Season 51 All Star Rosters announced...All Star Game facts...Statistical leaders at the halfway point

 ALL STAR FACTS

--The East has won 31 times while the West has won 19 times

--The West has won the last two encounters; prior to that, the East had won 6 in a row.

-- The host city for this season's game is Los Angeles

-- Hall of Fame guard Jesse Shershot of San Jose now has 12 awards on his card, moving him up the Hall of Fame rankings into a tie for 23rd place all time with Tree Fiddy, Bill Rustler, J.J. Gargantuan and Rip Slamjam...a quartet of outstanding centers. 

-- Since Shershot will not be playing in the AS Game due to injury, this will mark the first time in memory that the AS Game will not feature a Hall of Fame player.

-- Shershot gets credit for being a starter this season, although he cannot play.

-- There are 9 first-time All Stars.

-- 7 of the 10 All Star Game starters are making their debut in the starting lineup.

-- There are 2 rookies who made the All Star Game...both are guards. 

-- Five of the six guards from Season 50's bountiful class of rookies have now made the All Star Game.

-- The forwards in the East Division experienced the roughest competition to fill the four allotted spaces. Eight of the 10 starting forwards in the East have GVPs of 20.8 or better.

-- There are 12 players from last season's All Star Game roster who made the teams again this season...7 from the West and 5 from the East.

-- The only two repeat starters from last season's All Star Game are both from the West team: Quick Tink and Eddie "the Milkman" Creamer.

-- Eddie "the Milkman" Creamer is the only player in the game to have earned MVP of the All Star Game honors, which he did last season when he was the leading scorer with 24 points.

-- The oldest All Star this season is Frog Morton of Charleston, age 8. 

-- Frog Morton also has the most All Star Game appearances, with 5. 

-- The Milwaukee Greyhounds have the most starters in the game...3.

-- This will be the final All Star Game appearance for centers Quick Tink of Los Angeles and Papa "Pupa" Popcorn of Charleston. Both will be retiring at the end of Season 51. 

-- Uncle Bob Masterson and Tommy Zoop are tied for the most All Star Game MVPs with 3 each.

7 Most Recent All Star Games

Season 44 in San Jose...East 95, West 70 ... MVP Colquitt Croix, Philadelphia, top scorer Fatty McButterpants, Milwaukee, 23 points.

Season 45 in Los Angeles...East 104, West 86...MVP Fatty McButterpants, Milwaukee, top scorer Baba Brinkman, Los Angeles, 26 points.

Season 46 in Philadelphia...East 88, West 80...MVP Colquitt Croix, Philadelphia, top scorer Colquitt Croix, Philadelphia 26 points.

-- Season 47 in Seattle...East 66, West 60...MVP Chip Battoe, Dallas, top scorer Chip Battoe, Dallas 24 points.

-- Season 48 in Oklahoma City...East 79, West 75...MVP Dr. Marcus Brody, Los Angeles, top scorer Dr. Marcus Brody, 24 points.

Season 49 in Dallas...West 83, East 76...MVP Doo-Rag Dripp, Sacramento, top scorer Jesse Shershot, San Jose 20 points

-- Season 50 in Gillette...West 73, East 65...MVP Eddie "the Milkman" Creamer, San Jose, top scorer Eddie "the Milkman" Creamer, 24 points.

SEASON 51 LEADERS AT THE HALF