European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 13,1990 the stars and stripes Page 23 weren to prime cuts a if the players had voted Cecil fielder would have been a starter in tuesdays game. By Ben Walker Chicago a most people agreed that Only Orte Ozrie should have started at shortstop in the All Star game on tuesday. But which one a Smith or Guillen if popularity counts most then Smiths reputation As a possible Hall of Famer should have put him ahead of Barry Larkin who shaving a better season in the National league. But if. Production is More important then Guillen should play instead of Cal Ripken in the american league. Its a question that will come up every ear that fans choose the starting lineups s it More exciting to Sec an aging Reggie Jackson strike out or a harder hitting Tony armas get a single the actual All stars have their own opinions. Not that it really matters because players Haven to gotten to vote for the starters since 1969. Quot until Ozzie is out of the game he a always going to be the Man Quot Larkin said. A a he a done a lot for the game and that nickname a the wizard of of a is something for people to hold on  Larkin is batting .307 with four Home runs and 38 Bis compared with Smiths .231, Zero Homes and 29 Bis. But Smith finished 80,000 votes out of 7 million cast ahead of Larkin and was elected to Start for the eighth straight year the longest Active Streak. Quot this kind of thing is going to happen a Larkin said. A a they be been doing it for years now. The All Star game is for the fans. Its who they want to see out there so they should have some  Guillen hitting .319, also knows it might be awhile before he finishes first. Ripken slumping at .252, still got 150,000 More votes and was elected for the sixth time in seven seasons. Someday Guillen Hopes he will be the Veteran who attracts More All Star Attert Tion than some Young shortstop on the Rise. Quot maybe someone will say 1 played better than Ozzie but he still beat me on the ballot Guillen said. A that would be something  it a eventually voting patterns do change. Darryl Strawberry had been elected to Start for six straight seasons until this year when despite batting .306 with 21 Home runs and 56 Bis he finished Ber Hind Lenny Dykstra Kevin Mitchell and Andre Dawson in the no Outfield. For now no one is going to dethrone Wade Boggs As the Al s third baseman. He beat out Kelly Gruber and won his fourth straight Start. Boggs a five time batting Champion had struggled for most of the season before a late burst raised him to .306. Gruber is second in the league with 66 Bis fourth with 20 Home runs and is batting .296. A what in be done in the past should count for something Quot Boggs said. A a in be put up Good numbers and earned my  on the All Star team for sure. But As a starter a every year you can look around and see a get left off Quot Al Pitcher Bret Sabur Tagen said. A someone like Kelly Gruber. He Guys who big Bucks no stars took it probably should be been starting instead of Boggs not to take anything away from Wade. But that a Why the managers can name the reserves so that the Guys who deserve to be Here will be  like Cecil fielder. He s leading the majors with 28 homers and 75 Bis but finished 55,000 votes behind Mark Mcgwire As Al first baseman. Mcgwire is hitting .223 with 22 homers and 56 Bis. A i would be taken Cecil Quot Mcgwire said. A and if the players voted there a no ques Tion he would be the starting first  at break by John Nelson a sports writer they sure done to need the overtime so eight of the 10 highest paid players in the game relaxed during the Allstar break. The big Money no stars include the likes of Don mat tingly and three pitchers who threw no hitters this season a Dave Stewart Nolan Ryan and Mark Langston. The Only two players with top-10 salaries who made it to Chicago for tuesdays game were Jose Canseco of Oakland baseball a biggest earner at $4.7 million a year and will Clark Ofsan Francisco who pulls Down a More modest $3.75 million. A is it a question of whether in Man All Star or not a asked Stewart who has won 20 games in each of the last three seasons for Oakland. A a in a not on the team but that does no to mean that in a not  Stewart is deserving enough to have negotiated a two year contract last year that will begin paying him $3.5 million a year in 1991. At 11-7, he probably was deserving enough to be on the All Star team this year too. But Tony la Russa american league manager by virtue of the athletics world series Victory last year said he discussed the situation with Stewart and they decided he  play. La Russa already had two Oakland pitchers on the staff a Dennis Eckersley and Bob Welch a and Stewart wanted to make his regular Start on sunday. So it seemed like a Good idea to take a rest. Some like Stewart and Ryan could have made the wan a but did no to. Others a like Mattingly Langston Mark Davis and Robin Yount a did no to deserve it. The Only numbers they be put up this year Are at the Bank. Stewart pitched his no hitter on june 29 at Toronto. Ryan of Texas got the sixth of his career at age 43, on june 11 at Oakland and Langston of California got his api Quot a 11 Langston worked the first seven innings and Mike Witt the final two in a no hitter against Seattle. Ryan who will make $3.3 million next year went to the All Star break at 8-4 with a 3.79 Era and 116 strikeouts after leading the majors with 301 last year. 1-3 Russa however assumed Ryan would like the break to rest an ailing Back. Langston whose five year contract averages $3.2 million has a lower Era than Ryan 3.71, but a 4-9 record. His pain has been a Little lower this year. A a it a not As if in a going out there and getting beat up a Langston said. At one Point this Spang he lost four straight decisions giving up two runs in each.  that be Good enough to win a in some instances it is a Langston said. A for me it Hasni to  the other top-10 Pitcher Davis can barely make a Case for staying in the major leagues after winning the by Young last year with 44 saves and a 1.85 Era for san Diego. With a $3.25 million contract at Kansas City this year he a got just five saves and a 5.66 Era. The royals Are so desperately seeking solutions that they gave Davis his first Start in three years sunday to no Avail. He gave up four runs in 3 a a innings. A i can to figure it out Quot royals manager John Wathan said. Quot we be tried everything  Mattingly and Yount Are having years so ugly they would make quasimodo shudder. Mattingly a problem too has been in his Back. Earning $3.86 million a year from the new York Yankees he a batting .253 with five homers and 33 Bis a his worst Start Ever. He Hasni to homered since May 20. Last year Mattingly earned the big contract with a .303 average 23 homers and 113 Bis. Yount who makes $3.2 million a year had one of the worst slumps of his career this year and after hitting .318 with 21 homers and 103 Bis in 1989, just can to get Over the Hump in �?T90. He shitting .239 with seven homers and 36 Bis at the Halfway Point this year. A i May end up with a few More toys a Yount said when he became baseball a first $3 million Man. A but other than that i done to think it will have any effect. In a not going to play any  now that a ugly. Eric Davis of Cincinnati and Joe Carter of san Diego have the ninth and 10th biggest contracts at $3.1 million and $3,066,667 per year and neither was on the All Star team. Davis is hitting just .233 with 11 homers and 35 Bis although he missed nearly a month with a sprained right knee. But Davis also missed time because of injuries last year and wound up with 101 Bis file Don Mattingly has slumped to .253 with five homers. P and 34 homers in 462 at bats. Carter had 105 Bis and 35 homers with a .243 batting average for Cleveland last year before being traded to san Diego in the Deal that sent Sandy Alomar or. To the indians. This year Carter has 13 homers and 59 Bis but is hitting just .220. For some of the Guys whose teams Are struggling a like Carter Mark Davis Yount and Mattingly a the no Star break was a Welcome change of Pace. Three Blissful Days without baseball without the pressure of questions like what did you do to earn your pay today a we need not to think about All that stuff during the break a Mattingly said. A we need to get away from this for a few Days. We need to make a fresh