Collegiate Athletes in MLB All Star Game

Written by Ian | 14 July 2009

Tonight's big event is the Midsummer Classic, the MLB All Star game in St. Louis.  As a college sports blog we wondered how many players starting the game tonight actually played college ball.  It was actually more than we thought.  The roster and our take on the players after the jump.

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There are four starters on the AL team that played a little college baseball.

Mark Teixeira - Georgia Tech
Jason Bay - Gonzaga
Michael Young - UC Santa Barbara
Aaron Hill - LSU

For the NL, we're also looking at four starters who worked their way through the college ranks to the Majors.

Chase Utley - UCLA
Raul Ibanez - Miami Dade CC
Ryan Braun - Miami
Tim Lincecum - Washington

One thing stands out on this list immediately and that is the location of the colleges where these guys played.  Georgia Tech, LSU, and Miami are all in the South.  'Zaga, UCSB, UCLA, and Washington are all on the West Coast.  Noticeably absent are Midwestern powers like Texas and Rice.  We've a bit of a Southern bias around these parts and we're glad to see the Southern schools representing at the All Star Game tonight.

So which club is better, the West Coast or Southern group?  It's tough but with this limited number of players we'll give the nod to the West Coast.  Even with our Southern bias you can't overlook Timmy Lincecum.  The kid can flat out deal. 

The best part about this whole assessment?  No Big Ten schools represented.  This tells us what we already knew, Big Ten sports suck (except Meech football)!