*********************** 1996 CFOD "NO-STAR" GAME *********************** OAKVILLE -- Live, on tape! It's the 1996 CFOD "No-Star" Game, held at the Oakville Barracuda Astrodome. Today's game was truly one for the ages. Let's go straight to the action: BEFORE THE GAME -- A toe-tapping rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" performed by the Starland Vocal Band. The PA system shorted out before they could do any encores ... which resulted in much rejoicing from the crowd. TOP OF THE SECOND -- Alan Benes is the first pitcher to yield to the mighty Mantle-Koufax offense, giving up a single to Joe Oliver. But Garret Anderson choked, and the MK offense stalled. A thrilling 0-0 tie. BOTTOM OF THE THIRD -- Wait .. something's happening. Yes, we have an early candidate for least valuable player! And his name is Jaime Navarro. Navarro botched a fielding play, letting Cecil Fielder on base (the first "runner" for the RY No-Stars). After a Jeff Cirillo single (what the heck is *he* doing on this team?), Navarro, trying to make the MK team lose all by himself, chucks a pitch into the dugout, which lets Cecil trot to home. RY leads! RY leads! by a score of 1-0. TOP OF FOURTH -- Bobby Witt, trying to protect a formidable 1-run lead, crumbles under the immense pressure. Alomar singles. But Witt would have his revenge. After Ordonez whiffs, Bragg comes on board, and manages to single. Alomar, feeling particular speedy, tries to stretch it to third base. His opponent? Otis Nixon, and his Pr arm rating. AND NIXON THROWS HIM OUT! Later in the inning, Bragg tests the arm of the other RY outfielder gun, Darryl "Pr" Hamilton. Bragg was a little too quick, and manages to cross home plate before the ball makes it to the infield. With a 1-1 tie, Fryman bangs out a double. Oliver follows up with another double, and the MK take the lead with a 2-1 score. TOP OF FIFTH -- Nothing much happened, with the exception of Mike Hampton... who is pitching in the Astrodome .. who is pitching in his home town .. who is facing Erik Hanson ... who is a pitcher... AND WALKS HIM! Oh, the pain, the shame! 4-1 MK lead, with 1 direct ripoff from Sportscenter. TOP OF SIXTH -- Here we go. Castillo throwing for the RY team. The reserve squad up to bat. Elster doubles, and Palmer dings one, making it a 4-1 lead. BOTTOM OF SIXTH -- Harris on first, Mussina pitching, White batting. White does his part, hitting a double. Harris rounds third and runs for home. Little does he know that he is up against one of the greats .. they call him Ozzie. Ozzie Guillen. Ozzie heaves the ball with every ounce of energy from his 5 foot, 110 pound body ... from way downtown .. BANG! Harris drools the drool of remorse into the pillow of regret. He's thrown out at home. Still a 4-1 MK lead, with 3 direct ripoffs from Sportscenter. TOP OF 7TH -- The beginning of the end for the RY No-Star team. Rafael Carmona pitching. Phillips singles. Pagnozzi singles. Elster walks. Bases loaded. Cliff Floyd up to bat. Floyd says "Hello!" with a 3-run double. Carmona ggggggh's with a wild pitch, letting Floyd advance to third. Seemingly determined to outdo Jaime Navarro, Carmona biffs a fielding play, scoring Floyd. See ya, Rafael. Wasdin comes in to try and stop the bleeding. Nope. Uh-Uh. Baines singles, and Ozzie Guillen comes up. You know what happens next. Guillen cranks one out of the park, knocking in 3 runs. 11-1 MK lead, 5 direct ripoffs from Sportscenter. TOP OF 8TH -- Oh, just shoot the RY "No-Stars" now. It's DiPoto's turn to be fed to the murderers' row of Pagnozzi and Guillen. Pags doubles. Brent Gates does his best pitcher impression, bobbling a ground ball that allows Pagnozzi to score. Baines drives in a run. Ozzie Guillen singles in a run. Marty Cordova caps off the inning with a 2-run double. The mighty MK offense downshifts this inning, only scoring 5 for the inning to make it a 16-1 lead. BOTTOM OF 9TH -- Mike Williams' job: Keep the RY offense from scoring 16 runs with 1 out already used up. The result was anticlimatic (although Williams' did certainly try to help out the RY team by walking 2). The MK "No Stars" prevail over the RY "No Stars" by a 16-1 thrashing. Least valuable player nominations: 2nd runner up -- Jaime Navarro. Talk about your lack of justice. Navarro single-handedly caused the only RY run to score with an error and wild pitch, AND YET HE GETS THE WIN FOR THE GAME! 1st runner up -- Jerry DiPoto. DiPoto's line? 1 inning, 10 batters faced, 5 runs, 5 hits, and *NO EARNED RUNS*. DiPoto better hope his contract doesn't have a WHIP ratio requirement in it. LEAST VALUABLE PLAYER -- Rafeal Carmona. Carmona's line: 1/3 innings, 6 batters faced, 5 runs, an a mighty impressive *108* ERA. Apparantly Carmona has pitched so many times in Coors field that he's forgotten that some parks are actually supposed to HELP a pitcher! NO STAR GAME BOXSCORE Astrodome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 96 MK No-Stars 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 5 0 16 18 1 7 1 96 RY No-Stars 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 6 0 MK No-Stars AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Vina 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Phillips 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 3 0 0 Alomar c 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 2 1 0 0 Pagnozzi c 3 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 2 0 0 0 Ordonez ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0 Elster ph 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 1 4 0 0 Bragg cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 3 0 0 0 Floyd cf 2 2 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 1 0 0 0 Fryman 3b 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1 0 0 Palmer ph 4 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 1 0 0 Oliver 1b 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 5 1 0 0 Baines ph 3 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 Anderson rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Guillen rf 2 2 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 Brumfield lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Cordova lf 2 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Boskie p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Navarro p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 Hanson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Gardner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Mussina p 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Ruebel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Reyes p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bergman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Corbin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 46 16 18 14 7 0 2 4 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 15 1 0 RY No-Stars AB R H BI D T HR BB K SB CS IW HP SH SF AVG PO A E PB Hamilton lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 Harris lf 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 Nixon cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 White cf 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0 0 0 Boone 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0 Gates 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 Carter rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 Hunter rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Santiago c 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 Reed,J c 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 Clayton ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1 2 0 0 Valentin ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 Fielder 1b 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 Clark 1b 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 Cirillo 3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 2 1 0 0 Berry 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 Benes,Al p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hitchcock p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Witt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Hampton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Castillo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Bielecki p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Carmona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 Wasdin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 DiPoto p 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 Brocail p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 31 1 5 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 8 2 0 MK No-Stars INN H R ER BB K BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Boskie 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Navarro W 1-0 1.0 1 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 Hanson 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Gardner 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Mussina 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Ruebel 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Reyes 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 Bergman 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Corbin 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Williams 0.2 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 5 1 0 3 3 34 0 0 0 1 1 0 RY No-Stars INN H R ER BB K BF HR IW HP WP DP BK ERA Benes,Al 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Hitchcock 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Witt L 0-1 1.0 4 2 2 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 18.00 Hampton 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Castillo 0.1 3 2 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 54.00 Bielecki 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Carmona 0.1 3 5 4 1 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 99.99 Wasdin 0.2 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 27.00 DiPoto 1.0 5 5 0 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 Brocail 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9.0 18 16 10 4 9 50 2 0 0 1 0 0 MKN: Elster batted for Ordonez in the 6th Palmer batted for Fryman in the 6th Baines batted for Oliver in the 6th Elster moved to ss in the 6th Palmer moved to 3b in the 6th Baines moved to 1b in the 6th Cordova inserted at lf in the 6th Pagnozzi inserted at c in the 6th Phillips inserted at 2b in the 6th Floyd inserted at cf in the 6th Guillen inserted at rf in the 6th RYN: Berry inserted at 3b in the 6th Clark inserted at 1b in the 6th Gates inserted at 2b in the 6th Valentin inserted at ss in the 6th White inserted at cf in the 6th Hunter inserted at rf in the 6th Harris inserted at lf in the 6th Reed,J inserted at c in the 6th GWRBI: Oliver Temperature: 70, Wind: none. NO-STAR GAME SCORESHEET Astrodome 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 96 MK No-Stars 0 0 0 2 0 2 7 5 0 16 18 1 7 1 96 RY No-Stars 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 6 0 MK No-Stars 1 10 19 28 37 Vina 2b 1>9 9 6 Phillips 2b S 8>DiPoto 63 Alomar c 63 4>Witt 43 S Pagnozzi c S.1-2 D Ordonez ss 7 k 6>Castillo Elster ph W.2-3;1-2 7.2-3 D Bragg cf 2>5 S.1X3(85) k Floyd cf note 1 e4.3-H;B-1 Fryman 3b 3/fl D.1-H Palmer ph HR.2-H wp.2-3 S.1-2 e1.3-H;B-1 Oliver 1b S D.2-H Baines ph D Wasdin S.2-H;1-2 S.1-2 Anderson rf 64/f k Bielecki 3/g.2-3 Guillen rf HR.2-H;1-H note 2 Brumfield lf 3>Hitchcock 5>Hampton k k 53 Cordova lf 43 D.3-H;2-H Boskie p 43 Navarro p Hanson p W Gardner p Mussina p 7>Carmona 3/g k Ruebel p W Reyes p Bergman p Corbin p Williams p 1: D.3-H;2-H;1-H 2: S.2-H;1-3;B-2 RY No-Stars 1 10 19 28 37 Hamilton lf 1>7 wp.3-H;2-3 6 Harris lf S Bergman T Nixon cf 53 k(23) White cf D.1XH(942) 63 Boone 2b 2/fl 4>Hanson 8 Gates 2b 63 9>Corbin 53 Carter rf 2>7 k Hunter rf 7>Ruebel Williams 63 6 Santiago c 9 8 Reed,J c W W Clayton ss 8 5>Gardner 63 Valentin ss 8 W.1-2 Fielder 1b 3>Navarro 63 e1.B-1 Clark 1b 43 9 Cirillo 3b S.1-2 31 Berry 3b 8>Reyes S Benes,Al p Hitchcock p 43.2-3;1-2 Witt p Hampton p Castillo p Bielecki p 6>Mussina k Carmona p Wasdin p DiPoto p 643/gdp Brocail p MK No-Stars 46 55 64 73 82 Vina 2b Phillips 2b k Alomar c Pagnozzi c 9>Brocail k Ordonez ss Elster ph 7 Bragg cf Floyd cf W Fryman 3b Palmer ph k Oliver 1b Baines ph Anderson rf Guillen rf Brumfield lf Cordova lf Boskie p Navarro p Hanson p Gardner p Mussina p Ruebel p Reyes p Bergman p Corbin p Williams p RY No-Stars 46 55 64 73 82 Hamilton lf Harris lf Nixon cf White cf Boone 2b Gates 2b Carter rf Hunter rf Santiago c Reed,J c Clayton ss Valentin ss Fielder 1b Clark 1b Cirillo 3b Berry 3b Benes,Al p Hitchcock p Witt p Hampton p Castillo p Bielecki p Carmona p Wasdin p DiPoto p Brocail p MK No-Stars IN OUT ER RY No-Stars IN OUT ER Boskie 1 6 0 Benes,Al 1 7 0 Navarro 7 11 0 W 1-0 Hitchcock 8 10 0 Hanson 12 14 0 Witt 11 16 2 L 0-1 Gardner 15 17 0 Hampton 17 20 0 Mussina 18 21 0 Castillo 21 24 2 Ruebel 22 25 0 Bielecki 25 26 0 Reyes 26 27 0 Carmona 27 32 4 Bergman 28 29 0 Wasdin 33 36 2 Corbin 30 30 0 DiPoto 37 46 0 Williams 31 34 0 Brocail 47 50 0