Midwest League 2000

All-Star Game

West 5, East 3
played at Kane County, June 20, 2000

The 2000 Midwest League All-Star Game was played at Kane County's Elfstrom Stadium on Tuesday, June 20. The Western Division won by a 5-3 score before 8,162 fans. Cougars outfielder Matt Padgett, who delighted the home crowd by going 4 for 5, was selected as Howe SportsData Star of Stars.

Line Score

East 101 000 100  3 6  1
West 000 004 10x  5 10 3

Winning Pitcher: Bryan Moore, Kane County
Save: Juan Padilla, Quad City
Losing Pitcher: John Webb, Lansing
Star of Stars: Matt Padgett, Kane County, 4 for 5, 1 run scored

Team Roster

These players were selected by the Midwest League managers to appear in the 2000 MWL All-Star game. Balloting was conducted in late May.

You may wish to compare these teams with my late-May "Best Player" selections, or with the League's post-season All-Star Team.

Starters

East                       West
c  Braxton Whitehead, DAY     Lance Burkhart, BEL
1b Jason Lane, MIC            Shawn McCorkle, WIS
2b Brian Ward, FTW            Mark Burnett, CLI
3b Ryan Gripp, LAN            Albert Pujols, PEO
ss Danny Sandoval, BUR        Tony Stevens, QUA
of Adam Dunn, DAY             Matt Padgett, KNC
of Corey Richardson, WEM      Ben Johnson, PEO
of Pete Zoccolillo, LAN       Chris Snelling, WIS
dh Eric Welsh, DAY            Bobby Darula, BEL

Reserves

East                       West
c  Maxim St. Pierre, WEM      Matt Frick, KNC
   Humberto Quintero, BUR
if Casey Bookout, DAY         Bill Hall, BEL
if Rainier Olmedo, DAY        Steve Scarborough, BEL
if Randy Stegall, DAY         Kevin Hooper, KNC
if Ramon Santiago, WEM        Eric Sandberg, QUA
of                            Omar Hurtado, CLI
dh Shawn Garrett, FTW

Pitchers

East                       West
   Brian West, BUR            Matt Childers, BEL
   Jose Acevedo, DAY          Fontella Jones, BEL
   Jim Manias, DAY            Jose Mieses, BEL
   Travis Thompson, DAY       Jeff Robinson, BEL
   Jake Peavy, FTW            Sean Brummett, CED
   J.J. Trujillo, FTW         Phil Wilson, CED
   John Webb, LAN             Mike Neu, CLI
   Carlos Hernandez, MIC      Jose Valdez, CLI
   Ryan Jamison, MIC          Todd Moser, KNC
   Mike Nannini, MIC          Mike Crudale, PEO
   Mike McCutcheon, SBD       Willie Eyre, QUA
   Calvin Chipperfield, WEM   Kevin Frederick, QUA
   Tommy Marx, WEM            Juan Padilla, QUA
   Andy VanHekken, WEM        Tim Sturdy, QUA
   Greg Watson, WEM           Aquilino Lopez, WIS
   Matt Bruback, LAN          Chad Yates, PEO

Managers

East                       West
   Bruce Fields, WEM          Don Money, BEL

Umpires

Andy Hergesheimer
John McMasters
Darren Hyman
Garrett Watson
Jimmy Forbis
Cameron Keller

• The East team included 10 Dayton Dragons; the West team included 8 Beloit Snappers.
• For the purposes of this game, the Eastern Division added Burlington. This selection was apparently made by a lottery.
• Lansing's Matt Bruback, Dayton's Braxton Whitehead, and Dayton's Eric Welsh had been promoted, and did not appear in this game. Chad Yates of Peoria was on the Disabled List.
• The managers (and coaching staffs) were determined by divisional standings at the mid-season break.