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Hargrove also has five of his players, with pitcher Bartolo Colon, catcher Sandy Alomar Jr. and shortstop Omar Vizquel joining Thome and outfielder Kenny Lofton, both elected as starters.
Four Atlanta Braves were picked as reserves, giving them the most All-Stars with six. Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux were selected for the pitching staff, Javy Lopez will be a backup catcher and Andres Galarraga will be a backup first baseman. Walt Weiss was elected to start at shortstop and Chipper Jones was voted the starter at third.
San Diego will have five players on the team, including pitchers Brown, Andy Ashby and Trevor Hoffman. Greg Vaughn was selected as a backup outfielder and Tony Gwynn was voted to start.
Leyland rounded out his pitching staff with Rick Reed of the Mets, a replacement player three years ago; Philadelphia's Curt Schilling; Cincinnati's Jeff Shaw; and Montreal's Ugueth Urbina.
Pedro Martinez and Tom Gordon of the Red Sox were selected for the AL staff, which also includes former Boston pitchers Roger Clemens (now with Toronto) and Aaron Sele (now with Texas). Other AL pitchers are Rolando Arrojo of Tampa Bay, Troy Percival of Anaheim, Brad Radke of Minnesota and John Wetteland of Texas.
Arrojo and Oakland outfielder Ben Grieve were the only rookies selected for the game. The hometown Rockies, who have outfielder Larry Walker in the starting lineup, added a pair of reserves in third baseman Vinny Castilla and outfielder Dante Bichette.
Backup AL infielders include Ray Durham (White Sox), Damion Easley (Tigers), Dean Palmer (Royals) and Mo Vaughn (Red Sox). Anaheim's Darin Erstad will be a reserve outfielder.
Pittsburgh's Jason Kendall will be a backup catcher in the NL, and reserve infielders include Milwaukee's Fernando Vina.
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