I had no idea the US Allstars had a game over in Japan. Will there be more? Who's on the allstar team?

Answer 1

Here's a link to the roster. The page also includes a link to the Japanese team's roster:

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/events/japan_series/y2006/index.jsp?content=roster_mlb

The series starts early Friday morning (4 a.m. ET), and you can see it on MLB TV's "Offseason Package" if you're willing to pay $14.95:

http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/subscriptions/mlbtv.jsp

Answer 2

MLB players are playing in Japan as part of the All Star Japan Tour, playing against the Yomiuri Giants and the Nippon Professional Baseball team for 7 games in Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka. The MLB team is already 1-0-1 on this tour with 5 games to go. If you want to know who's on the MLB team then here it is:

Starter:
C Joe Mauer
1B Ryan Howard
2B Chase Utley
SS Jose Reyes
3B David Wright
OF Jermaine Dye
OF Andruw Jones
OF Jacque Jones

Reserves/Part-time starters
C Kenji Johjima
C Brian Schnieder
1B Lyle Overbay
2B Tadahito Iguchi
SS Rafael Furcal
Util. Chone Figgins
3B Bill Hall

Starting Pitcher:
John Lackey
Chris Young
Chris Capuano
Bronson Arroyo
Eric Bedard

Relievers:

Joe Nathan
Brian Fuentes
Clay Hensley
Ray King
John Maine
Mike Myers
Scott Shields

Manager: Bruce Bochy

Answer 3

The MLB all-stars are playing a 5 game series against the Japanese League all-stars. They do it every year. I know Andrew Jones, David Wright, Ryan Howard, Chris Young are among those players on the team. You can probably find out more info on the roster at mlb.com.