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Leading the Futures will be two of the biggest names from the not-so-distant past as a pair of Hall of Famers will be the managers in the 2007 XM Satellite Radio All-Star Futures Game to be played Sunday, July 8, at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

Dave Winfield, a 12-time All-Star outfielder, has been selected to lead the U.S. team in the ninth annual contest, while hometown fans will no doubt be ecstatic that legendary Giants pitcher Juan Marichal will take the helm of the World team.

The game will begin at 4 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on ESPN2. The exhibition will help kick off Taco Bell All-Star Sunday, the first of three
days of All-Star events that will culminate in the 78th All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 10.

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World Team
Pitchers
Pedro Beato Baltimore
Carlos Carrasco Philadelphia
Fautino de los Santos Chicago (AL)
Emiliano Fruto Washington
Deolis Guerra New York (NL)
Serguey Linares Pittsburgh
Franklin Morales Colorado
Henry Sosa San Francisco
Rich Thompson Los Angeles (AL)
Rick Vanden Hurk Florida

Catchers
Robinzon Diaz Toronto
Max Ramirez Cleveland

Infielders
Elvis Andrus Atlanta
German Duran Texas
Alcides Escobar Milwaukee
Chin-Lung Hu Los Angeles (NL)
Freddy Sandoval Los Angeles (AL)
Geovany Soto Chicago (NL)
Craig Stansberry San Diego
Joey Votto Cincinnati

Outfielders
Wladimir Balentien Seattle
Carlos Gonzalez Arizona
Gorkys Hernandez Detroit
Fernando Martinez New York (NL)
Michael Saunders Seattle

USA Team
Pitchers
Collin Balester Washington
Clay Buchholz Boston
Joba Chamberlain New York (AL)
Matt Garza Minnesota
Luke Hochevar Kansas City
Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles (NL)
Chuck Lofgren Cleveland
Michael Madsen Oakland
Jeff Niemann Tampa Bay
Garrett Olson Baltimore

Catchers
Bryan Anderson St. Louis
J.R. Towles Houston

Infielders
Brian Bocock San Francisco
Adrian Cardenas Philadelphia
Chris Coghlan Florida
Brent Lillibridge Atlanta
Evan Longoria Tampa Bay
Steve Pearce Pittsburgh
Ian Stewart Colorado
Johnny Whittleman Texas

Outfielders
Jay Bruce Cincinnati
Jacoby Ellsbury Boston
Cameron Maybin Detroit
Colby Rasmus St. Louis
Justin Upton Arizona

What an awesome OF for the US. Rasmus is a little weak, but imagine a Maybin-Ellsbury-Upton OF.

Bleeding Green wrote:What an awesome OF for the US. Rasmus is a little weak, but imagine a Maybin-Ellsbury-Upton OF.

Funny, I thought Ellsbury is the worst of that group. Ranking them like Upton, Bruce, Maybin, Rasmus, Ellsbury. But yeah that OF is dyno-mite, it's too bad that Adam Jones didn't make the team.

Go Alcides! Represent the Brewers!

I thought Soto was a catcher.

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Funny, I thought Ellsbury is the worst of that group. Ranking them like Upton, Bruce, Maybin, Rasmus, Ellsbury. But yeah that OF is dyno-mite, it's too bad that Adam Jones didn't make the team.

LOL. I agree.

Ellsbury is the worst of that group and it isn't even close. Adam Jones is much more deserving than Ellsbury.

Ellsbury is nothing more than a Brett Gardner with maybe a little more home run power.

Deolis and King Fernando

This is always a great game to watch. I'm interested in seeing Evan Longoria play and also see Clay Bucholtz pitch. He could become a possible trading chip for the Boston Red Sox.

dbenton wrote:This is always a great game to watch. I'm interested in seeing Evan Longoria play and also see Clay Bucholtz pitch. He could become a possible trading chip for the Boston Red Sox.

No way Buchholz is a trading chip.