2010 PEBA All-Star Game Live Blog

[Denny]

A little "love" from one ex-teammate to another? With one out, Roach plunks Kichida with a 94 MPH fastball. It just grazed him, though, so no harm done. Kichida sprints down to 1st, and West Virginia pinch hitter Jon Wood is coming to the plate.

That would be awesome--a beanball war in the All-Star Game!

[John]

Kichida is retired on a fielder's choice. Cristian "Dracula" Butler of the Codgers enters the game. Pinch hitter Bradley Loyd of the Fishermen greets him with a double to left, and we have runners at 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs. Butler is promptly removed for Crystal Lake's Merlin Peters.

[John]

Oh, and did I mention that Remi Young is at the plate?

[Denny]

Kichida is retired on a fielder's choice. Cristian "Dracula" Butler of the Codgers enters the game. Pinch hitter Bradley Loyd of the Fishermen greets him with a double to left, and we have runners at 2nd and 3rd with 2 outs. Butler is promptly removed for Crystal Lake's Merlin Peters.

What time of day did the game start? That may explain Drac's problem right there.

[Sandgnats (Bill)]

I sure as hell don't know what has gotten into "Blackjack" this year.

I mean, prior to to 2010, he was a career .250 hitter. He was coming off a .729 OPS year for a power hitter and struck out 172 times! Not exactly going in the right direction. Now, would anyone have predicted Young at the age of 29 to be hitting .327 with 20 dingers at the All-Star game?????????

Bears:
You made a good trade. Don't second guess yourself for one second!

[John]

No love for Young this time. London's Norihisa Shibutani will start the 8th on the mound for the IL.

[Sandgnats (Bill)]

WHAT IS THE SCORE PLEASE?

[Denny]

Bears:
You made a good trade. Don't second guess yourself for one second!

Bears, you made a terrible trade....I'd be second-guessing myself every time I looked in the mirror if I were you

[Denny]

WHAT IS THE SCORE PLEASE?

Last I heard it was still 4-0 IL.

[John]

Well, well! Just when it was looking like this was going to wrap up quickly... with two outs, Quinones hits a single off of London's Luis Mora. Pinch hitter Pedro Silva of Canton follows with a 2-run home run to cut the lead in half! Yuma's Bud Hoffman is pinch hitting now, and Manchester's Jared Hughes is on in relief.

SL 2 - IL 4

[Sandgnats (Bill)]

WHAT IS THE SCORE PLEASE?

Last I heard it was still 4-0 IL.

Well, at least we have Pew(BAK) and Silva(CAN) on the bench waiting to hit a couple of HR's!

[John]

Hughes gives up a double to Hoffmann, and Bakersfield's Pat Lilly strides confidently to the plate.

[Tyler]

C'mon guys...

[John]

No sir! Swing and a miss! Lilly is retired, and we head to the bottom of the inning. Fargo's Raul "Abnormal" Pinto is the pitcher.

[Ghosts]

Bears:
You made a good trade. Don't second guess yourself for one second!

Bears, you made a terrible trade....I'd be second-guessing myself every time I looked in the mirror if I were you

you guys are giving me whiplash! no, we know it was a good trade. and the silver lining is definitely that young is going to make $8m through arbitration for a 25 VORP year next year (if things work out for him).

damn you codgers, damn you to hell!