South Atlantic League announces All-Star teams
June 10, 2005 - South Atlantic League (SAL1) News Release
Kings Mountain, NC â John H. Moss, President of the South Atlantic League announced the teams for the 46th Annual South Atlantic League
All-Star Game to be played on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at Lake Olmstead Stadium in Augusta, Georgia. "The teams representing the Northern and Southern Divisions in the 2005 South Atlantic League All-Star Game are full of great, young talent some of whom are destined to become future Major League Players and who will surely provide for a very exciting game in Augusta," Moss said.
The Southern Division club will serve as the host team and will be managed by Bill Mosiello, Field Manager of the Charleston RiverDogs who has led his club to its current standing atop the South Atlantic League Southern Division. Roberto Kelly, Field Manager of the host team, Augusta GreenJackets will provide assistance in his role as Coach, and Steve Renko of the Charleston RiverDogs will be the team's Pitching Coach. Jeffrey Shanley of the Augusta GreenJackets will be the Southern Division Trainer.
Charleston placed the most players on the Southern Division squad with six representing the RiverDogs including Scheduled Starting Pitcher Phil Hughes, Pitcher T.J. Beam, Pitcher Mike Martinez, Starting Centerfielder Tim Battle, Designated Hitter Ben Jones and Utility Infielder Cody Ehlers. Five Southern Division clubs placed three players each including the Asheville Tourists, the Augusta GreenJackets, the Kannapolis Intimidators, the Rome Braves and the Savannah Sand Gnats. The Columbus Catfish and the Greenville Bombers each had 2 player representatives. The Southern Division team consists of 25 players total with a representative from each South Atlantic League Southern Division team.
The Northern Division club will be led by Gene Richards, the Field Manager of the Hagerstown who has guided his club to their current lead in the South Atlantic League Northern Division First Half Title chase. Tim Bogar, Field Manager for the Lexington Legends will serve as a coach for the Northern Division and Shawn Barton, also of the Hagerstown Suns, will be the club's pitching coach. Matthew Hunter of the Hagerstown Suns will be the Northern Division Trainer.
Lexington placed the most players on the South Atlantic League Northern Division All-Star Roster with six players including Scheduled Starting Pitcher Troy Patton, Pitcher Jimmy Barthmaier, Starting Second Baseman Jonny Ash, Starting Shortstop Ben Zobrist, Starting Rightfielder Francisco Caraballo and Starting Centerfielder Hunter Pence. The Hagerstown Suns placed 5 players including Pitcher Jose Sanchez, Pitcher Gabriel Hernandez, Starting First Baseman Mike Carp, Starting Third Baseman Grant Psomas and Starting Left Fielder Dante Brinkley. The Delmarva Shorebirds, the Lake County Captains and the Lakewood BlueClaws placed 3 players each on the club. The Greensboro Grasshoppers and the Hickory Crawdads followed with 2 player representatives each and the West Virginia Power had 1 player representative. The Northern Division team consists of 25 players total with a representative from each South Atlantic League Northern Division team.
South Atlantic League Stories from June 10, 2005
- Sanchez solid, GreenJackets fail to score in 5-1 loss to Asheville - Augusta GreenJackets
- Sanchez solid but Greenjackets' bats fail in 5-1 loss to Asheville - Augusta GreenJackets
- Suns Lose to Captains 4-3 - Hagerstown Suns
- Legends score 4 in th 7th to beat the Power - Charleston Dirty Birds
- Intimidators Handle RiverDogs, 6-3, to Takes Series - Charleston RiverDogs
- Captains eclipse Suns again - Lake County Captains
- Legends Claim Sole Possession of First - Lexington Legends
- BlueClaws Lose on Walk Off Homer - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Catfish Avoid Sweep with Excellent Pitching in 3-1 Win over Greensboro - Columbus Catfish
- Sand Gnats rained out Friday night - Savannah Sand Gnats
- BlueClaws send three to All-Star Game - Jersey Shore BlueClaws
- Three GreenJackets named to All-Star game - Augusta GreenJackets
- Six Legends to play nine at Augusta - Lexington Legends
- Three Gnats selected for All-Star game - Savannah Sand Gnats
- Six RiverDogs Chosen For All-Star Team - Charleston RiverDogs
- Suns place three on All-Star team - Hagerstown Suns
- Captains salute military personnel - Lake County Captains
- Captains Place Three on SAL All-Star Squad - Lake County Captains
- Hinton and Iribarren named to All-Star team - Charleston Dirty Birds
- RiverDogs Manager Bill Mosiello to lead Southern Division All-Stars - Charleston RiverDogs
- Johnson and Malone named co-pitchers of the month - Columbus Catfish
- Bird Word 2005 - Delmarva Shorebirds
- Three Rome players head to All-Star game - Rome Emperors
- Greensboro boasts two All-Stars - Greensboro Grasshoppers
- Otness and Pinckney named to All-Star team - Greenville Drive
- Lerch joins the Hoppers - Greensboro Grasshoppers
- Shorebirds stars to shine in Georgia - Delmarva Shorebirds
- South Atlantic League announces All-Star teams - SAL1
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