Midwest League 2003

All-Star Game

East 5, West 4

West Michigan, June 17, 2003

The 2003 Midwest League All-Star Game was played at West Michigan's Fifth Third Ballark on June 17, 2003.

The Eastern teams won by a 5-4 score. Lansing's Kevin Beaver knocked in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Beaver was the game's SportsTicker Star of Stars; he went 3 for 3 as well as knocking the the game winner. Fort Wayne's Dale Thayer was the winning pitcher.

Team members were nominated by a poll of the League's managers and coaches taken during late May, with final selections made by MWL president George Spelius. For the purposes of this game, Quad City is an Eastern Division team.

Gary Jones and the Fort Wayne staff coached the East; Webster Garrison and the Kane County staff coached the West. These managers coached their teams to the first-half pennants in their divisions.

You may wish to compare these teams with the Best Players list I selected in late May.

Eastern Division All-Stars

Starters

    Bryan Kennedy      C   Quad City
    Jayson Drobiak     1B  Battle Creek
    Kevin Howard       2B  Dayton
    Mark Schramek      3B  Dayton**
    Scott Moore        3B  Lansing
    Buck Coats         SS  Lansing
    Jarred Ball        OF  South Bend
    Wilton Reynolds    OF  West Michigan
    Domonique Lewis    OF  Dayton**
    Kennard Jones      OF  Fort Wayne
    Donny Hood         DH  Lansing
   

Reserves

    Mike Rabelo         C  West Michigan
    Ryan Hanigan        C  Dayton
    Paul McAnaulty     IF  Fort Wayne
    Bryan Burgamy      IF  Fort Wayne
    Seth Davidson      IF  Quad City
    Scott Moore        IF  West Michigan
    Willie Vasquez     IF  Battle Creek
    Rudy Guillen       OF  Battle Creek
    Keith Butler       OF  Lansing
   

Pitchers

    Jon Connolly           West Michigan
    Troy Pickford          West Michigan
    Humberto Sanchez       West Michigan
    Joel Zumaya            West Michigan
    Justin Jones           Lansing
    J.K. Ryu               Lansing
    Andrew Sisco           Lansing**
    Jason Wylie            Lansing
    Gabe Ribas             Fort Wayne
    Dale Thayer            Fort Wayne
    Brian Whitaker         Fort Wayne
    Todd Coffey            Dayton
    Juan Frias             Dayton
    Eddy Valdez            Dayton
    Dustin Nippert         South Bend**
    Adriano Rosario        South Bend
    Sam Smith              South Bend
    Pat Neshek             Quad City
    Jose Garcia            Battle Creek
   

**Notes

Mark Schramke promoted to Double-A Chattanooga.
Domonique Lewis, Dustin Nippert, & Andrew Sisco on the Disabled List.

Western Division All-Stars

Starters

    Rene Rivera        C   Wisconsin
    John Santor       1B   Peoria
    Alberto Callaspo  2B   Cedar Rapids
    Travis Hanson     3B   Peoria
    Eric Aybar        SS   Cedar Rapids
    Nelson Cruz       OF   Kane County
    B.J. Weed         OF   Cedar Rapids
    Juan Senreiso     OF   Clinton
    Brian Stavisky    DH   Kane County

Reserves

    John Baker         C   Kane County
    Jared Abruzzo      C   Cedar Rapids
    Prince Fielder    IF   Beloit
    Cory Harrington   IF   Wisconsin
    Matt Hagen        IF   Wisconsin
    John McCurdy      IF   Kane County
    Matt Lemanczyk    OF   Peoria
    T.J. Bohn         OF   Wisconsin
   

Pitchers

    Tom Wilhelmsen         Beloit
    Dennis Sarfate         Beloit
    Manny Parra            Beloit
    Kevin Jepsen           Cedar Rapids**
    Rich Thompson          Cedar Rapids
    Joe Blanton            Kane County
    Jared Burton           Kane County
    Drew Dickinson         Kane County
    Jeff Muessig           Kane County
    T.A. Fulmer            Wisconsin
    Cesar Jimenez          Wisconsin
    Bobby Livingston       Wisconsin
    Ryan Rowland-Smith     Wisconsin
    Cesar Herrera          Clinton
    Kameron Loe            Clinton
    Erik Thompson          Clinton**
    Kieran Mattison        Burlington
    Jonah Bayliss          Burlington
    Blake Hawksworth       Peoria

**Notes

Kevin Jepsen on Disabled List.
Eric Thompson has been promoted.