2013 New York-Penn League All Star Game 8/13/13

Tonight Norwich, Connecticut was the setting for the 2013 NYPL All Star Game, which meant that this would be the second minor league All Star Game in Connecticut this season. You may recall that I attended the Eastern League All Star Game.

This was also my first time 'graphing in almost two weeks, so it was nice to finally get back in action.

While this game wasn't packed full of star prospects, I got a few high draft picks on photos, as well as both full teams on baseballs.

As with most All Star Games, there was a signing on the concourse, and I thought the overall setup was very good. The American and National Leagues had different sessions, at different times, which made it super easy to focus on half of the players at once. The sessions were then divided by teams that the players were representing, which was a good idea because fans were able to target their favorite team(s). This didn't really help me in that sense, but it helped that I knew whose lines I was getting into.

With the exception of a few guys, I mainly had stuff for the American League.

The top players to get for them were definitely Yankees 2013 #1 Pick Eric Jagielo:

As well as Tigers 2013 #1 Pick, Jonathon Crawford:

I also was able to get B.J. Boyd on a photo:

As I stated earlier, I did a team ball for each side. On each ball, there are a few autographs I couldn't recognize, but I will research more in coming days.  Here is the American League one:

#38 Sergio Gomez

Boog Powell(Surprisingly no relation to the Orioles legend. His parents loved Boog as a player, and named their son after him.)

#23 B.J. Boyd 

#17 Brent Powers

#40 Ryan Huck

#28 Oscar Hernandez

#21 Jimmy Yacabonis

#18 Zac Reininger

#4 Ariel Soriano

#14 Darryl George

#28 Mike Yastrzemski (The grandson of Carl)

#52 Austin Wynns

#25 Nellie Rodriguez

#45 

#44 Matt Whitehouse

#28 Yeicok Calderon

#31 Jonathon Crawford

#57 Trey Mancini

#12 Claudio Bautista

Eric Jagielo

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#20 Bubba Jones

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#14 Ben Verlander

#35 Joe Gunkel

National League:

I got Erich Weiss on 2 Team USA cards:

Former Uconn standout, and son of Mets great, Lee Mazzill, L.J. Mazzilli was a part of the National League team. More on them later.

#13 Avery Romero

#38 Ryan Newell

#24

#7 L.J. Mazzilli

#44 Robert Gsellman

#34 Miller Diaz

#40 Gabriel Lino

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#11 Chris Cotton

#30 Tyler Buckley

#26 Cesar Valera

#5 Steven Ramos

#7  Chan Moon

#32 David Washington

#15 Jimmy Bosco

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#34

#26 Erich Weiss

#23 Harold Ramirez

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Zach Green

#6 Adam Frazier

#8 Michael Fransoso

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#2 Jeff Roy

#34

Besides the baseballs, my dad got a bunch of guys in the program, which I added to later:

Mike Yastrzemski (I also got him on my ticket which is not pictured):

Kevin Mager & Boog Powell:

Ariel Soriano & B.J. Boyd:

Trey Mancini:

Darryl George & Ryan Huck:

Jimmy Yacabonis & Oscar Hernandez:

Brent Powers:

Sergio Gomez:

Rookie Davis:

Mike Rabelo:

Joe Gunkel:

Trey Mancini:

Mike Yastrzemski:

Back to the Mazzilli family. I figured since L.J. made the team, and that they live somewhat locally, that former Mets great Lee Mazzilli would be in attendance. This was indeed the case, and I got them both on a photo:

Another former MLB player, Jay Johnstone was also there because he was the keynote speaker at the All Star Luncheon this morning(I did not attend). I actually did not know he was at the game, but my dad saw him, and surprised me with his book, and a photo which was really nice of him:

Total Autographs at this game: 88

Total Autographs for 2013: 847