August 16 2010

Tieja MacLaughlin

KITCHENER, Ont.- Left-fielder Luke Baker and field manager Brian Bishop have been voted in as 2010 Inter County All-Stars.

Baker finished with a .364 batting average, good for third overall in the league with 39 hits (6 doubles, 2 triples, and 2 homeruns), 21 runs, and 15 RBIs in 107 at bats. In the play offs he batted .313.

This is Bishop's fourth season with the Panthers, and he was also named first team All-Star manager in 2007.

Ryan Spataro of the Barrie Baycats was named Most Valuable Player, while Andy St. Gelais of the London Majors earned Rookie of the Year honours.

The full list of All-Stars, with their team and number of respective votes in brackets, is as follows:

2010 IBL ALL-STARS

FIRST TEAM                    
1B – Dan Gibbons, Toronto (40)    
2B – Allan Cattrysse, London (35)   
3B – Brian Ivan, Toronto (23)       
SS – Lee Delfino, Brantford  (33)
OF – Ryan Spataro, Barrie (36)     
OF – Frankie Hare, Guelph (36)  
OF – Sean Reilly, Guelph (31)     
C – Jordan Lundberg, Barrie (38)   
RHP – Andy St. Gelais, London (35) 
LHP – Paul Spoljaric, Barrie (30)
DH – Hyung Cho, Brantford (40)     
MGR – Scott van de Valk, Miss. (17)    

SECOND TEAM
1B – Matt Logan, Barrie (21)
2B – Chris Stewart, Guelph (22)
3B – Jordan Castaldo, Toronto (19)
SS – Dave Latour, Barrie (24)
OF – Ryan Lapensee, London (21)
OF – Raul Borjas, Toronto (21)
OF – Luke Baker, Kitchener (16)
C – Damon Topolie, Toronto (14)
RHP – Scott Robinson, Brantford (17)
LHP – Adam Kudryk, Mississauga (12)
DH – Jeremy Walker, Toronto (17)
MGR – Brian Bishop, Kitchener (16)