2009 MLB All Stars

Here's how the rosters should look. These are the most deserving...


C Brian McCann
1B Albert Pujols
2B Chase Utley
3B Mark Reynolds
SS Hanley Ramirez
OF Raul Ibanez
OF Ryan Braun
OF Adam Dunn


Tim Lincecum
Dan Haren
Matt Cain
Jason Marquis
Chad Billingsley
Johan Santana
Josh Johnson
Heath Bell
Francisco Rodriguez
Francisco Cordero
Jonathan Broxton




C Joe Mauer
1B Miguel Cabrera
2B Aaron Hill
3B Evan Longoria
SS Derek Jeter
OF Ichiro Suzuki
OF Carl Crawford
OF Torri Hunter


Roy Halladay
Zach Greinke
Edwin Jackson
Kevin Millwood
Felix Hernandez
Jered Weaver
Mark Buehrle
Joe Nathan
Mariano Rivera
Jonathan Papelbon
George Sherrill

MY 2008 IN REVIEW

Here's a brief and sporadic pictorial of my 2008. It's hit and miss, and purposefully non-conclusive. If someone feels a key happening was left out, it'll be alright...






Downtown with Meg.






Drive to Peoria and Bradley game with Joey.








Drive to Bloomington to see Walk Hard.






Eat at Gray's for first time since moving back.






Mustache March.






Fly to Albuquerque.





Drove to Arch Madness.






Wrigley Opening Day with Dad.






First of many Indians' Opening Nights with Meg.






Earthquake in Indiana.






Drive to Wrigley with Joey.






Mighty Flood of June.






Hanging it up at Grainger.






Reunion show with Jason.






Cubs trade for Rich Harden.






Tractor pulls are cool, right?






Meg and I drive to Peoria. See Ryno for first time.






Olympics.






Jamie, Jackie, and I drive back to Illinois.






Cubs game in Cincy with Meg.






Bears over Colts in Lucas Oil opener.






Full circle. Indians finale.






Welcome To Autumn party.






Finally a trip to Smokey Bones.






Ping-pong with Savannah.






A real neat guy gets President.






Candles and Carols with Megan. 19 degrees that night.






Drive to Nashville with Megan for no reason.






Christmas Eve.






The waning moments. I thought it'd never end.