Kitsap BlueJackets Baseball 2011- All star game

All Star Information-Tuesday, July 26 at Goss Stadium Corvallis, Oregon

Following the game, Carl Moesche of the MLB Scouting Bureau will present All-Star Game awards (as voted on by the scouts in attendance), and then the Corvallis Knights will wrap the evening with a spectacular fireworks show!

The Corvallis Knights will provide scouts with contact info for all the WCL All-Stars and a schedule of WCL games for the balance of the season.

For hotel reservations, please contact Dan Segel at dan.segel@corvallisknights.com and he will book your room at a special scout rate of $94 at the Hilton Garden Inn Corvallis. To take advantage of this special rate, please make arrangements with Dan before June 1, 2011.

For tickets for family and friends, please email tickets@corvallisknights.com.

The game is likely to be a sellout because of the fireworks, so make your ticket requests early.

Reserved seats are $10 and GA $5. (Scouts are admitted FREE)

For more info on the West Coast League, please visit: www.westcoastleague.com.

All Star Event

All Star Roster Nomination Process

• East and West All-Star team to both roster 21 players, including 10 pitchers. Two-way players count as pitchers.
• Pitchers are limited to one inning pitched.
• Each member team is to conduct a fan vote to select for one automatic All-Star from its team. This vote assures that each team has an All-Star.
• The WCL president will ask member head coaches to nominate their team’s All-Stars.
• A league communication requesting nominations will be sent Friday, July 8 and a deadline set of Monday, July 11 to deliver nominations to the league office.
• The WCL president is to create a ballot and distribute it to the head coaches on Tuesday, July 12. The deadline to submit votes is Monday,
July 18.
• The WCL All-Stars are be named on Tuesday, July 19 (a week prior to the game).
• The Major League Scouting Bureau will identify 12 must-see WCL prospects to compete in the All-Star Game. These prospects will be identified by Monday, July 18 and all 12 will be invited to the All-Star Game and named All-Stars.
• Some may also be voted in by fans and the coaches.
• The first 21 of 42 roster spots will be determined by vote (9) and selection by the MLB Scouting Bureau (12). With overlap
(i.e- a voted in player by the fans could also be named by the MLB Scouting Bureau), this number may be lower.
• The remaining spots are to be filled by inserting the top vote getters as voted on by the head coaches.
• Players must be on a team’s roster by July 1 to qualify for All-Star selection.
• All injury replacements are to be named by the WCL president, at his discretion.
• The MLB Scouting Bureau is to name a Top Prospect and MVP following the game (as voted on by the scouts in attendance).
• The honorees and Home Run Derby winner are to be recognized immediately following the game by the MLB Scouting Bureau

Home Run Derby

• A home run derby, with wood bats, is to be held after batting practice.
• Each member team is to designate its one participant
(does not have to be an All-Star, but must be an active player).
• Each contestant gets 10 outs.
• The 4 players with the most home runs move to the semi-finals.
• Each semi-finalist gets 5 outs.
• The two players with the most homers in the semis move to the finals.
• Each finalist get 5 outs.
• Ties are to be broken in the first two rounds by tallying the most home runs hit before the player recorded his third out
• If still tied, before the second out, if still tied, before first out, if still tied, flip a coin. A tie in the finals will be broken by adding 3 more outs.
• A coach from each team will be selected to throw home run derby bp.

Coaches

• Coaches for the game will be selected on July 18.
• The head coaches will be picked based on team records (as of July 18).
• The first place team head coach in the East and West will be selected as All-Star head coaches.
• The head coaches can select one or two assistants from another team or their team.

The Game

• The home All-Star team is to wear whites, and the road greys.
• If the game ends in a tie after 9 innings
• Each head coach will name one slugger from its team to compete in a 5 out homer-off to determine the game’s winner.
• This will happen immediately after the game prior to the awards ceremony.