On July 3rd, Major League Baseball announced the rosters for the 2011 MLB All Star Teams.  On July 4th, America celebrated our Independence Day. On July 5th, everyone realized the lack of beautiful women in professional baseball. While hot cheerleaders have been a staple of the NFL and NBA for decades, MLB’s first cheerleading team was apparently the Marlin Mermaids in 2003. Step it up, MLB! In the hopes of getting teams to realize how important these ladies are, we’ve compiled the following list of sexy all-star spirit leaders. Check it out after the jump.

Last night’s 15 inning All-Star marathon featured some of the best baseball play we will ever see.
By the 7th, inning major league leading vote getters like Ramirez and Rodriguez were benched and it was left up to the young studs of baseball like Justin Morneau, Russell Martin, Michael Young and the unlikely Nate McLouth to decide the outcome of the gam… Click to read more