The Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance

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!

League rosters will be announced below.

SOVEREIGN LEAGUE ALL-STARS
Starters

Pitcher
Yakamochi Suitani, Shin Seiki

Catcher
Jesus Negrete, Aurora

First Baseman
José Luna, Shin Seiki

Second Baseman
Theron Boswell, Aurora

Shortstop
Andrés Hernández, Shin Seiki

Third Baseman
Christian Webb, Shin Seiki

Left Fielder
Jarrod Ricks, Crystal Lake

Center Fielder
Jerry Long, Crystal Lake

Right Fielder
Paul Carlisle, Aurora

Designated Hitter
Ryozo Takeuchi, Shin Seiki


OTHER SOVEREIGN LEAGUE ALL-STARS

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

IMPERIAL LEAGUE ALL-STARS
Starters

Pitcher
Ray Graham, Hartford (see note below)

Catcher
Ryan Lambert, Amsterdam

First Baseman
Félix Zavala, New Orleans

Second Baseman
Luis Cedeño, Hartford

Shortstop
Mark Edwards, Hartford

Third Baseman
Vern Duncan, Havana

Left Fielder
Pedro Rodriguez, Kentucky

Center Fielder
Miguel Yánez, Florida

Right Fielder
Pat Barry, Arlington

Designated Hitter
James Heard, San Antonio

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

Injury Replacements
SP, Manuel Pacheco, ARL

Man... Ray Graham has come a long way since his minor league days with Aurora! I always kinda liked the guy...

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!

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!

San Antonio has 2 all stars! And one of them is even starting the game!

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.

Mostly I'm just hoping no one gets hurt.

Evas wrote:Mostly I'm just hoping no one gets hurt.

My one representative is already hurt.

Looks like a small rain shower is delaying the start of the game! The delay should be no more than 30 minutes. Stay tuned

Trendsetters wrote:Looks like a small rain shower is delaying the start of the game! The delay should be no more than 30 minutes. Stay tuned

Good thing I brought my umbrella.

Welcome to the 2025 PEBA All-Star Game!

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

The Sovereign League's top-voted pitcher Yakamochi Suitani is ready to start the game.

New Orleans' Felix Zavala will be the IL's first batter. He gets to a full count, finally makes contact, and grounds out.

Pedro Rodriguez hits a lazer up the middle and into center field for a single.

James Heard now up. Suitani keeps him on the slow stuff. Eventually Heard strikes out on an 85 mph cutter.

Rodriguez still on first base, and now Pat Barry is at the plate. He hits a ground ball to the shortstop Hernandez, and throw to first for the out.

That retires the side. No runs, one hit, no errors, and a runner left on base.

Middle of 1st: IL 0 - SL 0

It is the bottom of the first inning, and Hartford right-hander Ray Graham gets ready on the mound for the IL.

The Sovereign League's first batter will be Aurora outfielder Paul Carlisle.

The 2-2 count on Carlisle... Graham with the fastball way high, checked swing, but he loses the appeal! A strikeout to start the game.

José Luna now steps to the plate. He goes down swinging thanks to another fastball from Graham. The pitcher certainly seems on form so far.

Andres Hernandez now up. He drills the 0-1 pitch directly to the shortstop, but Edwards jumps up and snags it!

That will end the inning.

End of 1st: IL 0 - SL 0