2007 MLB All-Star Game Preview

Opening Line: American League -124, Total 10 Under (-115)

The 2007 MLB All-Star game will be played on Tuesday, July 10th at AT&T Park in San Francisco.  The game begins at 8:20 pm Eastern time and will be televised by FOX. This is the fifth straight All-Star game that will decide home-field advantage for the World Series.

The American League enters the 2007 MLB All Star game on a ten-game unbeaten streak.  They have nine wins and the one tie in the 2002 All-Star game

2007 MLB All-Star Game Props

Team leading after the 1st inning?                      AL (-120)           NL (-110)

Team leading after 4.5 innings of play?              AL (-170)           NL (+140)

Which Team will score first?                               AL (-165)           NL (+135)

 Current Line: American League -128 Total 10 Under (-120)

Here were the starters (voted by the fans) for both teams for the All-Star Game:

American League                                             National League

C Ivan Rodriguez                                               C Russell Martin

1B David Ortiz                                                   1B Prince Fielder

2B Placido Polanco                                           2B Chase Utley

3B Alex Rodriguez                                             3B David Wright

SS Derek Jeter                                                  SS Jose Reyes

OF Magglio Ordonez                                         OF Carlos Beltran

OF Ichiro Suzuki                                                OF Barry Bonds

OF Vladimir Guerrero                                         OF Ken Griffey Jr.

The pitchers for the American League are Josh Beckett, Dan Haren, Bobby Jenks, John Lackey, Gil Meche, Jonathan Papelbon, J.J. Putz, Francisco Rodriquez, C.C. Sabathia, Johan Santana and Justin Verlander.  The reserves for the American League are catchers Victor Martinez and Jorge Posada, 1B Justin Morneau, 2B Brian Roberts, shortstops Carlos Guillen and Michael Young, 3B Mike Lowell and Outfielders Carl Crawford, Torii Hunter, Manny Ramirez, Alex Rios and Grady Sizemore.

The National League pitchers are Francisco Cordero, Brian Fuentes, Cole Hamels, Trevor Hoffman, Jake Peavy, Takashi Saito, Brad Penny, Ben Sheets, John Smoltz, Jose Valverde and Billy Wagner.  National League reserves are catcher Brian McCann, first basemen Derrek Lee, Albert Pujols and Dmitri Young, second basemen Orlando Hudson and Freddy Sanchez, SS J.J. Hardy, 3B Miguel Cabrera, OF’s Matt Holliday, Carlos Lee, Aaron Rowand and Alfonso Soriano.

Three of the last four All-Star Games have had a lot of runs. In 2003 there were 13 runs scored, 13 in 2004, and 12 in 2005, while last year there were only five runs scored.  The American League is favored to win the All-Star Game again this season even though the game is in a National League park.