Double the fun!

July used to be All-Star season throughout pro baseball, as we hit the symbolic-if-not-technical midway point of the season. Prior to 2020, this was a busy season here at the Museum when we would diligently reach out to all host teams across the minor leagues to acquire official ASG balls.

Since 2020 this time of year has been rather melancholic around here, as there haven’t been any All-Star Games in the affiliated leagues, let alone commemorative gamers. Likewise the independents; no ASG for the Atlantic League since 2019, for instance. When you headed to the All-Star Games and Special Events page here at the Museum you would have noticed that 2020 was the last season listed there. Until now!

In 2025 here comes Andrew Dunn and his Pecos League to give us collectors something to chase once again! The league has held an ASG every season since 2011 (excepting 2020), but since 2017 has done something unprecedented: it plays two ASGs, one for each division. This season, for the first time, official game balls were produced!

Both of these games have been played at the time of this writing as we didn’t learn there were commemorative gamers until after the fact. These are not (yet) being offered for sale on the league website, possibly due to the fact that they sold out, but keep checking back. It might also help to contact the host teams directly (Garden City Wind in the Mountain Division, San Rafael Pacifics in the Pacific Division) as they might have some lying around (unlikely but you never know); and some should appear soon on the secondary markets.

Both designs look great! The Pecos League has long been an innovator when it comes to official gamers; since its inception it has employed a unique game ball for each team. It’s nice to see that after 15 seasons of play the league is still finding ways to stand out and to keep the collector community in mind. If you see Andrew Dunn shake his hand for us!

-Tony Baseballs