Dillon, who is the lead off batter for Quality Painting, was inserted in the eleventh spot or last in the batting order by the coach of the East stars. Making the batting order was easy for the East coach. He had a group of proven performers who he placed at the top of the order coupled with a small number of newcomers who were placed at the bottom. As a first year player, Dillon fell under the newcomer category.

After a scoreless first inning, Dillon came to bat in the bottom of the second with two men on and two out. Power pitcher Larry Lucas was on the mound for the West stars and he was looking to make Dillon his fourth strikeout victim of the game. With the count in Lucas's favor, the speedy Dillon connected on the next offering and sent the ball to deep left-center field. As the left and center fielders gave chase, Dillon raced around the bags and pulled up to third base with a three-run triple. He quickly pumped his fists and yelled, yeah! The enthusiastic Dillon had just put his team ahead by three runs and was clearly excited to be playing in the game. When he made his way to the bench at the end of the inning he was overheard saying "Where else would I want to be on a Friday night than here, in the All-Star game."

In the top of the fourth inning, the West stars fought back and cut the lead to a run when Rob Rogers smacked a two-run homerun to right field. With the score tightening, Dillon answered again for the East stars when he threw out Chris Martin who was trying to stretch a single into a double to end the inning.

The bottom half of the fourth found Dillon again at the plate with two on and two out. He again answered with a clutch hit that would spark the East stars as they continued to score runs and eventually took a 10-2 lead into the fifth inning. Dillon's coach, Billy Collins watched and enjoyed every minute of his new found stars remarkable performance.

As the game wore on it was obvious to all that Mark Dillon plays the game of softball with heart, desire, and enthusiasm. He proved to players and fans alike that he is amongst the best in the league and was named the games Most Valuable Player. Dillon enjoyed a night that will be talked about for some time. Backed by Dillon's performance, the East stars won the game 12-8 in nine innings.

Earlier in the evening, twenty-four of the league's sluggers competed in a homerun contest. The contest consisted of three rounds where each batter was to hit a pre-determined number of homeruns to advance to the next round. Each contestant was given six outs in each round to achieve the goal.

In the first round, six batters qualified by belting three homeruns each. They were Mike Smith, Joe Pano, Jim Burgio, Steven Muldowney, Dan Smallcombe, Tony Jiminez, Rob Rogers, and Chris Martin.

In the second round, the heat was on, as the batters were now required to hit five homers. Surprisingly, only Steven Muldowney and Dan Smallcombe, who was a late replacement for a teammate that could not attend the event, would make it out of this round.

Smallcombe and Muldowney, who are close friends off of the field, then put their friendship aside and tried to outdo one another in a winner take all format. Muldowney, a right-handed batter, connected for five homeruns including two that sailed over First Street and landed in the coal yard. Smallcombe, a left-handed batter, then followed and got to work quickly as he swatted the first three pitches over the temporary fence in right field. By now Danny's arms were tiring and it began to show as fouled off a couple of pitches for outs. With three pitches remaining, Smallcombe regained his composure and smacked two homeruns to tie the contest. His last hit fell twenty feet short. After a brief conversation the two friends decided to call it a draw and were named co-champions. Congratulations to both!