Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/26/83; site ihuxw.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!floyd!vax135!ariel!houti!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxw!tommyo From: tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: RE: Fernando on the All-Star Squad Message-ID: <420@ihuxw.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 10:38:52 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxw.420 Posted: Thu Jul 14 10:38:52 1983 Date-Received: Fri, 15-Jul-83 12:58:30 EDT Organization: BTL Naperville, Il. Lines: 25 I think Steve missed my point. I was arguing that the president of the N.L. shouldn`t be able to tell the NL manager who shouldor even shouldn`t be on the All-Star squad. Herzog knows the players in the league, and he doesn`t need some high league official to tell him who he should pick. Sure there have been players picked who had less then great seasons, especially in the fan voting. Compare the fans choice of Sax over Sandberg. The voting method is flawed, beacause it becomes a poularity contest (like homecoming queen elections in high school) and because the ballot seems to always be missing players that should be on the list. Write-ins can make it (Rico Carty, Steve Garvey) but it`s highly unlikely. I`ll be the first to admit that you can`t say the NL is superior to the AL `cause we`ve won all but 2 games in the lsat 20 years. Remember back when the series began, the AL had a big lead in games won. Does that mean the AL was superior then but not now? Of course not. You can`t even look at the World Series results and say which league is better. So let`s all sit back this summer and watch what may be 4 good divisional races and enjoy this great game of baseball. Play ball! Tom O`Connor