All-Star Rosters
 

OK there's no bigger Dodger Homer than me, and I am a HUGE Kershaw fan, but what the hell is he doing on an All-Star roster this year??? He's been OK since he's come back, but he's got what, 8 starts? Weird, you'd think he'd announced his retirement and this is a gift or something.

Is he expected to pitch after this season? I thought he had said it was his last. Even if it is, he still shouldn't be an All Star with 9 starts and 44 innings.

Just read this:

"Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, the three-time Cy Young Award winner who made his first All-Star team in 2011, was named to his 11th National League All-Star team as a special commissioner's selection."

I hope he turns it down

Is he retiring at the end of the season? I thought that's what this was about when they did it with Pujols and Cabrera.

The ASG rosters are so ridiculously large that it makes the whole thing kind of a joke anyway IMO.

The rosters are 32 per league which is 6 more than a team normally has. Since pitchers generally pitch 1 inning in the All Star Game (maybe 2 for the starters) these days and the elected starting position players only play about half the game, it seems like the extra players are needed.

While the All Star Game is not taken as seriously by the players as it was 40+ years ago, it's still the best All Star Game of the major sports. The NFL basically got rid of their game, the NBA game is a defense-free joke and the NHL switched to a 3 on 3 tournament format to renew interest.

Giving people “honorary” spots only going to lead to problems. Claims of favoritism, favoring big market teams, etc. Not a good idea at all. Nothing against Kershaw who has always seemed to be a very good guy.