It’s part of the process of a minor league baseball player to move on to different locations and gain some level of comfort for as long as that time lasts, while trying to continue the main goal of improving as a player.

Fort Myers Miracle outfielder Ben Revere said he’s pleased with his experience through the first half of this Florida State League season.

For Revere, it has required adjusting to the hot and humid weather conditions of Southwest Florida, building a stronger bond with teammates and making new friends away from the ballpark.

“The fans have been excellent,” Revere, 21, said. “I have a couple of fans of mine that live right by my house and I go over there and talk to them a lot.”

Revere also is maintaining the drive and success that’s helped him reach this point in his baseball career. He’s one of the 46 players that will take the field Saturday night for the 2009 Florida State League All-Star Game at Hammond Stadium.

It’s the second straight All-Star appearance for Revere, who made the Midwest League’s event last season while playing for Class-A Beloit.

Like many of the players, Revere will be playing in front of family, including his mother and sister, who are making the trip from Georgia.

“My mom came down to watch one game,” he said. “It’s going to be fun to go out there and put a smile on her face.”

From one player to the next, the approach is to have fun and not place too much pressure on Saturday’s game, after a grueling season, so far.

Coaches and players from the around the FSL arrived in Fort Myers Friday prior to the All-Star Fan Fest at the Lee County Sports Complex.

“It’s a great honor to be here,” said Darin Mastroianni of Dunedin, who leads the FSL with 32 stolen bases. “I’m just trying to enjoy it and have a lot of fun. You don’t know how many times you’ll have an opportunity to come to something like this.”

The Miracle are hosting the All-Star Game for the fourth time in 12 years, but the first since 2003. That game featured an impressive list of players who have since gone on to the big leagues. Players like Robinson Cano, Jason Kubel, Joe Mauer, David Wright and Ryan Howard.

Saturday’s schedule includes an autograph session on the Hammond Stadium concourse from 5-6:50 p.m. and a home run derby beginning at 6 p.m. The game starts at 7:35 p.m.

“A lot of planning has gone into this,” Miracle and South All-Star manager Jeff Smith said. “It’s not very often a kid gets a chance to be in a game like this and I know each kid will take full advantage and have some fun with it.”

The Miracle are represented by their coaching staff and seven players. The coaching staff would have guided the South squad, regardless, as the host team, but they also guided the Miracle to the FSL championship series last year.

The Miracle (41-25) clinched the first-half South Division title Thursday.

Smith, who also managed an All-Star Game in the Midwest League, likes how this game sets up with fewer players selected to participate.

“With 23 guys on the roster, it’s not too many,” he said. “In the Midwest League, 19 pitchers and about 20 position players were picked. That’s a little too much. The goal is to get every kid in there. Most of them have parents that travel from a long ways.”

Miracle pitcher David Bromberg will start on the mound for the South. Other Miracle players are pitchers Steve Hirschfeld and Spencer Steedley, and position players Revere, Chris Cates, Chris Parmelee and Steve Singleton.

The North squad is led by Jody Davis, who managed the Daytona Cubs to the FSL championship last year.

After last season, Davis was given a new position as roving catching instructor in the Cubs organization.

“I know very little about my team,” Davis said, “but it’s all about these kids, about the players. It’s all about them having fun.”