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From: scooby@ihopa.UUCP (Scott Mitzel)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: A.L. All-Star team starters and fan balloting
Message-ID: <255@ihopa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Jul-84 17:27:38 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul  5 17:27:38 1984
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1B - Rod Carew
2B - Lou Whitaker
SS - Cal Ripken, Jr.
3B - George Brett
OF - Dave Winfield
OF - Chet Lemon
OF - Reggie Jackson
 C - Lance Parrish

     As can be easily seen by this, the knowledge of the fans is limited.
For the most part, it is not too bad of a team, but there are a couple of
serious omissions.  I have the greatest respect for Rod Carew, and he 
definitely deserves to play, but not ahead of Eddie Murray.  In the outfield
I have no arguments over Dave Winfield, since he leads the league in hitting,
and Lemon isn't a bad choice, but what the *!$& is Reggie doing there.  
Leaving out players like Jim Rice, Dave Kingman, and Tony Armas in favor
of Jackson is a sin.  I like to see the fans involved, but unless the truly
deserving players get the respect that they deserve, I feel that the fan
balloting should be eliminated.
-- 
Scott Mitzel
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AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL.