hamblin-daniel11_1.jpgIn what’s rapidly become almost an afterthought, with the absence of an actual game around it, the NWL All-Star team was announced yesterday and it contains a few surprises.

The team:

C Greene (Spokane)
1B Hamblin (Vancouver)
2B Downs (Salem-Keizer) *
3B Conner (Yakima)
SS Hallberg (Yakima)
OF Halman (Everett)
OF Durango (Eugene) *
OF Wyatt (Boise)
DH Baker (Salem-Keizer)

LHP Paredes (Everett)
RHP Brewer (Salem-Keizer)
RP Falcon (Spokane)
CP Otero (Salem-Keizer)

Managers: Decker (Salem-Keizer) / Riddock (Eugene)

* = Co-MVP

Notice anything missing? Oh, only a single player from the NWL East-leading Tri-City Dust Devils.

One could make a case for guys like Michael Richard, Matt Sulentic and Corey Brown to be included, but this is one season in which there are a plethora of mashers in the NWL (thanks a ton to the non-promoting San Francisco Giants organization), and really…

Does anyone care much?