European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 23 commentary stars Are in the eyes of fhe beholder judge ladies and gentlemen of the jury baseball players and fans have gathered Here to debate the Allstar selection after hearing each it will be your duty to determine whether the fans shall retain the right to vote for the starters in each or whether that right shall be revoked to be returned to the players and managers who held that franchise from Pla yers we move that the Case be adjudicated after tabulating this years no sensible individual can respect the fans fans hang on a minute players Rod Carew nearly out polled Eddie Murray at first base Murray was just voted the toughest hitter in either league by the sporting fans but by whom players of All you Guys can see is the latest the latest what about the big picture what about the fact that Carew has nearly Many of those coming when Murray idea of the big time was an ice Cream Cone after a Little league Pla cant you forget about the past and hone in on the present the past is part of players All explain first baseman Jack heres a Guy who tearing up the nation Al been instrumental in vaulting the cardinals into first place in the no he didst even finish among the top seven at his because you Yoyos have him in the Outfield dont you read Box scores fans we but were More concerned with ballots than the ballots had Clark in the so that where we voted for Outfield How about left Field that where your collective Heads especially concerning Reggie he Hast played the out Field Well in the Yankees were afraid hed Hurt himself flagging Down Fly the Angels should never have stuck him Back in the last cutout he made was in his hotel room when he hit the Light fans he was listed As an any idiot knows Hes out there for of his where would baseball be without Reggie Pla might a lot better fans we he has a lot of local sup port these Days from Angel and if Angel fans want or Jackson or Doug Decinces in the Al starting that their one of us is a real Detroit she Doest know much about but she loves those punches out every Tiger on the that players that if youre talking Lance Lou Kirk Gibson or even Alan Well buy but Darrell Evans at third docs the Guy even play third anymore who cares we love our that Why we come to the and pay inflated prices for tickets so that you folks can take Home the big Why begrudge us a Chance to influence what happens on the Field for one game influence try Sparky an Derson May be smiling on the but had you saddled the Al with Carew at first and Jackson in the the Al skipper would have probably devel oped a bleeding fans for three innings he chooses the rest of the he can put his favourites that of by we want to Sec the players Why dont you vote for them fans we but our criteria arc a Little Dif Ferent than some of us have waited years to see our we vote for players because we like were not statisticians were we want not we want we want person is that so bad Only if youre trying to play a game with players Long on personality and color and Short on fans we see your Only youre forget Ting one Pla whats that fans the Allstar game is supposed to be the stars and stripes Herr from Page 21 a photo Bostons Dave sax 16 is out at second base when Oakland shortstop Alfredo Griffin tags the As won the wednesday game Al from Page 21 Homer in the his second of the sea Jackson broke a scoreless pitching Duel when he led off the sixth with his Home run off Ray the Homer was career 518 for leaving him three shy of Ted Williams and Willie who share eighth place on the Al time list with tigers White sox 0 Detroit Lou Whitakers two out Bloop single in the eighth score Tom Brookens and lifted Jack Morris and the Tom seeking his 297th Ca reer had Given up Only two hits and three base runners until Brookens doubled sharply to left with two out in the Yankees royals 5 new York Dave Winfields Bloop single to Center scored Rickey Henderson with one out in the Bottom of the ninth to carry the Henderson on base five straight times singled off Dan and stole second for his third setting up the As red sox 4 Oakland Dusty Baker hit a Solo Homer and Mike Heath threw out the potential tying run at Home plate in the ninth to spark the Bill worked six Jay Howell pitched the final 1 innings for his 18th Bob hurled Only 2 innings and took the rangers indians 1 Cleveland Charlie Hough tossed a two hitter and Pete Obrien slammed a two run Homer to help the rangers snap a fou game losing notched his third Victory Over Cleveland this season and pitched his ninth Complete twins orioles 1 Baltimore Tom Brunansky hit his 19th Home run on a 30 pitch from Mike Boddicker in the top of the ninth inning following a Lead off single by Mike giving Minnesota its Victory Over Baltimore Only run came As a result of Frank violas errant Pickoff throw after Mike Young opened the fifth with a bad hop Young raced All the Way to third and scored on Lee Lacys third single of the the who had lost 23 of their last 31 games in played without Center fielder Kirby Puckett twisted a knee in tuesday nights Davis gained his 10th save of the sea the Allstar game would go on As scheduled despite rumblings that the players would Boycott it As part of their contract dispute with the i Haven heard anything More about boycotting the said it would be a Surprise to ill be i understand five cardinals Are going and that a credit to us As individuals and to the cardinals As an very probably there could be More but you get into the numbers Graig one of three padres named to the starting won his first no Start ing berth at third base to snap Mike schmidts string of six straight the six other no starters for the 56th ail Star to be played july 16 at the met radome in Are repeaters from the 1984 they Are Catcher Gary first baseman Steve shortstop Ozzie Smith and outfielders Dale Tony Gwynn and Darryl its an Honor the people recognize you As an said having million votes is very that Means people All Over the National league cities voted for its a i feel like in having an Allstar usually in struggling to get my average to or in hitting better this experience and time in not com the american leagues starting lineup will be announced pitchers and the remaining members of the 28man no team will be chosen by the league office in consultation with Allstar manager Dick Williams of san pitchers for both leagues will be announced thursday and reserves Herrs Strong finish makes him the fourth different no second base starter in the last four following Davey Lopes in Steve sax in 1983 and Sand Berg last who started for the american league in 1975 and joins san Diego teammates Garvey and Gwynn As Allstar Nettles received votes to for Philadelphia who was moved to first base after the season had been the no Start ing third baseman since