Who do you think will be selected?

Wigginton. And if Strasberg gets on the NL team, then I also vote for Arrieta on the AL team.

I think at the beginning of the season, Trembley had the team line up and he barked out a question:

How many of you want to be all stars this year?

Everybody stepped back one stride. All, except Wigginton, who, thank god, has a hearing problem and did not hear the question. At least we have one player who actually has numbers reasonable enough to get on the team on merit.

And tell me again, why do you not get an rbi if you knock in a runner on a GIDP?

Berken. They can always use another bullpen ARM in that 32nd roster spot.

Berken looked absolutely great on Monday night in the big loss. He also looked good in yesterday's game, about half of which I caught on TV during lunch.

The need for pitchers at the all star game was one rationale for a sport writer to promote Strasberg for the team.

What's our bus driver doing that night?

I vote for any one of us who have managed to watch the team play this year. Extra bonus points to those that have season tickets. We've shown more fire and passion than the team has.

If I pick a player, it's Wigginton. I don't know why they're bothering pushing the write in vote. Cano is having an insanely good first half and actually deserves to start.

I seriously like Wigginton. He is a real blue collar guy, the real "Joe the plumber," he is every man, if you got Wigginton you get all he's got…I like that.

Speaking of "blue collar" Wigginton reminds me, by "blue-collarness," work ethic and attitude, of good old Joseph Michael Richardson Orsulak III, aka Joe "No slack, Orsulak!"

Thanks Gersh, but i'll give my pass to Markakis since he's the most consistent player on the O's but seems to have one guy with a great first half making it instead of him.

I believe he's earned the game from his combined consistency over the years, though no one should be allowed from the O's this season.