The PEBA All-Star Game will be held LIVE in this thread, on Sunday May 21st at 6pm Eastern Time.
For those who want to follow along, it will be posted in the same format as in the past few years!
The live broadcast of the game will go for an hour or so, and a new league file will be uploaded immediately after the conclusion of the game.
This year, the game will be held at the "Castle of Cagliostro" in Toyama!
SP, Randy Smith, AUR
SP, Ernesto Molina, FAR (Injured)
SP, Michel Provost, AUR
SP, Dean McNeil, CL
SP, Declan Littleworth, BAK
SP, Kazuhiko Nishiyama, KAL
RP, Joshua Hall, BAK
RP, Raúl Cruz, TOY
RP, Luis Nieves, DUL
RP, Júlio González, DUL
C, Danny Burke, YUM
1B, Alex Bothwell, OKA
1B, Dave Petersen, PS
1B, Ramon Leach, REN
2B, León Valentín, KAL
3B, Matsusuke Hamada, SS
LF, José Guillén, BAK (Injured)
LF, Yoritomo Masuda, NT (Injured)
CF, King Bailey, BAK
Injury Replacements
SP, Tony Cuellar, CL
LF, Jesús López, BAK
RF, Felipe Dias, PS
Note : The top-voted pitcher was Motoyuki Hatsutori, but could not start due to fatigue.
Therefore, Ray Graham (#2 in voting) will start the game.
OTHER SOVEREIGN LEAGUE ALL-STARS
SP, Motoyuki Hatsutori, ARL
SP, Ruben Hernendez, SJ
SP, Shoichi Shimizu, KEN (Injured)
SP, Oniji Yokohama, WV
SP, George Lee, CAN
SP, To-Wai Zhou, SJ
RP, Chris York, WV
RP, Ricardo Pérez, HAV
RP, Jorge Nuñez, SJ
RP, Leonard Carver, LON
C, Scott Francis, HAR
C, Jack Collins, NO
2B, Tony Brown, SCO
3B, Marcos Sanchez, KEN
3B, Dwight Carver, HAR
SS, Roberto Diaz, SA
LF, Danny Burton, FLA
CF, Carlos Ryan, HAR
RF, Tony Velazquez, WV
He has been pitching great so far this season. Especially when put in perspective to the randomness of my pitching staff. 6 Total all-stars, 3 of them are starters, definitely can't complain about my first few months in Hartford!
Dylan Krupilis
GM - Toyama Wind Dancers
Web Admin/Tech Guru
1x PEBA Champion (2038)
3x Sovereign League Champion (2034, 2037, 2038)
1x GM of the Year (2034)
When I lost James Heard to free agency, Felix Zavala was his indirect replacement at 1B.
He was a totally different type of player (a patient, uber-competent contact hitter rather than a slugger) and he has blended very well on our team, so i'm happy how that turned out.
Anyway, it will be neat to see both Felix and James playing alongside each other, and both as starters!
That's a bummer for Fargo SP Ernesto Molina, being injured and having to miss the game. This would have been his first All-Star game appearance. Hopefully he recovers from his injury and makes a run at it next season. He was injured about a month ago and he's still leading the Dinosaurs in strikeouts.
Nice showing for my revamped infield - all 4 of my infield starters (1B-2B-3B-SS) made the squad. It would be neat if they made the field at the same time with Suitani on the mound, but that's unlikely.
As the fans continue to file in, here are the two starting lineups :
Imperial League
1 1B Felix Zavala
2 LF Pedro Rodriguez
3 DH James Heard
4 RF Pat Barry
5 3B Vern Duncan
6 SS Mark Edwards
7 2B Luis Cedeno
8 CF Miguel Yanez
9 C Ryan Lambert
Sovereign League
1 RF Paul Carlisle
2 1B José Luna
3 SS Andres Hernandez
4 DH Ryozo Takeuchi
5 3B Christian Webb
6 2B Theron Boswell
7 CF Jerry Long
8 LF Jarrod Ricks
9 C Jesus Negrete