1996 Import League All Stars

[Clay]

Import League

Starters (by vote):
Eron Deleon (C) - CAR
Dani Rodriguez (1B) - BAT
Helespentico Jarava (2B) - BAT
Yoritoki Maeda (3B) - VIR
Hector Chavez (SS) - VIR
Rex Knight (OF) - BAL
Jerry Daly (OF) - VIR
Al Hamilton (OF) - CAR

Reserves (by vote):
IF - Johnny Buzzell - BAL
IF - Mike Murdock - WAS
OF - Gerard Wouters - BAT
OF - Dane Browning - PHI

Starting Pitchers (by vote):
Pancho Herrera - VIR
Doug Coates - MOR
Pat Daniels - WAS
Glen Jones - DAV

Relief Pitchers (by vote):
Adrian Martinez - VIR
Hans Gordinho - DAV
Ken Bayer - BAT
Raul Frayo - CAR

MANAGER'S PICKS :

SP Manny Mendez - CAR
MR Edgar Salazar - WAS
MR Clarence Ortiz - WAS
MR Seth Bram - CHI
MR Seinosuke Sakuma - LAM

C Anibal Calderon - CAL
OF Ming Er - WIL
OF Marv Bowers - WAS

[Clay]

The Manager's Picks for the IL are:

SP Manny Mendez - CAR
MR Edgar Salazar - WAS
MR Clarence Ortiz - WAS
MR Seth Bram - CHI
MR Seinosuke Sakuma - LAM

C Anibal Calderon - CAL
OF Ming Er - WIL
OF Marv Bowers - WAS

***

We decided the right thing to do was get a rep from every team despite voting results. I personally stand by the fact that Woodbury deserved a spot in this game, but I decided to "do the right thing" and let The Logo's string end at 11 straight ASG's.

[Pat]

Five reps and I still got hosed.... No Abbott? No Walker? Only so many spots I guess...

[Clay]

Five reps and I still got hosed.... No Abbott? No Walker? Only so many spots I guess...

You get 5 guys from a mediocre team and bitch? Sounds about right.

[Jistic]

Happy for Seth Bram. Was hoping Angelo Hernandez would get some love but the picks are solid.

[Clay]

Happy for Seth Bram. Was hoping Angelo Hernandez would get some love but the picks are solid.

Probably could have gone Hernandez, but when we needed a Wilmington guy and the best two choices were both OFs (Er and Gaston), we couldn't take another OF.

Hernandez will not be a stranger to the ASG (IMO).

[Delandis]

I decided to "do the right thing" and let The Logo's string end at 11 straight ASG's.

Didn't see that coming.

[Pat]

You get 5 guys from a mediocre team and bitch? Sounds about right.

This team is full of All-Stars.

[Clay]

This team is full of All-Stars.

Exactly 5 of them.

[tomr1962]

As great as he is Daly should have been excluded due to injury.

[Clay]

We have at least one injured guy on the team every year. Just the timing of it. This circumstance is unique cause his 60 game resume holds up to almost every OF in the IL. But, to me, not voting for a guy's performance simply because he's injured would not be the right decision in the spirit of the league.

[tomr1962]

No problems with him being on the team. He just should not be listed as a starter , because he will not be doing so.

[Clay]

Starter is a misnomer because it's just the vote. The AI will pick the starters.

[liquidcrash]

I'm happy- and a little bit surprised- to see that Mendez got chosen. He's in the next group of pitchers that could have been picked, but he's had a couple rough outings lately. I'm not sure if our record helped us here or the voting totals did, but I'm glad he's in.

It's no real surprise, but the 4 players I got on the team is the most my team has had since 1985.

[Jake]

What's the real life precedent on a similar situation to Daly's?

I voted for him FWIW.