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All-Star Game 2012: National League Starting Lineup

Where earlier we provided for you the American League starting lineup for the 2012 MLB All-Star Game, now we provide for you the National League starting lineup, because it wouldn’t make sense to have one without the other. This NL lineup was built by the voters and arranged by Tony La Russa, who isn’t even a manager anymore! I mean, he still manages things on a daily basis, like when he gets up and what he eats, but he doesn’t manage baseball. I’m surprised he even remembers how to make a lineup, but maybe he had help. After all, where there are All-Star Game managers, there are All-Star Game bench and base coaches. I bet La Russa had one of them other guys make this.

Carlos Gonzalez, DH
Melky Cabrera, CF
Ryan Braun, LF
Joey Votto, 1B
Carlos Beltran, RF
Buster Posey, C
Pablo Sandoval, 3B
Dan Uggla, 2B
Rafael Furcal, SS

Matt Cain, SP

There is just no let-up in that lineup. If this team existed during the regular season it would probably be the best team, especially since it would take a lot of the other teams’ best players. That wouldn’t be fair! Especially to the Giants. The Giants would be terrible.

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