It's All-Star time for the Major Leagues, and it's a good chance to remind ourselves of one of the great reasons to watch college baseball.
Here is a list of the 2012 MLB All-Stars who played in D1 College Baseball.
- LF Ryan Braun, Miami Hurricanes / Milwaukee Brewers
- RHP Ryan Cook, Southern California Trojans / Oakland A's
- RHP R.A. Dickey, Tennessee Volunteers / NY Mets
- 3B David Freese, South Alabama Jaguars / St. Louis Cardinals
- Freese, of course, spent his freshman year at Mizzou, but did not play baseball
- OF Curtis Granderson, Illinois-Chicago Flames / NY Yankees
- 2B Ian Kinsler, Missouri Tigers / Texas Rangers
- Played for Mizzou in 2003: .335 BA, 194 AB, 54 R, 65 H, 13 2B, 4 3B, 6 HR, 45 RBI, .536 SLG, 23 BB, 8 HBP, .416 OBP
- RHP Lance Lynn, Ole Miss Rebels / St. Louis Cardinals
- Aaron Crow beat Lance Lynn, 13-0, in Mizzou's opening game of the 2008 Coral Gables Regional
- LHP Wade Miley, Southeastern Louisiana Lions / Arizona Diamondbacks
- RHP Joe Nathan, Stony Brook Sea Wolves / Texas Rangers
- RHP Jonathan Papelbon, Mississippi State Bulldogs / Philadelphia Phillies
- RHP Chris Perez, Miami Hurricanes / Cleveland Indians
- C Buster Posey, Florida State Seminoles / SF Giants
- LHP David Price, Vanderbilt Commodores / Tampa Bay Rays
- LHP Chris Sale, Florida Gulf Coast Eagles / Chicago White Sox
- RHP Stephen Strasburg, San Diego State Aztecs / Washington Nationals
- RHP Huston Street, Texas Longhorns / San Diego Padres
- MU faced Longhorn reliever Huston Street many times from 2001-2004 - usually not too successfully
- 2B Dan Uggla, Memphis Tigers / Atlanta Braves
- RHP Justin Verlander, Old Dominion Monarchs / Detroit Tigers
- RHP Jered Weaver, Long Beach State Dirtbags / LA Angels
- C Matt Wieters, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets / Baltimore Orioles
- LHP C.J. Wilson, Loyola Marymount Lions / LA Angels
- Current MU Pitching Coach Matt Hobbs defeated C.J. Wilson and the Lions, 10-7, in February of 2001
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