Have you ever wanted to know how over half of the New York Yankees' starting lineup would do against the National League All-Stars?

Yeah, me neither...

Major League Baseball's All-Star Game is next week.  The starting lineup is voted on by fans in stadiums and on the internet.  Because of this voting system a lot of Yankees players are chosen.

I think that Yankees players get a lot of their votes because their team gets a lot of media coverage, and most people have at least heard of many of their players.  I think that people in the stands and on the internet have the tendency to vote for a "familiar name" rather than the most qualified player. (Living in an American League market, I refuse to vote for National League players.  I don't know them well enough to vote knowledgably.)

It would certainly be nice if the players and managers (or even sports writers) were the ones who chose the players.  Maybe "the fans" could have an opportunity to vote for three or four players (but not the whole starting line-up!)

Do any of the Yankees belong on the All-Star team?  Of course!  Mariano Rivera should definitely go.  The rest are at least debatable.