not Pete Orr since he's only played 1 inning during his MLB career at SS. Your NL All Star SS is Jose Reyes. The fans made a great choice. Reyes can play. He's a stud. He's got 40 SB at the half way mark and is hitting ~.315. A very worthy starting shortshop.
The members of the Major League Baseball Players Association chose the backup shortstop. They picked J.J. Hardy. Hardy is having a great year for the Brewcrew (18 HR, 52 RBI, .283 Avg, yada yada yada).
Who should the players have picked? Edgard Renteria. The Braves SS is having another great year (.326 Avg, 10 HR, 43 RBI, 21 2B, 7 SB, 53 R). Renteria has a .980 FPCT. Reyes has a .987 and Hardy has a .972.
The only NL SS with a higher batting average than Renteria is Christian Guzman, but Guzman has only played in 43 game (Renteria has played in 79).
Renteria has 101 hits. Hardy has 87. I could go on, but I won't.
Renteria is an All Star. The players dropped the ball -- and you can't blame the "every team needs a representative rule" because the Braves have 2 on the team (John Smoltz and Brian McCann) and the Brewers hav 3 others on the club (Prince Fielder, Francisco Corder, & Ben Sheets).
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