Lance Manly AL all-stars

With the NL in the books and the all-star game tonight, Lance is back with his AL lineup. Keep in mind when reading this that these are not necessarily the players with the best stats, but the people who best personify manliness, just as the great Lance Manly himself.

AL Lance Manly all-stars:

SP-Roy Halladay, 2.71 ERA, 121 Ks. Not to mention his 146+ innings pitched at the break.

C-Joe Mauer, 5 HRs .873 OPS.

1B-Jason Giambi, 19 HRs, .915 OPS. The mustache seems to be working alright. Interesting fact, from 2005-2007 Giambi’s splits by position according to ESPN.com:

DH- 613 AB .227/.380/.450 1B- 488 AB .293/.453/.611

2B-Ian Kinsler, 14 HRs, .945 OPS. Ian Kinsler has put forth quite the Rico Constantino-like effort this year.

3B-Evan Longoria, 16 HRs, .861OPS. (Insert Evan/Eva Longoria joke here.)

SS-Michael Young, 7 HRs, .777 OPS. We can only hope that Michael Young shares the same infatuation with the number seven as Larry Walker does with the number three.

OF-Josh Hamilton, 21 HRs, .919 OPS. As Joe Sheehan put, “The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down.”

OF-Grady Sizemore, 23 HRs, .913 OPS. Sizemore has seen a nice jump in a few categories this year such as home runs and stolen base percentage, and he’s just entering his prime.

OF-Manny Ramirez, 18 HRs, .907 OPS. He hits the ball real hard.

DH-Milton Bradley, 19 HRs, 1.050 OPS. With Big Papi injured it’s safe to say Milton Bradley has a “monopoly” at DH this year. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself.