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West Virginias All-Star MLB Squad: A Homegrown Dream Team

Imagine an all-star MLB team filled with talent from West Virginia, a state with deep baseball roots. This team features Huntingtons Steve Yeager, a defensive wizard and 1981 World Series co-MVP, at catcher. Charlestons John Kruk, a three-time all-star with a near-perfect glove and sharp bat, plays first base. The late great Bill Mazeroski from Wheeling, a Hall of Famer and Gold Glove king, mans second base. Glen Dales George Brett, another Hall of Famer, is at third base. Sissonvilles Toby Harrah, a four-time all-star with over two thousand hits, plays shortstop.

The outfield boasts Deadball Era firebrand Jesse Burkett from Wheeling, a three-time four hundred hitter, in left. Charlie Hickman from Charlie, a cheerful leader who starred at WVU and served as Morgantown mayor, plays right. Parkersburgs Nick Swisher holds center.

The pitching staff includes Nitros Lew Burdette, the 1957 World Series MVP, and Bearsvilles Wilbur Cooper, the Pirates wins leader with four twenty-win seasons. Morgantowns Jedd Gyorko and Kenovas Don Robinson, a bat-flipping pitcher with three Silver Sluggers, round out the team.

This lineup sparks debates on whos in or out, but it proves West Virginia punches way above its weight in baseball lore.

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