Perhaps ol' Scheeling will make a surprise appearance, Willis Reed style. I mean, he'd be the guy you'd pick to throw the first pitch, right?
Also missing from The 25:
- Bronson Arroyo
- Alan Embree
- Doug #1, "eyechart" Mientkiewicz
- Doug #2, "meatball parm" Mirabelli
- Youk
- (plus Manny, Bellhorn, Mueller, Dave Roberts, as previously mentioned)
And from other participation that year:
- Ramiro Mendoza (edit: whoops, attending)
- Brian Daubach
- Ricky Gutierrez
- Andy Dominique (11 PAs)
- Sandy Martinez (4 PAs)
- Earl Snyder (4 PAs)
- B. H. Kim
- Mark "Baked" Malaska
- Terry Adams
- Anastacio Martinez
- Pedro Astacio (8.2 IP)
- Jamie Brown (7.2 IP)
- Jimmy Anderson (6 IP)
- Bobby Jones (3.1 IP)
- Joe Nelson (2.2 IP)
- Frank Castillo (1 IP), though we know why he won't be there
And yet Abe Alvarez and his 1 GS / 5 IP, and Phil Siebel's 3.2 IP, made the cut. Hell, Jason Shiell was injured all of 2004 and he's showing up with the 10th anniversary team? I wonder who got invited and just declined, vs not getting an invite.