An all-star game is an exhibition game that purports to showcase the best players of a sports league. The exhibition is between two teams organized solely for the event,usually representing the league's teams based on region or division,but sometimes dividing the players by an attribute such as nationality. Selection of the players may be done by a vote of the coaches and/or news media;in professional leagues,fans may vote on some or all of the roster. An all-star game usually occurs at the midpoint of the regular season. An exception is American football's NFL Pro Bowl,which occurs at the end of the season.
Edward Nelson Sprague Jr. is an American former Major League Baseball third baseman. He played 11 seasons in the major leagues from 1991 to 2001,with six different teams. He later served as the head baseball coach of the NCAA's Pacific Tigers for 12 seasons,from 2004 to 2015. He is now the Oakland Athletics Director of Player Development.
Justin Ernest George Morneau is a Canadian former professional baseball first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins,Pittsburgh Pirates,Colorado Rockies,and Chicago White Sox. At 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 220 pounds (100 kg),Morneau was drafted as a catcher by the Twins in 1999. He converted to first base in the minor leagues and made his MLB debut in 2003. Morneau held that position throughout his career and in 2007 became the first Twin since Gary Gaetti in 1987–1988 to hit 30 home runs in consecutive seasons.
Jerry Austin Narron is an American professional baseball manager,coach,and former player. He currently serves as a major league instructor for the Chicago White Sox. He most recently served as the bench coach for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 2020 season. Narron played in MLB,primarily as a catcher,for three teams during 1979–1987. He has served as manager for the Texas Rangers (2001–2002) and the Cincinnati Reds (2005–2007). He was the third base coach for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
Alfredo Amézaga Delgado is a Mexican former professional baseball player and was a coach for the AA Mississippi Braves. In his career,he played 265 games in the outfield,115 games at shortstop,71 games at third base,60 games at second base and 6 games at first base. The only positions he did not play were pitcher and catcher. Amézaga is current a first base coach for the Toledo Mud Hens.
Travis Jarred Blackley is an Australian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners,San Francisco Giants,Oakland Athletics,Houston Astros,and Texas Rangers. Blackley also played in the KBO League for the Kia Tigers,in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles,in the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) for the Pericos de Puebla,in Liga Mexicana del Pacifico on the Aguilas de Mexicali and the Naranjeros de Hermosillo and the Brisbane Bandits &Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League (ABL). Travis currently plays club ball for the Twin City Baseball Club in the Gold Coast Baseball Association Division 1 winter league.
Ryan Benjamin Rowland-Smith is an Australian former professional baseball pitcher. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Arizona Diamondbacks. Rowland-Smith also represented Australia in the World Baseball Classic three times and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Andrew Jason Lorraine is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1994 to 2002 for the California Angels,Chicago White Sox,Oakland Athletics,Seattle Mariners,Chicago Cubs,Cleveland Indians,and Milwaukee Brewers. He was born in Los Angeles,California. He also played for the La New Bears in Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League.
Robert Eric Widlansky is a former professional baseball outfielder who played internationally for the Israel national baseball team.
Paul Frank Mildren is an Australian former professional baseball pitcher. He was 6' 1" tall and weighed 195 lbs.
Michael John Donald Collins is an Australian baseball manager,coach and former player in the Australian Baseball League (ABL). He is currently the catching coach for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played and coached for the Australian national team in World Baseball Classic (WBC) tournaments.
Phillip Brassington is an Australian right-handed pitcher.
Andrew Graham is an Australian baseball manager and former player who played with the Detroit Tigers organization from 2003–2007. Graham is currently the manager of the Lakeland Flying Tigers,a minor league affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. Growing up in Australia he played baseball for the Ku-ring-gai Stealers Baseball Club.
Michael Thomas Roth is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Texas Rangers.
Jordan M. Lennerton is a Canadian former professional baseball first baseman. He had been in the Detroit Tigers' organization from the time he was drafted in 2008 until 2015.
David Nicholas Kandilas is a recently retired Australian professional baseball outfielder who last played for the Mannheim Tornados of the Baseball Bundesliga in 2019. He has played for the Sydney Blue Sox and Canberra Cavalry in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) and has been a Member of the Australian National Baseball team since 2009.
Gabriel O. Suárez is a professional baseball Manager and former owner of the San Rafael Pacifics.
Christian Dickson Walker is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Baltimore Orioles.
Joshua Alexander Zeid is an American-Israeli former professional baseball pitcher. He plays for Team Israel. He formerly played for the Houston Astros of MLB.
Kodai Senga is a Japanese professional baseball free agent pitcher. He made his Nippon Professional Baseball debut in 2012 for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks,playing for them until 2022 before heading to Major League Baseball.
