All-Star Game boasts Big Apple bushel

Staten Island Yankees fans will see plenty of their favorite players as well as some of their least favorite players at the New York-Penn League All-Star Game.

The rosters for the midsummer classic have been released and the Yankees will have six representatives on the American League affiliates squad for the Aug. 17 showdown at Richmond County Bank Ballpark. Only the rival Brooklyn Cyclones, with eight, boast more All-Stars.

Pitchers Michael O'Brien, Preston Claiborne and Chase Whitley account for 60 percent of the Staten Island selections. Shortstop Jose Mojica and outfielder Eduardo Sosa are the Yankees' other representatives.

Darrell Ceciliani, who leads the league in hits (74), batting average (.387) and runs scored (44), combines with RBI leader Cory Vaughn to headline the group from Brooklyn.

Marcell Ozuna, who's tied with Vaughn for the league lead with 12 homers, is one of two Jamestown Jammers named to the National League affiliates team. Jose Garcia and Felix Sanchez are the representative of the Lowell Spinners, and the Tri-City ValleyCats are sending second baseman Ben Orloff and third baseman Tyler Burnett.

Hudson Valley Renegades shortstop Derek Dietrich was selected to the AL squad, but he'll likely miss the game due to an injury.

Williamsport Crosscutters right-hander Eric Pettis is 6-0 with a league-best 1.30 ERA. He and Brooklyn's Angel Cuan, who's 5-0 with a 1.66 ERA a league-leading 48 strikeouts, make for an intimidating N.L. pitching tandem.

The A.L. affiliates can counter with Casey Lawrence and Andrew Hutchison of the Auburn Doubledays, who lead the circuit with 404 strikeouts.

Brooklyn's first-year skipper, Wally Backman, will manage the N.L. team and will be opposed by Staten Island's Josh Paul.

2010 New York-Penn League All-Star Teams
N.L. Affiliates All-Star Team				A.L. Affiliates All-Star Team
Pitchers
PLAYER	POS	TEAM		PLAYER	POS	TEAM
Eric Pettis	RHP	Williamsport		Casey Lawrence	RHP	Auburn
Angel Cuan	LHP	Brooklyn		Michael O'Brien	RHP	Staten Island
Yohan Almonte	RHP	Brooklyn		Alex Kaminsky	RHP	Mahoning Valley
Justin Edwards	LHP	Batavia		Owen Dew	RHP	Mahoning Valley
Chase Johnson	RHP	Williamsport		Andrew Hutchison	RHP	Auburn
Jordan Conley	RHP	Jamestown		Tim Adleman	RHP	Aberdeen
Ryan Fraser	RHP	Brooklyn		Preston Claiborne	RHP	Staten Island
Chase Reid	RHP	Batavia		Wilmer Almonte	RHP	Hudson Valley
Neil Holland	RHP	Vermont		Chase Whitley	RHP	Staten Island
Jhonathan Ramos	LHP	State College		Austin Hubbard	RHP	Hudson Valley
Position Players
PLAYER	POS	TEAM		PLAYER	POS	TEAM
David Freitas	C	Vermont		Carlos Perez	C	Auburn
Jeff Lanning*	C	Williamsport		Julio Rodriguez	C	Connecticut
Matthew Curry	1B	State College		Philip Wunderlich	1B	Hudson Valley
Jeff Flagg	1B	Brooklyn		James Robbins	1B	Connecticut
Cesar Hernandez	2B	Williamsport		Robby Price	2B	Hudson Valley
Ben Orloff	2B	Tri-Cities		Daniel DeGeorge	2B	Mahoning Valley
Joe Bonfe	3B	Brooklyn		Adam Gaylord	3B	Aberdeen
Tyler Burnett	3B	Tri-Cities		Matt Perry	3B	Connecticut
Blake Kelso	SS	Vermont		Jose Mojica	SS	Staten Island
Yunier Castillo*	SS	Batavia		Jose Garcia*	SS	Lowell
Adalberto Santos	OF	State College		Kipp Schutz	OF	Aberdeen
Miguel Alvarez	OF	Williamsport		PJ Polk	OF	Connecticut
Darrell Ceciliani	OF	Brooklyn		Felix Sanchez	OF	Lowell
Nicholas Longmire	OF	Batavia		Eduardo Sosa	OF	Staten Island
Marcel Ozuna	OF	Jamestown		Yeico Aponte	OF	Auburn
Cory Vaughn	OF	Brooklyn		Trent Mummey	OF	Aberdeen
Joseph Bergman	DH	Batavia		Ryan Enos	DH	Connecticut

The Brooklyn Cyclones coaching staff, headed by manager Wally Backman, will work with the National League All-Stars. The host Staten Island Yankees coaching staff, led by manager Josh Paul, will handle coaching duties for the American League All-Stars.

* On the American League roster, Lowell shortstop Jose Garcia replaces Hudson Valley's Derek Dietrich, who is injured. For the National League, Batavia shortstop Yunier Castillo replaces Brooklyn's Rylan Sandoval, who is injured. Williamsport catcher Jeff Lanning replaces Batavia's Audry Perez, who is injured.