Should baseball's cheaters be All-Stars?

The performance-enhancing poster boys are having a tag-team 2009 season. Alex Rodriguez started on the disabled list but is back, and hitting homers at an blistering pace. The Yankees third baseman's average is up to .258, with seven homers and 17 RBI in just 19 games.

Meanwhile, Manny Ramirez left just before A-Rod returned, suspended for 50 games for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs. The Dodgers' left fielder won't be back until early July.

Will both be playing in the All-Star Game? Sounds preposterous, but it's still a solid "maybe" as an answer to both.

Rodriguez is third in the early balloting, but is well behind last year's AL Rookie of the Year, Evan Longoria. Rodriguez's popularity, especially outside of New York, took a nose dive after his admission, and Longoria is having a great sophomore year so far for the Rays, hitting .328 with 12 homers.

But don't be surprised, in the launching pad of the new Yankee Stadium, if A-Rod hasn't caught him by the end of June. And that could be enough for Rodriguez to be selected as a backup.

Meanwhile, Ramirez is fourth among NL outfielders behind Ryan Braun, Alfonso Soriano and Carlos Beltran. It's conceivable that he could be voted onto the team despite missing well over half of the season.

And a fan has started Vote For Manny, a web site to promote that, kind of in a "Vote For The Worst," tongue-in-cheek kind of way. And Jason Rosenberg did it to point out how preposterous this would be.

"It would be too interesting, too funny, too pick-your-adjective to see Manny get elected," Rosenberg told the Associated Press. "It's got to be MLB's nightmare that the two biggest stars who have implicated themselves or gotten implicated by this are now potentially starting in their signature midsummer moment."

Click ahead for my take and share your opinion: Should Manny Ramirez or Alex Rodriguez be playing in the All-Star Game?