2015 All Star Game

By a team vote, John Hawley, Joe Cordo, Jimmy Herold, and Graham Baughn were voted to play in the game. Baughn could not make the game, so Andy Daub played as his alternate. Ken Reichelt managed the team. The American team was short on players, due to the Dirtbags and Carlos Gonzales Sports for not sending any representatives.

The American team was the away team; it didn't take long for them to get things going. Joe Cordo, the third batter of the game, hit a massive solo bomb to the parking lot to give them the 1-0 lead. The Nationals would tie the game back up in the bottom half.

Josh Wallin of the Dragons took the start for the Americans. He left after the third inning-behing 2-1.

In the top of the 4th inning, Anthony Avery hit a single and Hawley followed with a walk. Two batters later, Joe Cordo hit a 110 mph liner over the left field fence that hit the scoreboard for his second homerun of the game. The Americans retook the lead 4-2.

With the Americans low on pitchers, Reichelt activated himself and took the mound in the fourth inning. With two outs in the inning, Alex Medford booted the ball at shortstop. Shawn Pachl would then hit a double to bring in two runs to tie the game back up at 4. Reichelt would pitch two more innings, not giving up any earned runs.

In the top of the fifth, the Americans had a big inning. They combined for five hits and three walks to score seven runs. The scoring ended with a warning track double by Joe Cordo. Everyone thought that it would be his third homerun of the game-but it was just short.

In the top of the 8th, Joe Cordo hit a hard single for his fourth hit of the game. Steve Root would hit a double, followed by Daub's two-run single. The Americans had a 13-7 lead.

With a 6 run lead heading into the bottom of the 9th, the Cutthroats were confident that they would win their fourth All-Star game in a row. John Hawley took the mound to finish the game. The first two batters got hits, followed by a rare error by Cordo in right field. He was about to catch the ball, but in the last tenth of a second, his worn out hat fell over his eyes. Hawley would strike the next batter out. He would then walk the next three batters-making the score 13-10.

Jimmy Herold came in to pitch. He got Doug Pike to hit a fly ball to left field that would surely be caught-but it wasn't! Joe Henderson misplayed the ball and Pike trotted to second with a 3-run double. With the game all knotted up at 13, Herold would strike out the next batter for the second out of the inning. Jeff Spira then hit a routine ground ball to Medford at shortstop. He was able to field the ball but the throw was wide to first base, which resulted in Pike scoring to win the game 14-13.

It was quite incredible to see a comeback like that. But the Cutthroats did not take the loss lightly.

Even with Cordo's incredible performance, the commissioner couldn't give the MVP award to the losing team. He awarded the MVP honors to Doug Pike of the Bison. Pike had an impressive 4 for 5 game, but it pales in comparison to Cordo's.