2030 All-Star Game

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The 2030 All-Star Game will be held as part of Thursday's (2/6) sim and we will (plan on) have a live broadcast of the game right here in this thread!! We will have a special 4pm PT cut-off for exports so that I can do all the grunt work of setting up the All-Star teams. Game time is tentatively scheduled for 5pm PT/8pm ET. Come one, Come all - bring a glass of a chilled Napa Chardonnay, a vegan hot dog, some carb-free Tortilla chips and guacamole! This year's game will be played at Elderberry Field, as the Palm Springs Codgers play host to this years even!

All-Star voting has closed, and the teams have been selected. All-Star rosters will be posted here after tomorrow's sim. Currently, two potential All-Stars participation is threatened by nagging injuries - we shall see...

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The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Palm Springs Codgers are prepping the city for the 24th PEBA All-Star Game! This year's game will be the first hosted by the Codgers and is the 7th time the Desert Hills have welcomed PEBA's best to the Midsummer Classic.

Last season's game, a Sovereign League 6-4 win at Jurassic Park, Fargo, reduced the IL lead in the series, 12-11. Games played at Sovereign League parks have gone the SL's way, 6-5. As part of the pre-game festivities, the Commissioner, 'Harry' Castle, will be announcing the location for next years, 25th anniversary All-Star Game (hint: it'll be an IL club).

[Board of the PEBA]

The Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance
Announces
2030 Imperial League
All-Star Team

Starters
C Foppe Ros - HAV
1B Wilson Munoz - FLA
2B Tony Cuevas - LON
3B Luis Cedeno - HAR
SS Bobby Wallace - LON
LF Walter Daniels - HAR
CF Pedro Flores - WV
RF Francisco Rodriguez - KTY
DH Vaclav Verlaan - HAR
SP Enrique ‘Old Nick’ Vazquez - HAV

Subs
C Yasunari Fujihara - SCO
INF John Dickson - FLA
INF Bob Pinkson - SA
INF Alejandor Lujan – WV
INF Ricardo Mateo - HAV
INF Roberto Salazar - SJ
OF Bartolo Mora - KTY
OF Scott Carpenter - MAN
OF Jimmy Hudson - CST
OF Jose Aguilera - LON
DH Carlos Bruno - WV

SP Orlando Garcia - HAR
SP Jorge 'Rocky' Medina - NO
SP Onji Yokoyama - SCO
SP Ramon Gonzales - KTY
SP Motoyuki Hatsutori - ARL
RP Ron Wilson - AMS
RP Gustavo Hernandez - WV
RP Jose Gomez - SJ
CL Ricardo ‘Puddi’ Perez – HAV
CL Matt 'Zippy' Brown - HAR
CL Alfredo Aranda - KTY
CL Cleve Douglas - CST

[Board of the PEBA]

The Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance
Announces
2030 Sovereign League
All-Star Team

Starters
C Tony Parker – CL
1B Armando Gandarilla - TOY
2B Dmitri Hill - DUL
3B Christian Webb - BAK
SS Teddy Loetzsch - AUR
LF Clarence Carpenter - CL
OF Nick Heath - AUR
RF Rowan Stuart - REN
DH Lorenzo Gonzalez - TOY
SP Bartolo Esquival - AUR

Subs
C Manny Castro - AUR
1B Andres Hernandez - YUM
INF Pablo Ortiz PS
INF Hikaru Arai - CL **
INF Royce Raines - PS
INF Mike Barton - CAN
OF Shane Willis - PS
OF Felix Rodriguez - SS *
OF Gabe Moran - CL
OF Steve Boyer - REN
DH Mike Clarke - PS

SP Ernesto Molina - FAR ****
SP Jorge Castillo - SS
SP Yakamochi 'Zoom Zoom' Suitani - SS
SP Takanobu Shirai - OKA
SP Declan Littleworth - SS ***
RP Greg Bowan - SS
RP Vicente Medina - BAK
RP Julio Gonzalez - NT
RP He Ling - KAL
RP Mark Powers - AUR
CL Bob Burns – AUR
CL Javier Jimenez - CL

Replacements
* CF Pat Watson - elected, but injured
** INF Lorenzo Castanieda - elected, but injured
*** SP John Turner - elected, but injured
**** SP Jim MacCowan - elected, but injured

[Ghosts]

Only two all stars from Bakersfield, and I can't make much of a compelling argument to include others. A good indication of how much of a down year we're having. Good luck to Christian Webb, Vincente Medina, and the SL All Stars. ESTABLISH DOMINANCE.

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The fans have descended upon the Mojave Desert in anticipation of tonights game between the Imperial League All-Stars and the Sovereign League stars. A special All-Star addition of the Palm Springs monthly Desert Art Festival has kept the downtown area hopping, with this fan creating his own All-Star memory, depicting his favorite All-Star, Toyama 1B Armando Gandarilla:

Plenty of Celebrity All-Star Tours have shown off the glitz of Palm Springs and neighboring Palm Desert, including Elvis Presley's 'Honeymoon Hideaway':

And lest we forget, exploring the wonders of Joshua Tree National Park, and the wonders of desert life:

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The Office of the Commissioner and, Shin Seiki and Sovereign League All-Star manager Paul Woods are pleased to introduce the starting line-up for tonights 2030 All-Star Game:

LF Clarence Carpenter - CL
DH Lorenzo Gonzalez – TOY
CF Nick Heath – AUR
RF Rowan ‘Bleeder’ Stuart – REN
1B Armando ‘Gorilla’ Gandarilla – TOY
C Tony Parker - CL
3B Christian Webb – BAK
SS Teddy Loetzsch - AUR
2B Dmitri Hill – DUL

Tonights starting pitcher is Bartolo Esquival of the Aurora Borealis.

Bartolo is making his 2nd All-Star appearance, originally with Yuma, before winning a PEC with Duluth. He will be making the start in tonights game, replacing Crystal Lakes Jim MacCowan, who will be out for 6-7 weeks with inflammation of the the forearm... Carpenter, in his second year with the Sandgnats will be in his 6th All-Star game, his second with the 'Gnats, after an appearance for Marseille, and three with Okinawa, he was the 2023 IL Wunderkind. He is considered a frontrunner for this year's Royal Raker... Nick Heath is making his first All-Star appearance and is currently on pace for a career year - he is just 6 RBI shy of his previous high of 69 set last year... Rowan Stuart is making his second All-Star game for the Zephyrs. His 26 HR are about to eclipse his career high of 27 from 2029... Armando Gandarilla has rewarded Toyama's faith in his abilities, posting a career best .305 thus far, with 16 HR and 65 RBI. This is his first All-Star Game... Lorenzo Gonzalez, an All-Star at virtually every level he played at - and now a PEBA All-Star, is also having a banner year, hitting .355 - 2nd best in the SL... Tony Parker, Crystal Lakes stalwart behind the plate, is making his 6th All-Star appearance. Parker has twice been a runner-up to the SL Royal Raker award... Dmitri Hill, hitting .320, will be playing in his first All-Star game... Teddy Loetzsch will be the SL shortstop for the second year in a row. In his 8 seasons with Aurora, he has made himself into one of the steadiest shortstops in the SL... Christian Webb has done it all. He is a four-time All-Star - with Charleston, Shin Seiki and now Bakersfield. He has won a championship and been a championship MVP, won an All-Leather and a Platinum Stick, and been a runner-up for the Royal Raker...

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The Office of the Commissioner and, Kentucky and Imperial League All-Star manager Paul Conner are pleased to introduce the starting line-up for tonights 2030 All-Star Game:

3B Luis Cedeno – HAR
SS Bobby Wallace – LON
RF Francisco Rodriguez – KTY
1B Wilson Munoz – FLA
LF Walter ‘Gin’ Daniels – HAR
CF Pedro Flores - WV
DH Vaclav ‘Slaughter’ Verlaan – HAR
C Foppe Ros – HAV
2B Tony Cuevas – LON

Tonights starting pitcher is Enrique ‘Old Nick’ Vazquez of the Havana Leones.

'Old Nick' is making his fourth All-Star appearance and his fourth consecutive start for the Imperial League. He is a three-time, consecutive Golden Arm winner and he has won the Pitching Triple Crown the past two seasons. Vasquez joins Conan McCullough (2007-9) as the only three-peat Golden Arm winners in the IL, and 3rd, three time winner ('Moondog' - 2016-7, 2019). Michel 'Train Arollin'' Provost is the only three-peat winner in the SL ... Luis Cedeno is making his 6th All-Star game appearance for Hartford, and he was the 2027 All-Star MVP, in the IL's 3-2 win at Yuma... Bobby Wallace is a two-time All-Star, gaining SL honors in 2026, a year he also won the Wunderkind and the PEC with Duluth. His .324 average at the break is by far his career best... Francisco Rodriguez will be making his first All-Star game. His .319 average is currently 5th in the IL, and his 63 RBI are tops in the IL... Wilson Munoz is four-time All-Star, having been named in 2022 while with Crystal Lake, a year in which he won the SL Royal Raker. He was also an All-Star in 2023, and then 2025 for Florida... Walter Daniel was the 11th overall selection in 2020 by the Omaha Cyclones, and has been with the organization since, making his first All-Star appearance this year... Pedro Flores is playing in his first All-Star game... Vaclav Verlaan, runner-up in the 2026 IL Wunderkind, Vaclav will be making his first All-Star Appearance... Foppe Ros, Havana's rookie catcher, was a 3-time ICOL All-Star and has been the IL Rookie of the month for April and May. He is making his first of what may well be many PEBA All-Star games... Tony Cuevas will be representing the Underground for the third straight year, and he has also been a 3-time All-Leather fielder at short...

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As part of the All-Star festivities, the players competed at Indian Canyons South course in a friendly 9-hole competition that provided plenty of Wows and head shaking. The competition began in earnest on the 144 yard par 3 2nd hole, where the closest to the pin contest was held. Balls flew everywhere, as All-Stars tried to nail the pin - in traps, well long, well short, and out on Murray Canyon Drive, but it was Okinawa Starter Takanobu Shirai who dropped his tee shot 17" from the pin.

Play continued on the#1 handicapped 3rd hole, where the longest drive part of the competition occurred. While rumor was that the fans down the fairway claim to have heard shattered glass at one of the homes on the course, when Bakersfield's Christian Webb muscled up and hit a high arcing hook well off the course, it was Hartford's Luis Cedeno who took home the prize - a 367 yard shot down the middle of the fairway.

By the end of the day, with the scores tallied up, it was Charleston closer Cleve Douglas who took home the honors, with 4-over par 39. Yuma 1B Andres Hernandez took 2nd, with a 6-over par 41. When asked about his unexpected half prowess, he said he 'lived in a building across from Genesis Park (during his time with Shin Seiki) and the high-rise had a driving range on the roof, so he got plenty of hours in during the season'.

[Leones]

Enjoying the additional background blogs. Who knew so much went on at the All Star Game?

go IL!

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While the fans begin to enter Elderberry Field, in the shadow of the San Jacinto Mountains, in anticipation of tonights game, they are treated to the musical sounds of some of the Coachella Valley's own artists, beginning with EMAYLA, followed by jazz saxophonist Tony Merlo, who will also be performing the National Anthem this evening.

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Twitter post from @RayDEnze:

PEBA Commissioner 'Harry' Castle, in his All-Star, pre-game press conference, has just announced the first, of many, plans for next season's PEBA25 Celebration - that the 25th Annual All-Star Game will be hosted by the West Virginia Alleghenies at Watt Powell Field.

#PEBACommish #2030ASG #PEBA25 #WVAlleghanies #WVCoalSoxNation

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With the haunting tones of Tony Merlo's rendition of the National Anthem float off into the desert evening, emerging from the SL dugout to throw out the first pitch is an original OG Codger... The fans all rise to their feet to great the 'Phenom', Ollie Morris!!

Ollie's pitch is in the dirt, nice bobbled, but held by SL catcher Tony Parker - but what's this?? A figure is emerging from the IL dugout - and he's wearing the old brown and gold of the West Virginia Coal Sox - it's former-West Virginia star 1B Ronald Harmon! and he's carrying with him a bat to the mound...

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Harmon and Morris are huddled together... Morris is shaking his head no... Harmon continues excitedly... finally Morris looks to agree and steps back, away from Harmon who then throws the bat in the air, with Ollie Morris catching it...

and SUDDENLY, with rapidness, they alternate hands on the bat, moving towards the handle - as if this were a school yard pick 'em!!

And that's it!! Harmon gets his hand on top, flips the bat out of Morris' hands and begins hopping up and down...

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I don't know what has just happened folks, but out onto the field races the IL starters, while Ollie Morris walks back to the SL looking crestfallen...

Taking the mound for the Imperial League is the Havana ace, 'Old Nick', 12-2, with a 1.84 ERA, and he'll be throwing to his young battery mate at Havana, Foppe Ros...