Past issues
Feeds
The Paper in print
Twitter
Facebook
Contact us
Email updates Twitter Facebook RSS Feeds
Gas up the Clonemobile! Six Cyclones — plus manager Pedro Lopez and the coaching staff — will be heading to State College, Penn., for the New York-Penn League All-Star game on Tuesday.
Brooklyn tied for most selections with the hated Staten Island Yankees.
Here are the lucky half-dozen:
• Outfielder Luis Rivera, who’s hitting .307 with four homers.
• First baseman Sam Honeck, thanks to his .287 average and 19 RBIs.
• Dock Doyle, who’s hitting a punchless .256, was selected for his catching prowess — he’s made no errors and has caught seven of 17 runners trying to steal.
• Pitchers Mark Cohoon (7-2, 2.77) and James Fuller (3-5, 2.13 ERA) got spots, along with closer Michael Powers (10 saves).
Unfortunately, the all-star team’s pitching staff couldn’t all be Cyclones — so Brandon Moore (5-2, 2.39), Brandon Sage (2-1, 1.61 ERA, plus a .179 batting average against him by lefties) and Collin McHugh (5-2, 3.33) were snubbed.
Luckily, the two all-star teams are divided by American League or National League affiliation, so the Clones won’t have to sit in the same dugout as cross-Verrazano rivals Neil Medchill and DeAngelo Mack.
Lopez is managing because the Cyclones had the best record of any National League affiliate as of Sunday.
©2009 Community Newspaper Group
By submitting this comment, you agree to the following terms:
You agree that you, and not BrooklynPaper.com or its affiliates, are fully responsible for the content that you post. You agree not to post any abusive, obscene, vulgar, slanderous, hateful, threatening or sexually-oriented material or any material that may violate applicable law; doing so may lead to the removal of your post and to your being permanently banned from posting to the site. You grant to BrooklynPaper.com the royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual and fully sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform and display such content in whole or in part world-wide and to incorporate it in other works in any form, media or technology now known or later developed.
Enlarge this image
Print this story
Digg this
Del.icio.us