barry@ihuxt.UUCP (R. G. Barry) (07/03/84)
Isn't it amazing that suddenly, during the last week of voting, that the people who deserve to start in the all-star game now have enough votes to do so? All of a sudden Ryne Sandberg and Dave Winfield are the top vote getters at their positions. I think the whole thing is fixed. If Steve Sax would have started and not Sandberg, it would have showed just what a farce the all-star voting is. It's unbelievable to me that all these votes for the "right" people just start pouring in. It seems that in order for the commissioners office to not look like a laughing stock, they adjust the votes accordingly to get the right players in the starting lineup. Of course, there are still exceptions (like Carew and Garvey at first and Reggie Jackson in the OF), but if ALL the best players were to make it, then everybody would know that this thing is fixed. Rich Barry ihuxt!barry
rung@ihuxw.UUCP (Pete Rung) (07/03/84)
Rich Barry forgot what city Sandberg is playing for, C H I C A G O !!!!!! If there's anyplace in the country that "knows how to get out the vote" or "stuff the ballet box", it's got to be in this town. Don't get me wrong, Sandberg deserves to start at second, but try and find a Gillette display in the Chicago land area that has any spare voting ballets? -- Pete Rung AT&T Bell Labs Naperville, Ill. ihnp4!ihuxw!rung