Midwest League 2008

All-Star Game

West 5, East 4 (10 innings)

The 2008 Midwest League All-Star Game was played at Midland's (ie, Great Lakes') Dow Diamond on June 17, 2008. Clinton outfielder Tim Smith was the game's MVP; he hit a home run to lead off the Western Division tenth inning. Winning pitcher was Peoria's Blake Parker; Miguel Ramirez of the host Loons took the loss. Box score; game write-up.

Team selections were announced on June 6, and are listed below.

Team members were selected by a poll of the League's managers and coaches taken during late May. For the purposes of this game, Quad Cities is an Eastern Division team.

The managers and coaching staffs were those of the leading teams in each division at the close of the first half of the season--Lansing (Clayton McCullough and staff) and Clinton (Mike Micucci and staff).

You may wish to compare these teams with my late-May assessment of the MWL's Best Players.

Eastern Division All-Stars

Starters

    Sean Coughlin       C   South Bend
    Chris Carlson       1B  West Michigan
    Andy Parrino        2B  Fort Wayne
    Brandon Waring      3B  Dayton
    Pete Kozma          SS  Quad Cities
    Andrew Lambo        OF  Great Lakes
    Charley Kingrey     OF  Quad Cities
    Evan Frey           OF  South Bend
    Manny Rodriguez     DH  Lansing
   

Reserves

    Kenley Jansen       C   Great Lakes
    Felix Carrasco      IF  Fort Wayne
    Kevin Ahrens        IF  Lansing
    Justin Jackson      IF  Lansing
    John Tolisano       IF  Lansing
    Mike Mee            IF  South Bend
   -Joe Tucker          IF  West Michigan
    Denis Phipps        OF  Dayton
   +Kyle Peter          OF  West Michigan
   -Casper Wells        OF  West Michigan

Pitchers

    Joseph Krebs            Dayton
    Luis Montano            Dayton
    Jeff Jeffords           Dayton
    Derek McDaid            Fort Wayne
    Steven Johnson          Great Lakes
    Miguel Ramirez          Great Lakes
    Randy Boone             Lansing
    Edgar Estanga           Lansing
   -Brad Mills              Lansing
    Mark Diapoules          Quad Cities
   -Jarrod Parker           South Bend
    Brian Augenstein        South Bend
    Evan Scribner           South Bend
    Alfredo Figaro          West Michigan
    John Kibler             West Michigan   

Western Division All-Stars

Starters

    Jose Felix         C    Clinton
    Ian Gac            1B   Clinton
   -Steve Singleton    2B   Beloit
   -Garrett Olson      3B   Beloit
    Renny Osuna        SS   Clinton
    Adrian Ortiz       OF   Burlington
    Mitch Moreland     OF   Clinton
    Corey Brown        OF   Kane County
    Jovan Rosa         DH   Peoria

Reserves

   -Daniel Lehmann    C     Beloit
   +Jair Fernandez    C     Beloit
   +Chris Cates       IF    Beloit
    Ben Revere        IF    Beloit
    Efren Navarro     IF    Cedar Rapids
   +Jonathan Greene   IF    Clinton
    Greg Dowling      IF    Kane County
    Larry Cobb        IF    Kane County
    Edilio Colina     IF    Wisconsin
   +Juan Diaz         IF    Wisconsin
    Tim Smith         OF    Clinton
   

Pitchers

    David Bromberg          Beloit
    Spencer Steedley        Beloit
    Steven Hirschfield      Beloit
   +Loek Van Mil            Beloit
    Joe Augustine           Burlington
   -Michael Anton           Cedar Rapids
   -Ryan Brasier            Cedar Rapids
   +Trevor Reckling         Cedar Rapids
   -Kennil Gomez            Clinton
    Neftali Feliz           Clinton
    Derek Holland           Clinton
    Craig Italiano          Kane County
   -Scott Mitchinson        Kane County
   -Jamie Richmond          Kane County
    Blake Parker            Peoria
   -Phillippe Aumont        Wisconsin
   +Travis Mortimore        Wisconsin

Umpires

HP – Anthony Gutierrez
1B – Joe Hannigan
2B – Brandon Misun
3B – Nathan Thompson  

Players marked with - were selected to the team but did not play. Players marked with + were late additions to the team. Michael Anton, Daniel Lehman, Garrett Olson, Steve Singleton, Joe Tucker, and Casper Wells were promoted by their organizations in early June and were not available to appear in the game.