There are three interpretations of the fact that the Los Angeles Dodgers (1) Have the best record in the major leagues, but (2) Only three players on their roster have been voted into the All-Star game.

The first one is that they simply don’t have any more personnel that qualify for the mid-season classic. Some teams will be sending one, so the Dodgers should actually be thrilled to have three times that prize.

But this is a flaky justification. Arguably, Juan Pierre should have qualified, in addition to Matt Kemp. They carried the team in the absence of slugger Manny Ramirez, accounting for much of the blue crew’s success this year.

The second interpretation of only having three players going to the All-Start game is that the Dodgers have such a balanced attack, with their talent so widely distributed, that everyone is producing. They don’t have or need more than three standouts to win. It is a tribute, not a take-down that they have just three representatives to the July match-up with the American League.

The third way to understand the possible under-misrepresentation is to look to Dodger fans that simply may not have voted in the numbers that their fellow fans in other cities, voted. Heck, these folks are famous for leaving games at the seventh inning stretch, to miss traffic on Interstate 5.

The summer classic is a good-news, bad-news deal at best. Yes, it is a showcase of the talent across teams, which most fans can never appreciate when rooting for an individual squad. You get to see each team’s best, and many of these former no-names are impressive, to say the least.

The not so happy part of the game is that it can get your best contributors injured in a contest that only counts to give the World Series representative a home field advantage. That’s a plus, but it doesn’t quite measure up to the impact a pulled hamstring can have on your staff.

You crave an invitation to this bash, but you have to question the wisdom of really attending.

Still, having three players make the roster is honorific, though we can wonder why there aren’t more.