The Islandian Times
Sunday, June 22, 2025
IPA All-Stars Picked
It's All-Star Game time -- time for the superstars to shine! Every year the Islandian Pro Alliance takes a break in the schedule to play the annual All-Star Game. It's a battle of the superstars -- the Ruthlandian Union All-Stars versus the Tycobbian Union All-Stars. For the second straight year the All-Star Classic will be held at Tuckanarra's Central Park Stadium, home of the IPA champion Blue Jays, this Wednesday afternoon. Tycobbian has a decided edge in the All-Star competition, winning the last four games in a row and 18 of the 24 games so far.
There are 18 first-timers on the Ruthlandian Stars and 15 on the Tycobbian Stars with only 3 rookies. The RU Stars will have freshmen Kyle Hunt and Lloyd Kelly and the TU Stars will have Don Pascioni. Nicky Engstrom is back for his 12th All-Star appearance for Tycobbian and Paul Shelton is making his 7th game for Ruthlandia. Other repeaters are Crash Davis (10th), Bucky O'Brian (10th), Andy Pearson (10th), all for the TU Stars. Tycobbia also has Danny Redd (6th), Marty Blake (6th), Clell Renshaw (4th), Jim Schubert (4th), Sal Jordan (3rd), Tommy Shore (3rd), Dennis Hartwig (3rd), Rusty Vizcarra (2nd), Koora Nawajuk (2nd), Rusty Graves (2nd) and Rob Gigler (2nd).
The RU Stars with multiple All-Star appearances are Russ Woodward (6th), Les Patterson (6th), Todd Nasso (5th), Duncan Welch (4th), Donnie Lewis (4th), Pete Gibbs (3rd), Eddie Darby (3rd), Shannon White (2nd), Rob Buckley (2nd), Kees Draeger (2nd) and Jan Kessinger (2nd).
Ruthlandian All-Stars
SP Lucien Vachon (ELN) (8-6 1.69)
SP Duncan Welch (CL) (10-6 1.79)
SP Jaden Bungarooba (BB) (8-4 1.94)
SP Billy Chapel (STO) (10-4 2.23)
SP Karl Franz (FM) (10-1 2.25)
SP Les Patterson (SLI) (10-6 2.56)
SP Shannon White (SD) (9-4 2.27)
SP Jakob Wagner (FM) (8-3 2.29)
CL Chris Phillips (VLM) (4-2/2.03/14 saves)
CL Joel Shepard (STO) (2-1/1.38/18 saves)
C Kyle Hunt (RAN) (.350 BA/5 HR/36 RBI/32 R) (.994 FA/5 PB/36.4% RTO)
C Rob Buckley (MDF) (.351 BA/9 HR/23 RBI/33 R) (.987 FA/5 PB/31.0% RTO)
C Pete Gibbs (VLM) (.226 BA/6 HR/20 RBI/20 R) (.997 FA/0 PB/38.1% RTO)
1B Lloyd Kelly (SD) (.421 BA/4 HR/23 RBI/23 R)
1B Kees Draeger (BB) (.356 BA/16 HR/44 RBI/44 R)
1B Denny Zaffino (TAR) (.330 BA/17 HR/51 RBI/44 R)
2B George Varsh (MAR) (.329 BA/5 HR/40 RBI/31 R)
2B Paul Shelton (RR) (.306 BA/11 HR/39 RBI/36 R)
3B Eddie Darby (GLS) (.361 BA/5 HR/43 RBI/36 R)
3B Todd Nasso (ANC) (.275 BA/13 HR/48 RBI/46 R)
3B Tyler Verret (BP) (.292 BA/12 HR/36 RBI/44 R)
SS Jan Kessinger (SV) (.348 BA/4 HR/29 RBI/45 R)
SS Olari Ojastu (VLK) (.305 BA/10 HR/31 RBI/41 R)
LF Nickie Tomasiewicz (TAR) (.332 BA/10 HR/42 RBI/49 R)
LF Lil Hoss Burkhalter (WYN) (.300 BA/12 HR/44 RBI/38 R)
CF Ray Ford (SD) (.347 BA/8 HR/37 RBI/37 R)
CF Russ Woodward (MAR) (.270 BA/11 HR/43 RBI/41 R)
RF Donnie Lewis (ANC) (.327 BA/5 HR/36 RBI/51 R)
RF Nick Baldini (GC) (.357 BA/5 HR/34 RBI/36 R)
RF Leon Bourque (BP) (.315 BA/8 HR/32 RBI/43 R)
Tycobbian All-Stars
SP Greg Moss (BSC) (12-3 1.67)
SP Ben Garvik (HIL) (10-4 2.05)
SP Sal Jordan (RH) (11-4 2.18)
SP Nicky Engstrom (TUR) (10-2 2.22)
SP Sammy Kafelnikov (MAH) (9-5 2.23)
SP Daniel Ferguson (GIN) (12-4 2.31)
SP Don Pascioni (SPT) (8-4 2.24)
SP Kevin Meeks (FFX) (9-4 2.10)
CL Ronnie Galus (SPT) (6-0/0.00/9 saves)
CL Gregg Hughes (HIL) (3-2/0.68/14 saves)
C Crash Davis (GIN) (.353 BA/6 HR/30 RBI/37 R) (.995 FA/2 PB/31.6% RTO)
C Bucky O'Brian (MAH) (.347 BA/8 HR/38 RBI/36 R) (.993 FA/1 PB/42.9% RTO)
C Jim Schubert (RB) (.275 BA/5 HR/27 RBI/33 R) (.995 FA/2 PB/44.1% RTO)
1B Johnny Scott (HAR) (.359 BA/14 HR/48 RBI/53 R)
1B Rusty Vizcarra (AG) (.297 BA/15 HR/59 RBI/46 R)
1B Marty Blake (WR) (.339 BA/9 HR/40 RBI/40 R)
2B Julio Canseco (LUX) (.323 BA/0 HR/22 RBI/30 R)
2B Tommy Shore (BAY) (.290 BA/5 HR/32 RBI/23 R)
3B Koora Nawajuk (TUC) (.350 BA/16 HR/48 RBI/52 R)
3B Rusty Graves (MDW) (.322 BA/9 HR/37 RBI/39 R)
3B Ryan Hicks (ARL) (.301 BA/9 HR/32 RBI/44 R)
SS Rob Gigler (MDW) (.303 BA/13 HR/41 RBI/51 R)
SS Andy Pearson (AG) (.350 BA/9 HR/31 RBI/45 R)
LF Dennis Hartwig (OXF) (.367 BA/12 HR/49 RBI/51 R)
LF Pat Webb (RH) (.326 BA/9 HR/65 RBI/36 R)
CF Carlos Quintana (ARL) (.290 BA/17 HR/43 RBI/48 R)
CF Clell Renshaw (SUM) (.299 BA/8 HR/43 RBI/39 R)
RF Don Smithers (BSC) (.362 BA/10 HR/41 RBI/40 R)
RF Tommy O'Hara (HIL) (.315 BA/17 HR/40 RBI/46 R)
RF Danny Redd (TUC) (.332 BA/3 HR/24 RBI/47 R)
Last edited by Eugene Church; 07-15-2011 at 10:07 PM.
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