2009 Midwest League Post Season All-Star Team
August 25, 2009 - Midwest League (MWL1) News Release
Beloit, WI (8/25/09) --- George H. Spelius, President of the Midwest League of Professional Baseball Clubs, has announced its 2009 Post Season All-Star Roster. The team was selected by the Field Managers of the fourteen Midwest League member clubs.
First Base Rebel Ridling R/R 6'4/230 05/22/86 Peoria/Chicago (NL) Second Base Alexi Amarista L/R 5'8/150 04/06/89 Cedar Rapids/Anaheim
Third Base Josh Vitters R/R 6'2/200 08/27/89 Peoria/Chicago (NL)
Shortstop Dee Gordon L/R 5'11/150 04/22/88 Great Lakes/Los Angeles
Outfield Kyle Russell L/L 6'5/195 06/27/86 Great Lakes/Los Angeles Kyler Burke L/L 6'3/210 04/20/88 Peoria/Chicago (NL) Josh Harrison R/R 5'8/185 07/08/87 Peoria/Chicago (NL) Catcher Tony Delmonico R/R 6'0/175 04/27/87 Great Lakes/Los Angeles
Designated Billy Nowlin R/R 6'1/210 12/16/86 West Michigan/Detroit Hitter RH Pitcher Kenny Smalley R/R 6'2/195 06/25/87 Kane County/Oakland
LH Pitcher Casey Crosby R/L 6'5/200 09/17/88 West Michigan/Detroit
RH Reliever Brad Brach R/R 6'6/206 04/12/86 Fort Wayne/San Diego LH Reliever Andrew Taylor R/L 6'2/200 08/18/86 Cedar Rapids/Anaheim
MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS: Dee Gordon - Great Lakes/Los Angeles Kyle Russell - Great Lakes/Los Angeles
PROSPECT OF THE YEAR: Dee Gordon - Great Lakes/Los Angeles MANAGERS OF THE YEAR: Doug Dascenzo - Fort Wayne/San Diego Marty Pevey - Peoria/Chicago (NL)
Midwest League Stories from August 25, 2009
- Bees Continue Hot Streak Winning Two Games in One Night - Burlington Bees
- Racobaldo Rocks Game-Winning Homer In 12th - Quad Cities River Bandits
- Chiefs Blow Late Lead, Then Falter 9-6 in 12 innings - Peoria Chiefs
- Cougars Claim Third Straight Victory - Kane County Cougars
- Bees Keep Buzzing - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
- Loons Pound Carter, TinCaps for 12-5 Rout - Great Lakes Loons
- Goins, Lugnuts Walk-Off Whitecaps, 4-3 - Lansing Lugnuts
- Caps' Fall in Ninth - West Michigan Whitecaps
- TinCaps Fall to Loons - Fort Wayne TinCaps
- Hawks Score 2 in 9th to Beat Dragons, 4-3 - Dayton Dragons
- Elmore and Hawks Walk Off with Win, Lead - South Bend Silver Hawks
- Sudden Ending - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
- Rock Chalk Jayhawk Goes Cougar - Kane County Cougars
- Whitecaps Try to Break the Curse of Bobby Layne - West Michigan Whitecaps
- Four Chiefs on MWL All-Star Team, Pevey Named Co-Manager of Year - Peoria Chiefs
- Brach, Dascenzo on Post-Season All-Star Team - Fort Wayne TinCaps
- Chiefs Add Bautista to Roster; Rosa to DL - Peoria Chiefs
- Amarista and Taylor named to MWL Post Season All-Star Team - Cedar Rapids Kernels
- Gordon Sprints Away with League Honors - Great Lakes Loons
- Dragons Playoff Ticket Sales to Begin Thursday - Dayton Dragons
- Dragons Gameday August 25th - Dayton Dragons
- Two Whitecaps Named to Postseason All-Star Team - West Michigan Whitecaps
- 2009 Midwest League Post Season All-Star Team - MWL1
- Rozema Replaces Wilcox for Upcoming Wendy's Tiger Friday - West Michigan Whitecaps
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