Found July 01, 2009 on Cub Reporter: Yardbarker Blogger Network
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Let me preface this entire article with a big old, who cares? With the Cubs playing the way they are, the mercy All-Star that the Cubs will get is of little importance, but I needed an article idea for the day and it's a fun discussion. And dagnabit, baseball is suppose to be fun. So assuming the lemmings that are voting don't get Alfonso Soriano in there (currently 4th behind Carlos Beltran who is on the DL), the Cubs All-Star will be a reserve. In 2003, the All-Star process was changed and the players vote for eight reserves and eight pitchers, along with the eight starters voted by the fans. It's a 32-man roster, so the managers (in this case Charlie Manuel) gets to pick seven and the fans vote for the final player out of a pool of 5. So who will be the Cubs representative(s)? Options below the fold... Ted Lilly -  He's probably my pick for the Cubs because if you're going to take a representative of this team, it should be on the pitchi...
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