Midwest League 2006

All-Star Game

East 7, West 1
Quad Cities (Davenport, Iowa), June 20, 2006

East All-Stars   103 000 102  7 11 2
West All-Stars   100 000 000  1  5 0

Win: Jake McGee (Southwest Michigan)
Loss: Jaime Garcia (Quad Cities)
Star of Stars: Jay Bruce (Peoria--HR, double, single)
Outstanding Pitcher: Vincent Bongiovanni (South Bend--perfect inning; 2 Ks)

The 2006 Midwest League All-Star Game was played at Quad City's John O'Donnell Stadium on June 20, 2006.

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, Kane County is an Eastern Division team. The players listed below were the original announcements and do not reflect roster changes resulting from promotions or injuries.

The manager and coaching staff for each squad represented the leading teams in each division at the close of the first half of the season:

East: Matt Walbeck (West Michigan), AJ Sager, Tom Brookens
West: Jody Davis (Peoria), Barbaro Garbey, Rich Bombard

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

Eastern Division All-Stars

Starters

    Anthony Recker      C   Kane County
    Daryl Jones         1B  Fort Wayne
    Seth Johnston       2B  Fort Wayne
    Jeff Baisley        3B  Kane County
    Michael Hollimon    SS  West Michigan
    Jay Bruce           OF  Dayton
    Cory Patton         OF  Lansing
    Justin Upton        OF  South Bend
    Kyle Blanks         DH  Fort Wayne
   

Reserves

    Craig Tatum         C   Dayton
    Mike Griffin        IF  Dayton
    Eric Eymann         IF  Dayton
    Pedro Ciriaco       IF  South Bend
    David Hicks         IF  Lansing
    Rhyne Hughes        IF  Southwest Michigan
    Will Venable        OF  Fort Wayne

Pitchers

    Johnny Cueto            Dayton
    Travis Wood             Dayton
    Blake Hendley           Dayton
    Brandon Higelin         Fort Wayne
    Steve Sharpe            Kane County
    Jason Ray               Kane County
    Billy Carnline          Lansing
    Russ Savickas           Lansing
    Donald Julio            South Bend
    Eduardo Baeza           South Bend
    Vincent Bongiovanni     South Bend
    Mike Wlodarczyk         Southwest Michigan
    Wade Davis              Southwest Michigan
    Jacob McGee             Southwest Michigan
    Greg Dupas              Southwest Michigan
    Ramon Garcia            West Michigan
    Orlando Perdomo         West Michigan   

Western Division All-Stars

Starters

    Bryan Anderson     C    Quad Cities
    Ryan Norwood       1B   Peoria
    Josh Johnson       2B   Burlington
    Ron Garth          3B   Wisconsin
    Paul Kelly         SS   Beloit
    Tarrence Patterson OF   Beloit
    Jordan Renz        OF   Cedar Rapids
    Colby Rasmus       OF   Quad Cities
    Randy Roth         DH   Quad Cities

Reserves

    Caleb Moore       C     Kane County
    Erik Lis          IF    Beloit
    Freddie Thon      IF    Clinton
    Andrew Thompson   IF    Beloit
    Steve Tolleson    IF    Beloit
    Hainley Statia    IF    Cedar Rapids
    Casey Craig       OF    Wisconsin
   

Pitchers

    Yohan Pino              Beloit
    Eddie Morlan            Beloit
    Oswaldo Sosa            Beloit
    Matt Kniginyzky         Burlington
    Chris Nicoll            Burlington
    Gilbert De La Vara      Burlington
    Nick Adenhart           Cedar Rapids
    Stephen Marek           Cedar Rapids
    Mitch Atkins            Peoria
    Ed Campusano            Peoria
    Matt Avery              Peoria
    Jeff Teasley            Peoria
    Jaime Garcia            Quad Cities
    Jonathan Mikrut         Quad Cities
    Danny Borne             Quad Cities
    Harold Williams         Wisconsin
    Edgar Guaramato         Wisconsin

My thanks to bjdavis for spotting an error on this page.