Ian Kinsler Still Not an All-Star

Major League Baseball announced Sunday that Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has withdrawn from Tuesday's All-Star Game to be with his wife, who is in the hospital. This gave American League manager Joe Maddon of the Tampa Bay Rays the opportunity to right an egregious wrong. Maddon was given a free pass to add Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler to the All-Star Game. In fact, adding Kinsler seemed liked the most logical option as well. Replace a second baseman with a second baseman—it just makes good sense. Instead Maddon went a different route and added Tampa Bay first baseman Carlos Pena to the roster. Instead of adding a more deserving player at a position that is suddenly in need of depth, Maddon chose to add one of his own players at a position that already features sluggers Mark Teixeira, Justin Morneau, Kevin Youkilis, and, technically, Victor Martinez. Aaron Hill, second baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays, will now be the starter for the Amer...