All-Star Game

Notes
The final Taylor-Lommel game ever, Taylor took game one last season, and Lommel got even with this game. With the first pick of the snake draft, Lommel drafted Abernathy and Everett. Lommel's team opened up the scoring when Pena hit a 3 run homer off of Zambrano in the first. After Burroughs walked, Abernathy homered off Mulder making it 5-0. The game was pretty much over, but Taylor's team didn't quit. Encarnacion homered off of Chacon. But Freeman's double off Wells that scored Blalock put them back up 5. That would be it as the closers held them scoreless. Poor Matt Anderson didn't get in the game.

Batters
Taylor
Dukes 1-2 1B, BB
Mathews, Jr. 0-3
Encarnacion 1-3 HR, 1R, 1RBI
Casey 1-3 1B
Grieve 2-2 2 1B, BB
Crede 0-2 BB
Greene 1-3 1B
Vidro 1-2 1B, K, BB
Valentin 1-3 1B, K

VIR
Everett 0-2 BB
Burroughs 1-2 2B, K, BB
Abernathy 2-3 HR, 1B, 1R, 2 RBI
Pena 2-3 HR, 2B, 1R, 3RBI
Mientkiewicz 1-3 2B, K
Blalock 1-3 2B, 1R
Hall 2-2 2 1B
Baldelli 0-2
Freeman 1-2 2B, 1RBI

Pitchers
Taylor
Zambrano- 1 IP, 15 ERA, 0 Ks, 3 ER, 1 BB L
Mulder- 1 IP, 10 ERA, 0 Ks, 2 ER, 1 BB
Wells- 1 IP, 5 ERA, 1 Ks, 1 ER, 0 BB
Gagne- 1 IP, 0 ERA, 1 Ks, 0 ER, 0 BB

Lommel
Looper- 1 IP, 0 ERA, 0 Ks, 0 ER, 1 BB W
Prior- 1 IP, 0 ERA, 1 Ks, 0 ER, 1 BB
Chacon- 1 IP, 5 ERA, 0 Ks, 1 ER, 1 BB
Bradford- 1 IP, 0 ERA, 1 Ks, 0 ER, 1 BB
Bonser- 1 IP, 0 ERA, 0 Ks, 0 ER, 0 BB

Player of the Game- Willy Mo Pena

Home Run Derby

Alright, so here's the rules. Each team has atleast one batter in the competition. Each player will have 10 choices put into random.com. The amount of home runs on the list is the amount they hit this year, minus one, so Abernathy and Everett will get 6 and so on. 10 swings to hit the most. Top 4 move on, then top two, then our champ is crowned.

Round 1
Brent Abernathy 8
Sean Burroughs 4
Sean Casey 2
Juan Encarnacion 4
Adam Everett 8
Choo Freeman 5
Ben Grieve 1
Jose Vidro 8

Round 2
Brent Abernathy 8
Adam Everett 7
Choo Freeman 5
Jose Vidro 6

Finals- Went to extras, Abernathy wins 1-0
Brent Abernathy 6
Adam Everett 5

Champion
Brent Abernathy

All-Star Logos Released

Here is the logo, and jersey for the upcoming All-Star game. The game will feature the best players in the league showcased in one game. Austin is hosting the game. The game will be held sometime this week, and the home run derby will be held today.

All-Star Rosters

Team Taylor
SP Victor Zambrano
SP Mark Mulder
SP Kip Wells
RP Eric Gagne
RP Matt Anderson
C Javier Valentin
1B Sean Casey
2B Jose Vidro
3B Joe Crede
SS Khalil Greene
OF Juan Encarnacion
OF Gary Mathews, Jr.
OF Ben Grieve
DH Elijah Dukes


Team Lommel
SP Braden Looper
SP Mark Prior
SP Shawn Chacon
RP Chad Bradford
RP Boof Bonser
C Toby Hall
1B Doug Mientkiewicz
2B Brent Abernathy
3B Sean Burroughs
SS Adam Everett
OF Willy Mo Pena
OF Rocco Baldelli
OF Choo Freeman
DH Hank Blalock

Season 3 roster moves

Austin Roughnecks
Sean Casey Retires
Preston Wilson Retires
Bring up rookie 1B, Brendan Irons
Drop SP Eric Valent
Drop 2B Andy Cannizaro from reserves
Claim 2B Chris Burke from Free Agents
Claim OF John Rodriguez from Free Agents

Montreal Bleus
Claim Eric Milton from Free Agents

Omaha Cyclones
Bring up rookie SP, Akafumi Koiski
Drop Chris Reitsma
Claim Iván Maldonado from Free Agents

Orlando Majestics
Shannon Stewart retires
Bring up rookie SS, Jamie Simms
Juan Francia moves to U
Drop Brent Roneberg
Claim OF Joe Inglett from Free Agents

Portland Trappers
Jermaine Dye retires
Bring up rookie OF, Ricky Bracket

Virginia Beach Bums
Doug Mientkiewicz retires
Dmitri Young retires
Bring up rookie SP, Robert Ware
Bring up 1B Jason Stokes
Drop Eric Milton
Claim U Brad Wilkerson from Free Agents

Montreal Roster Announced

SP Chris Young 6
SP Gil Meche 5
SP Eric Milton 5
SP Noah Lowry 5
RP Jake Woods 5
RP Darren Clarke 5
RP Manny Delcarmen 6
C Rob Bowen 2
1B Josh Phelps 2
2B Brent Butler 2
3B Willy Aybar 3
SS Cristian Guzman 3
OF Joey Gathright 2
OF Ryan Church 3
OF Daniel Ortmeier 2
U Jason Tyner 2
U Peter Bergeron 2

Player Notes!

So here are some news and notes on players for season 2. If you didn't know yet, players automatically retire after they pass the age of 37. Also, I've decided to change player ratings based on Season 1's performance.

Retirements
Sean Casey
Jermaine Dye
Doug Mientkiewicz
Shannon Stewart
Preston Wilson
Dmitri Young

Swan Songs, last season will be season 3
Chad Bradford
Kiko Calero
Shea Hillenbrand
Braden Looper
Gary Mathews, Jr.
Eric Milton
Richie Sexson
Randall Simon
Junior Spivey
Jose Vidro
Esteban Yan
Victor Zambrano

Rookie Campaigns
Ricky Bracket
Brendan Irons
Akifumi Koiski
Jamie Simms
Robert Ware

Up a rating
Shawn Chacon 5>6

Down a rating
Morgan Ensberg 3>2