Two-time Cy Young Award winner Randy Johnson and three-time Most Valuable Player Barry Bonds will be among 28 major leaguers who will travel to Japan for All-Star Series 2000.
Major League Baseball and the Players' Association unveiled the roster Wednesday for the eight-game series that begins Nov. 3. The major league squad will play a team of All-Stars from Nippon Professional Baseball through Nov. 12 in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Osaka and Nagoya.
Among the 13 pitchers named to the major league team is Japanese closer Kazuhiro Sasaki of the Seattle Mariners, a candidate for American League Rookie of the Year honors.
The other pitchers are Johnson, Ryan Dempster of the Florida Marlins, Keith Foulke and Mike Sirotka of the Chicago White Sox, Danny Graves of the Cincinnati Reds, Livan Hernandez of the San Francisco Giants, Albie Lopez of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Derek Lowe of the Boston Red Sox, Eric Milton of the Minnesota Twins, Mike Myers of the Colorado Rockies, Mike Remlinger of the Atlanta Braves and Javier Vazquez of the Montreal Expos.
The catchers are Sandy Alomar of the Cleveland Indians and rookie Ben Molina of the Anaheim Angels.
National League MVP candidate Jeff Kent of the Giants heads the list of infielders that also includes Alomar's younger brother and teammate, Roberto. The others are American League home run champion Troy Glaus of the Angels, Carlos Delgado of the Toronto Blue Jays, Phil Nevin of the San Diego Padres, Mike Sweeney of the Kansas City Royals, Jose Vidro of the Expos and Omar Vizquel of the Indians.
Los Angeles Dodgers teammates Shawn Green and Gary Sheffield join Bonds, Luis Gonzalez of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Jay Payton of the New York Mets among the outfielders named to the squad.