S33 All-Star Blog

Pine Tar's Season 33 All-Star Game game took place this past week with a young National League squad, consisting of 15 first-time all-stars, defeating the American League by the score of 8-2.  Jacksonville's catcher, Tanyon Graves, was named the Most-Valuable Player in his first all-star appearance, as his two 2-RBI doubles broke the game open for the NL.  Brandon Taylor (San Juan) was the winning pitcher in his 10th career all-star appearance, while Lariel Osuna (Nashville) took the loss for the AL.  Homeruns were hit by Scott Duncan (Iowa City) and Wendell Werth (Nashville).  Season 31 NL MVP Eli Cruz (San Juan) won the Homerun Derby, while Season 31 #11 amateur draft pick Daniel Mulholland (Scranton) was the Future's Game MVP.

Teams with the most All-Star selections:

Nashville Merchants (blapo21) - 7
Salem Volcanoes (jkenned) - 7
San Juan Dw'Arfy Mojados (jibe) - 5
Jacksonville Juice (greygoose123) - 5
Chicago Thugs (wyvern737) - 4
Scranton Red Barons (reggie988) - 3
Houston Roughnecks (bagwellbuff) - 3
Albuquerque Komodo Dragons (csudak) - 3
Syracuse Orange (joekendall) - 3

Teams with zero All-Star selections:

Dover Dinklebergs
Milwaukee Magnitude
New York Damage Controllers
Boston Pilgrims
Huntington Drunkin' BArfys
Tampa Bay Thunder
Wichita Tornadoes
Texas Galveston Wave
Seattle Strikers
Colorado Springs Sky Sox

All-Stars by Division
NL East - 13
AL West - 12
AL East - 8
AL South - 8
NL North - 7
NL South - 6
NL West - 4
AL North - 2

*Links are posted - click on an individual player's name to open their HBD profile

First Time All-Stars – American League

P - Pedro Ontiveros (Coursers)
P - Lariel Osuna (Merchants)
P - Dillon Abbott (Oracles)
P - Ismael Amaro (Doble)
P - Charles Punto (Volcanoes)
P - Domingo Mendoza (Skywalkers)
1B - Brian Hume (Orange)
1B - Felipe Osoria (Yardbirds)
2B - Trinidad Ross (Orange)
CF - Louis Fitzgerald (Oracles)
RF - Hugh Patterson (Yardbirds)

First Time All-Stars – National League

P - Rodrigo Andujar (Roughnecks)
P - Vasco Tejeda (Prairie Dogs)
P - Miguel Siqueiros (Firestorm)
P - Omar Mercedes (Hawkeyes)
P - Ivan DeRojas (Juggernauts)
P - Stewart Hall (Roughnecks)
P - Andy Ganzel (Miracles)
C - Tanyon Graves (Juice)
C - Louie Seanez (ARF ARF ARF ARF's)
2B - Scott Duncan (Hawkeyes)
3B - Sherm Springer (Firestorm)
3B - Neifi Gil (Roughnecks)
LF - Joakim Vizcaino (Moneymakers)
CF - Marcell Escobar (Juice)
RF - Luis Cruz (Red Barons)

All-Stars Making Their 5th Appearance or Greater
P - Sticky Farquhar (Merchants) - 10
P - Brendan Taylor (Dw'Arfy Mojados) - 10
C - Bengie Trajano (Doormats) - 8
1B - Tony Caballero (Dw'Arfy Mojados) - 7
P - John McNamara (Thugs) - 6
P - Geronimo Estrada (Dw'Arfy Mojados) - 6
P - Alex James (Merchants) - 5
3B - Cristobal Izquierdo (Volcanoes) - 5
RF - Roger Byrne (Thugs) - 5
2B - Eugenio Canseco (Red Barons) - 5