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Here's one way to look at the rosters for the All-Star Game eight days hence: You could see a PNC Park parade of ex-Pirates, such as Cincinnati's Bronson Arroyo pitching against Kansas City's Mark Redman, or San Francisco's Jason Schmidt pitching to Texas' Gary Matthews Jr. Or possibly even see San Diego pitcher Chris Young, should he get elected via the All-Star Final Vote online.

Then again, here's another way to look at the lineups that include current Pirates outfielder Jason Bay as a fan-elected starter and third baseman Freddy Sanchez in reserve: Barry Bonds won't be in uniform July 11.

So much for potential Pittsburgh boobirds.

The National League unveiled a skewed-younger roster last night, when it and the American League pulled back the curtain on their lineups for the 77th annual midsummer classic. Schmidt (Pirates class of 1996-2001) will play in his third and Bay his second on an NL squad littered with first-timers beyond Sanchez and Arroyo (class of 2000-02): 12 players will be new to such All-Star surroundings, including much of the starting infield -- Philadelphia's Chase Utley, 27, at second base and the New York Mets' David Wright at third and Jose Reyes at shortstop, both 23.

St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols, 26, was the top vote-getter, with 3.4 million ballots, in earning his fifth All-Star spot. The remaining players in the NL's July 11 starting lineup are Mets catcher Paul Lo Duca, Mets outfielder Carlos Beltran and Washington outfielder Alfonso Soriano.

The NL pitching staff, besides Schmidt and Arroyo, consists of St. Louis' Chris Carpenter, the Mets' Tom Glavine and Pedro Martinez, Los Angeles' Brad Penny, Arizona's Brandon Webb, Chicago's Carlos Zambrano along with relievers Brian Fuentes of Colorado, Philadelphia's Tom Gordon, San Diego's Trevor Hoffman and Milwaukee's Derrick Turnbow.

"I think this is the time when the National League comes back and has a good year," Houston's Phil Garner, the manager of an NL side on an 0-8-1 All-Star slide, said amid the ESPN live-television announcement. "It's going to be a lot of fun to see a lot of new blood."

Bonds (class of 1986-92) was not selected by Garner, players or fans -- none of whom apparently wanted to place the game's second all-time home run hitter into this PNC Park game for sentimental reasons. His 11 homers and 34 RBIs, nonetheless, were slightly better than a couple of folks named among the NL reserves, namely two of the three Braves who made the squad: shortstop Edgar Renteria and catcher Brian McCann.

The rest of the reserves include: Andruw Jones of Atlanta, Colorado's Matt Holliday and Milwaukee's Carlos Lee in the outfield; Florida's Miguel Cabrera and St. Louis' Scott Rolen joining Sanchez to give the NL four third basemen; Florida's Dan Uggla, a Rule 5 draftee, at second base; and Houston's Lance Berkman and Philadelphia's Ryan Howard at first.

Young (a third-round Pirates draftee in 2000) is one of 10 final-spot candidates whom fans can elect before MLB.com voting closes 6 p.m. Thursday.

No matter what, the AL squad is the one teeming with glitz and All-Star experience.

Outfielder Manny Ramirez, the league leader with 3.1 million votes, and first baseman David Ortiz, who has played that position just six times this season, were elected to start along with Boston Red Sox teammate Mark Loretta at second base. The left side of the infield is all New York Yankees, with Derek Jeter at shortstop and Alex Rodriguez at third base. The rest of the AL starters are Detroit's Ivan Rodriguez at catcher and the Angels' Vladimir Guerrero and Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki in the outfield. Loretta is the only new AL starter.

AL manager Ozzie Guillen named six reserves from his world-champion Chicago White Sox and four from Toronto. He used his pitching staff to pick two mandatory team representatives, Oakland's Barry Zito and Kansas City's Redman (class of 2005, traded in December for reliever Jonah Bayliss). The staff also contains: Mark Buerhle, Jose Contreras and closer Bobby Jenks of the White Sox; Tampa Bay's Scott Kazmir; Toronto's Roy Halladay and closer B.J. Ryan; Detroit's Kenny Rogers; Minnesota's Johan Santana; plus other relievers Jonathan Papelbon of Boston and the Yankees' Mariano Rivera.

"The biggest problem we faced this year, we have three or four pitchers, maybe five, who are going to start again Sunday," Guillen said of selecting the staff. "They aren't going to be available. ... Whoever doesn't like it, play better next year and pick another manager."

The AL reserves include: White Sox first basemen Paul Konerko and Jim Thome plus outfielder Jermaine Dye; Seattle second baseman Jose Lopez replacing the injured Robinson Cano of the Yankees; Toronto third baseman Troy Glaus plus outfielders Vernon Wells and the injured Alex Rios, whom Matthews (class of 2001) was named to replace; Texas's Michael Young and Baltimore's Miguel Tejada at shortstop; Cleveland's Grady Sizemore in the outfield; and Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer, the only major-leaguer with a higher batting average than the Pirates' Sanchez, at .392.

Wright, Howard, Lee, Ortiz and Dye were announced last night as among the Home Run Derby competitors next Monday.