

Glad to see Boston got on there. Can't believe that only 1 made it from Cincinnati. Glad Cordero made it, but atleast Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips or Cueto.

On Sunday I was a little ticked that Johnny Cueto didn't make it. If you looked at his stats at the time of the selections (8-5 record, 2.69 ERA), his resume screamed "All-Star" to me. He certainly had better credentials than Jason Marquis, Chad Billingsley, Johan Santana, or Ted Lilly (although Lilly was the only Cub).

Then, of course, Cueto decided to prove that Phillies manager Jerry Manuel made a mistake by going out and giving up 9 runs in the first inning on Monday. :eek: So much for that.

I am also having trouble seeing how Brandon Phillips was left off. I think it may be because he rubs a lot of people the wrong way. As for Votto, there are a lot of worthy players at first base in the NL (Pujols, Fielder, Derrek Lee, Berkman, Helton, Adrian Gonzalez, etc.) and missing a month of the season really put him behind the 8-ball. But he still deserved to make it in ahead of Ryan Howard.