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From: kovalsky@trwspp.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: Re: All-Star Selection
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Date: Fri, 22-Jun-84 13:05:29 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 22 13:05:29 1984
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OK, I hear this every year: There are always going to be players that
are having great seasons that are not picked to the All-Star team (unless
the manager picks them as an alternate) because the FANS choose the players.

I think fans are basically ignorant when it comes to all-star voting because
*most* of them will pick their favorite players, whether they're having a 
bad year or not (I'm not going to name any names). I too feel that the
players who are having the best year THIS year *should* start the all-star
game, but it doesn't always work out that way. Of course Sandberg, Franconna,
C. Washington *should* be starting but probably won't because there are bigger
name players in those postions already. Very rarely will a relative unknown
who is having a good year start on the all-star team (last one that comes to
mind is Garvey in '74 as a write-in). Therefore, players like Franconna and
Sandberg have to have a few good seasons before they will be recognized by
the fans.

So all you people out there that are complaining about the injustice of the
voting system, blame your fellow masses or get them to change the way the
players are picked for the All-Star game.

	Bruce Kovalsky