Braves shortstop Jeff Larson.
Steve from the Cincinnati Reds
Outfielder Bobby Kelly player
shortstop J.
Bill from the San Francisco
Giants second baseman Robby
Thompson leading the center
fielder from the Montreal the
1993 American League All-Star
first of all the trainers from
the three additional coaches in
the bullpen from the Toronto
Blue Jays nineteen ninety three
American League all stars from
the Baltimore Orioles pitcher
Mike Mussina.
From the New York Yankees
pitcher to Maryland and the
Junior ROTC punishments
Baltimore's wall Brook High
School.
Now we ask you to rise as we
pause for a moment to pay
tribute before a Hall of Famers
who died this year.
Please observe a moment of
silence in memory of China.
Garen good Johnny.
Roy Campanella and Don Drysdale.
Thank you.
Please remain standing as we
welcome the lead singer of the
rock group Rush as he honors his
native land with his
presentation at the Canadian
national anthem.
Please welcome Mr. Geddy Lee you
can home and native to a tree.
No dice.
Sky is blue.
We minds.
We see the rise.
The truth knows John King and
three from far and wide all can
and we spin and go key violent
blow a sound we all can.
We stand for the and Rhys for
ladies and gentlemen the War of
1812 included a fierce battle at
Fort McHenry.
Just a few miles from here
aboard a ship off Fort McHenry.
Francis Scott Key watched the
battle so moved the scene that
his thoughts became our national
anthem.
Here to recite those words
accompanied by the Morgan State
University Choir directed by Dr.
Nathan Potter one of America's
finest actors of Baltimore.
Welcome Mr. J.
John Oh say can you say by the
dawn's early light What so
proudly we hailed At the
twilight's last gleaming Whose
broad stripes and bright star
stars and us fight for the
ramparts we watched were so damn
unfair.
Screaming rockets bursting in
air gave our flag was still
there.
Oh Jesus they want a free
happening here in Baltimore
tonight.
We've got everything from
Francis Scott Key to Jimmy and
our CBS Sports coverage of the
64 Major League Baseball
All-Star Game will continue
after a word from your welcome
back to Baltimore Maryland and
the 60 fourth baseball All-Star
game.
Right now it's time to turn over
the proceedings to Sean
McDonough and Tim McCarver.
Gentlemen good evening.
I know that most of the players
who make the All-Star game get
bonuses up from ten to one
hundred thousand dollars being
selected.
My bonus is simply hearing you
guys call the play by play
should be a great time.
Thank you bat and good evening
everyone and somehow Tim I think
Pat would rather have the one
hundred thousand dollar All-Star
bonus the Kirby Puckett will
receive overtime for being here
tonight.
That is the largest all star
bonus and certainly if the game
can match the pre game
festivities.
What a show we'll have here
tonight.
Let's size up these two rosters
Tim.
They seem to reflect the style
of play we generally associate
with the two leagues.
Well I think so Sean the faces
change after all there are 22
new ones on the rosters but the
formula remains the same.
It's going to be speed for the
National League and they're
going to have to utilize that to
win and power for the American
League.
How powerful is that American
league roster.
Well only one of the top eight
homerun hitters in the American
leagues in the starting lineup
five are on the bench.
Guys like Cecil Fielder Juan
Gonzalez Albert Bell and Frank
Thomas.
So as far as fireworks are
concerned I think you're going
to see him from the American
League later as opposed to
sooner and that American League
squad is trying to make it six
wins in a row for the junior
circuit.
We'll have the first pitch at
the All-Star Game from Baltimore
right after this CBS Sports
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Baltimore Orioles and tonight
the sight of the sixty fourth
Major League Baseball All-Star
Game the starting lineup tonight
for the National League Marquis
Grissom of Montreal and center
field San Francisco's Barry
Bonds in left.
Gary Sheffield of Florida third
base the clean up hitter the
Phillies JOHN CROCKETT first
base Cincinnati's Barry Lycan is
the shortstop.
Mark Grace of the Cubs is the
D.H. batting sixth David Justice
of Atlanta in right field hit
seventh.
The catcher is Darren Dalton the
Philadelphia batting eight and
the cub is Ryan Sandberg is the
second baseman batting ninth.
The defense for the American
League the same as last year in
San Diego.
Kirby Puckett will be the left
fielder.
Ken Griffey Jr. last year's Most
Valuable Player in centerfield.
Joe Carter of the Blue Jays and
right.
Wade Boggs the third baseman
this evening Cal Ripken Junior
What an impressive ovation for
Cal before the game.
Roberto Alomar at second base.
John all the road leading the
majors and hitting is at first
base.
And Yvonne Rodriguez behind the
plate on the mound.
Mark Langston his fourth
All-Star selection.
He is third in the American
League and earned run average
and second in strikeouts with
one hundred and fourteen
teammates tonight.
Randy Johnson of Seattle.
And that's a distant second
Langston has struck out one
hundred and fourteen while
Johnson has one hundred and
seventy one in caves and Cito
Gaston says we'll see Randy
Johnson early in tonight's
ballgame.
The umpires working this one Jim
McKean of the American League
behind the plate Bob Davidson of
the national and first Mike
Wright lead the American League
and second the National League's
Gary darling and third Dale
Scott down the left field line
and mark perfect and right.
Makis Grissom will lead off.
He was selected as reserve then
put into the starting lineup
when Andy Van slight of
Pittsburgh who was voted as a
starter by the fans had to be
scratched due to injury.
First pitched up the ninety
three All-Star game of all low
grass on a two eighty five
hitter.
Now in the National League
stolen base champion in each of
the last two seasons long the
coaching line's Jimmy Williams
of the Atlanta Braves and the
third base box and honorary
National League Captain Bob
Gibson.
At first Langston is breaking
ball missed two balls and one
strike.
In foul ground near the National
League dugout to the stairs and
does not look box a fixture at
third base for the American
League making his eighth
consecutive state that's a
record.
His ninth appearance in the
All-Star Game at all.
And it's the first time he's
been here in the pinstripes of
New York Marcie Grissom on the
other hand.
The only Expo to make the
National League team and one of
11 teams with only one
representative.
He said yesterday at the workout
he's here to win.
It's his first time.
But he had his thoughts set on
helping the National League end
its five game losing streak.
Full count on the first batter
of the All-Star Game last time
the National League won an
All-Star Game was back in
Oakland in 1987 won an extra
innings two to nothing.
And that is no surprise to the
National League all extra
winning games and all star game
history have been won by the
National League.
Well hit and just fall past
their first narrow the night
committed by the left field
boulder.
All of the games during the five
game American League winning
streak close with the exception
of last year's blowout.
Well the American League jumped
out early at the expense of Tom
Glavine another 3 2 pitch popped
up another chance for bonds and
that will bring up the best
player in the game today.
Barry Bonds of the San Francisco
Giants the leading vote getter
among national league players
this year.
Those numbers support the
commonly held belief that he is
the best player in the game for
them actually tied for the home
run leadership in the major
leagues with Mickey Templeton of
the Detroit Tigers and tell that
not even selected to the
American League All-Star roster.
He was one of several notable
snubs and the reason you heard
boos for the Toronto Blue Jays
contingent before the game
tonight was that Tito Gaston was
charged with selecting the
reserves and there are seven
Blue Jays in uniform here
tonight.
That's toward the corner and
right at the fair ball just fair
fielded by Joe Carter.
And Bonds has the game's first
hit a running double down the
right field line Barry Bonds out
to be the most valuable player
in tonight's game.
His father was the most valuable
player in the all star game in
nineteen seventy three when it
was played in Kansas City.
Bobby Bonds the father of Barry
Bonds an American hit a home run
tonight.
He will be joined the first
father son combination make that
the second father son
combination.
Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr.
the only father son combination
to Homer and an all star game.
Now Gary Sheffield of the
Florida Marlins first player to
start an All-Star Game
representing the first year
expansion club course he's still
getting accustomed to the
Marlins uniform.
He was traded by San Diego to
Florida on June 25th in exchange
for three young prospects.
There is no player in the major
leagues that has as much bat
movement as Gary Sheffield.
Every hitter needs a trigger and
the trigger that Sheffield has
is awfully long to pull.
Watch the bat movement when Gary
is getting ready for the pitch.
It takes awesome strength to hit
like Gary Sheffield because
often he will point the bat at
the pitcher and wiggle those
hands and bring it around.
Makes the arc a lot bigger.
He hits a lot of balls to center
field right center left center
field those are his power allies
awfully strong for American
League fans to stand similar to
Julio Franco the Texas Rangers.
The difference I think is that
Franco holds the bat still.
He doesn't have the wiggle with
the hands that Sheffield has you
would never teach a young hitter
to hit this way.
But it works for Sheffield.
He was the National League
batting champion last year he
three thirty in his first year
in San Diego born out a runner
in second just under way in the
top of the first.
There is no score here in the
best ballpark in baseball Oriole
Park at Camden Yards the first
at bat and an all star game.
Competition by a Florida Marlins
results in a two run homer I
guess that's what expansion
players are supposed to do
expand the ballpark and that's
what Sheffield does with this
knock.
How about that they are dancing
in the streets of south Florida
tonight.
John truck lifts the first pitch
to him the left and it's handled
by Plunkett for the second up to
run homer by Sheffield on a 1 2
pitch has given the National
League to nothing league truck
the cleanup hitter tonight.
Ordinarily the number three
hitter for Philadelphia John
found out yesterday he was going
to be the cleanup better and
said I'm going to go out lift
some weights tonight extra I'm
ready to hit the forest but
tomorrow it's third for the
Phillies.
But among all stars he's batting
for now Mary Michael and the
Cincinnati Reds shortstop takes
a strike.
He is the first national league
player other than Ozzie Smith
described the all star game in
short since Davey Concepcion
back in 1982 his string of 10
consecutive All-Star game starts
and this year he was just edged
to the wire by likening the fan
belt I guess you could say
Cincinnati Reds bookends David
Concepcion and 82 Larkin in
ninety three.
Everything in between was Ozzie
Smith lighting is called out on
strikes that ends the first
strike out for Langston.
But the home run by Sheffield
gives the National League to
nothing.
MLB at home.
He's presented by flown A's
allergy relief get 24 hour all
in one allergy relief with flown
ace for the American leg Roberto
Alomar leaves off its second
baseball monitors that he h.
Ken Griffey Junior in center the
cleanup hitter right fielder Joe
Kreider John older root is the
first baseman batting fifth for
the top five hitters are Toronto
Blue Jays Kirby Puckett is the
left fielder batting 6 Cal
Ripken Junior in short hit
seventh Wade Boggs batting
eighth and playing third base in
the catcher Yvonne Rodriguez
bats ninth against Terry
Mulholland of the Philadelphia
Phillies Terry nine and sixty
two point seven to earn run
average his first all star
selection first time a
Philadelphia Phillies pitcher
has started an all star game
since Steve Carlton back in
nineteen seventy nine greeted by
Roberto Alomar hitting 3 0 8
those 10 home runs for Alomar
already a single season career
best hold very sharply fouled up
to get the ball and that angle
when you're right handed one
ball and one strike on Alomar
making his fourth All-Star
appearance his third straight
Mulholland 30 years old a native
of Uniontown Pennsylvania nearly
turned down the opportunity to
pitch in the all star game when
he found out he had been
selected by Bobby Cox he
originally said he would not go
to the All-Star Game Gary
Sheffield with the backhand won
out Mulholland had promised his
four year old son Tyler that he
would take him fishing during
the All-Star break he'll go
fishing with Tyler later in the
week the defense Barry Bonds
Makis Grissom David Justice in
the outfield Gary Sheffield at
third Barry Larkin and short
Ryan Sandberg at Second John
Kruk at first and Darren Dalton
behind the plate we mentioned
Terry Mulholland the first
Philly starter since 79 the
first Phillies battery to start
an all star game since 79.
Bob Moon was Lefty's catcher
that year there was some other
guy who used to catch Carlton on
a regular basis.
I recall I was gonna ask you to
pardon me for that for me your
reference those who aren't
familiar with the reference Tim
McCarver quite a period of time
was Steve Carlton's personal
catcher Paul monitor the batter
he was one of the reserves
selected by Cito Gaston three
blue jays voted to the starting
lineup four others selected by
Gaston as reserves and Cito
Gaston defended his choices.
The members of his own team by
saying I selected six world
champions and a Hall of Famer
into the Hall of Famer.
He's referring the ball Marlin
yeah no other team has more than
two selections and CDO bemoaning
the fact earlier before the game
started about four hours ago
saying that it is one of the
worst jobs in baseball to try to
select an all star team and I
agree with him.
I'll tell you if I'm the manager
of the American League I'd pick
my guys too especially coming
off a world championship year
that obviously is the reason he
is the manager.
I've got to live with my guys a
lot longer than I do the
opposition a simple solution
that you proposed frequently as
have others would be to expand
the rosters up to 32 or 33
instead of the current 28
rosters haven't changed while
the leagues have expanded.
Bollinger walks he's the first
base runner for the American
League the National League needs
to do nothing near the bottom of
the first sellout crowd of
nearly forty seven thousand
expected here at Oriole Park in
Camden Yards so much of the
charm of this park the old style
features a terrorist bullpen.
The Ivy in center field the
warehouse just beyond the right
field fence.
The room allowed for standing
room only tickets.
Ken Griffey Jr. He was the MVP
of last year's All-Star Game in
San Diego and Ken Griffey Junior
has had hits in each of his last
five all star at bats at times
Billy Herman and Frank Robinson.
For the most consecutive hits
and that would break the all
star record if he gets a hit
right here a 1 0 pitch big back
in on this one ball and one
strike.
Bollinger has to be careful over
there at first with Mulholland
on the mound.
Terry broke the major league
record for pick off last year
with 16 little dribbling down
the first truck thought about
second made the easy play for
the second half.
Now there was a runner in
scoring position so that ends
the string.
For Ken Griffey Junior he will
not set the consecutive hit
record tonight now Joe Carter
first time.
He has been voted a starter by
the fans and that's hard to
believe with his many
accomplishments in the game.
But Joe attributed to having
played in small market cities
Cleveland San Diego and Toronto
of course they have plenty of
opportunity to vote for Joe up
in Toronto.
But in terms of media exposure
much of the exploits of the blue
jays recounted in the United
States consider this only a
second All-Star appearance and
the five years before that he
drove in five hundred and forty
five runs almost one hundred and
ten a year not even an all star
mention in last year's All-Star
Game.
Joe became the first Blue Jay to
collect a run batted in an all
star game competition chance for
another with his mate Paul
monitor in second and two outs
bottom of the first to nothing
National League on a home run by
Gary Sheffield.
He mentioned Terry Mulholland
dilemma.
He's divorced and young Tyler
the four year old son lives in
Arizona with his mother.
They plan to get together and go
fishing.
Nice of Jim for Gauci to grant
Terry Mohammed an extra day off
after the All-Star break to
honor his commitment to his son.
Yeah the Philadelphia Phillies
there's the manager of the
Phillies Jim for go see the
Phillies open in San Diego after
the All-Star break.
Mulholland pitches Saturday and
he doesn't have to show up until
Friday just fall off the end of
the bat the looping line drive
from Joe Carter along the
coaching lines.
Sparky Anderson in a third base
box past Walter Alston and a
fifth place in the all time
managerial win list and Frank
Robinson one of the two honorary
captains for the American League
along with Jim Palmer is in the
first base box count has gone
full on Carter should he reach
his teammate John all the road
with him next.
It's interesting that you say
should he reach because he loves
to reach pitchers try to jam
Carter he has a terrific low
ball hitter Sam Mulholland come
inside with what Mulholland
describes as a cutter slider
some pitchers throw a cutter
others throw a slider.
But Mulholland trying to get
inside with Carter and that has
the dugout scrambling and Jim
for go see maybe I'll take that
off day back full count with two
outs piled straight back still
three and two major league
leading hitter John all the
route leans on deck he's getting
three ninety five another three
two pitches popped up Barry
Larkin in shallow Center puts it
away and that ends the American
League leaves the runner in
scoring position and in the
first inning to nothing
nationally.
You wouldn't accept an
incomplete job from anyone else.
And why accept it from your
allergy pills.
Sloan is sentenced nothing
stronger nothing gentler.
Nothing lasts longer flow days
since a missed 24 hour non
drowsy allergy relief the year
was 1933 baseball's first
All-Star game and fittingly the
Great Bambino Babe Ruth hit the
first All-Star homerun at
Chicago's Comiskey Park.
The American League prevailed
for the two Ruth played in only
two All-Star game because the
Midsummer Classic came into
being at the end of his career
coaching change.
Tommy Lasorda has taken over in
the first base Bonds and Mark
Grace begins the second with the
National League.
He's DHEA.
He used the D.H. when the
American League is the host city
interesting that he was selected
to be the D H because he's the
best defensive first baseman
among those that actually got
the gold glove winner at first
baseman Action League last year.
I asked Mark before the game if
he would rather go in
defensively and play a position
and hit.
He said No sir.
The starting lineup that's an
easy call Mark said.
Hard to believe with what he has
accomplished in his six year
career since his first All-Star
game.
It was a tough stuff but last
year Bobby Cox said he was the
most difficult mission.
A year ago one of his full
excuse me Sean one of the things
that makes grace such a great
hitter is the way he stays in
against left handed pitching.
Watch that front shoulder
Calabar to all the route for the
first out brace of three sixty
five hitter against left handers
this year that leads the majors
course a bad result then all
left handed hitters who hit well
against left handed pitchers
have to keep the front shoulder
in Grace does it bad result now
David Justice getting to 44 and
this is his first All-Star game.
The 20 homers he's third in the
national league and he's tied
for sixth and runs batted in the
Atlanta Braves are hoping that
their offense can get started
like David Justice has been
going the last couple of weeks
six home runs 18 RBI is his last
15 games and that has been one
of the things that has been
bothering Bobby Cox's Atlanta
Braves this year starting the
season with the best pitching
staff in baseball but they just
have not hit but you can see
David Justice since the month of
April as it very well no one to
to him is up in the one of the
surprises of the first half in
baseball.
In fact the Atlanta Braves are
nine games behind front running
San Francisco and that's not
necessarily a negative
reflection of the braves the
record is actually better at the
break than it was last year but
the Giants play the best
baseball made the third hit for
the National League single and
the center with one out in the
second with David Justice and we
talked about the front shoulder
the National League has five
left handed batters against
Langston and the possibility of
Randy Johnson coming in in the
third inning.
That was an example right there
of keeping the front shoulder in
there.
Good job hitting by David
Justice now.
Darren Dalton looked at a
strike.
Called making a second All-Star
appearance it's his first time
as the starter is selected by
the fans 1 0 4 3 in San Diego
last year.
His manager Jim for goes he says
he's the best catcher Ferdowsi
has ever managed.
That includes Kyle Davis justice
back ahead of the Quick throw by
Langston who has picked up seven
based runners this year he had
eleven pick offs last year
couple of bucks this year and
it's interesting that the first
base umpire for the National
League is a guy who calls a lot
of box and that's Bob Davidson
players kiddingly calling Buck
and Bob little traveler in front
of the plate.
Langston an excellent Fielder
makes the play.
Mike has won four Gold Gloves
for fielding excellence among
pitchers in the American League
Most left handers fall to the
third base side.
That's why it's more difficult
when they have to field the ball
on the first base side.
But Langston as you say very
agile on the mound for Gold
Gloves to prove it.
Mark said this starting
assignment was a dream come
true.
He actually thought about
starting an All-Star game as a
young boy Brian Sandburg.
This is his tenth All-Star
appearance is eight consecutive
state and his ninth start at
all.
He's the first major league
second baseman to make nine
All-Star starts Rod guru and
Nellie Fox made each Joe Morgan
had seven in a row.
But this is the eighth start in
a row for Sandberg suffering
that broken bone in his left
hand.
First day of spring training a
ball thrown by Michael Jackson
of the San Francisco Giants and
he missed the first five weeks
of the season spent some time
rehabbing with the Cubs a ball
team in Daytona Beach said while
he was there his left hand
healed just fine but his right
hand started to hurt because he
signed so many autographs from
his teammates a little bit and
of having Brian Sandburg in
their midst one day down in
Daytona Beach.
Sandberg asked his teammates
about the postgame spread in the
locker room and teammate
responded well every now and
then the concession air brings
in some hot dogs but that's
about it.
When Ryan lefty left a thousand
dollars worth of baseballs for
the Daytona Cubs batting and I
guess balls they used were just
awful.
So I had a broken bone in the
left hand and writer's cramp in
the right hand.
Two balls and two strikes
justice at second with two outs
in the second the National
League leads two to nothing on
the first inning homer by
Sheffield fastball just missed
the count as fall blanked in the
first angel to be the starting
pitcher since Nolan Ryan started
the seventy nine All-Star game
in Seattle.
Payoff pitch.
Way outside of home.
That's the first block issued by
Langston and Mikey's bristle
strolls to the plate for the
second time.
He popped out to the third
baseman Wade Boggs and fouled
round his first time up Justise
at second Sandberg at first case
Grissom one of 15 children
looked at straight one big hack
and a man and two marquees
stripped of his power output up
this year eleven home runs his
stolen bases are down but
largely due to the fact that his
power numbers are up only 19
stolen bases on the year for
Chris a sprained ankle and may
slowed him a bit.
Still owing to I guess if you're
one of 15 children you're used
to batting first because that's
better known as the table
setting position in baseball
pretty good table setter right
there where you get to the table
quickly the competition that's
on coming here some leads all
national league center field
hits and runs for fifty three
after ending it amounts to
nothing nationals.
They say John all the road has
been in the zone this year we
asked him what that means and
just sort of feels like
everything's in slow motion.
I feel like I've got everything
going in the right direction at
the right time and it just feels
like I get a lot longer look at
the ball more time to react.
So that's that's a kind of zone
I hear about Larry Bird who used
to talk about how everything's
in slow motion.
Wayne Gretzky and hockey.
Well this guy and hitting things
slow down for him are certainly
apparently so he swings at the
first pitch from Mulholland and
Ryan Sandberg throws him out all
the road the leading hitter in
the majors at three ninety five
says he doesn't think four
hundred is a realistic goal.
This requires a player who can
look out infield hits.
Don doesn't feel he has the
speed necessary to get enough of
those type of hits ramp and
substitutions along the coaching
lines.
It's a grueling job at first
base and Johnny Oaks has taken
over the manager of the Orioles
got a hand he got when he was
introduced.
Some speculation his job was in
jeopardy when New Orleans got
off to a slow start.
Now they're right back at it.
As is just about everybody else
in the American League is three
games separate the top five
teams in that division Kirby
Puckett at the plate most
popular man in the state of
Minnesota.
Also you mentioned three games
separating five teams in the
American League East the same
thing and the American League
West they're now tipped into the
man the ball and two strikes on
Puckett.
There are 10 teams in the
American League within three
games of the Divisional lead.
That's the most teams within
three games a first place in
this century two balls and two
strikes on Puckett enjoying his
finest season but he is making
his eighth appearance Kirby
Puckett with a home run in the
American League is on the board
it's 2 to 1 Kirby Puckett is a
deadly hitter against both right
and left handers but left handed
pitching he just suffocates
straight away center field long
way to run for Grissom to no
avail reaction of Mulholland
after Kirby Puckett first all
star extra base hit in eight
previous appearances he never
had an extra base hit or an RBI
he has one of each.
Now the American League has a
run that first hit Cal Ripken
Junior Barry Larkin and he
didn't get goose bumps when Cal
Ripken was introduced.
You're not alone.
Now Wade Boggs batting eighth in
his first year with the New York
Yankees.
He has posted a two 92 average
and the break well below his
career batting average entering
the season of three 38 Can you
kind of had to feel for Wade
Boggs being introduced after Cal
Ripken Junior people were still
on their feet the ovation was
still in progress and then box
comes up with the Yankee
uniform.
That is certainly in Baltimore
not looked upon with the
greatest love that average is
the highest among active players
who have had at least 10 at bats
an all star game competition.
Wade in his ninth Midsummer
Classic his first as a Yankee
the other eight with the Boston
Red Sox after a decade with
Boston and five batting titles.
He signed as a free agent for
three years and 11 million
dollars for the Yankees in the
off season.
He's 35 years old.
And how ironic that Scott Cooper
who waited six years in the
minors to get a chance to
finally take over third base in
Boston was named to the team as
a reserve and his backing up box
again tonight.
Hooper is the only Boston Red
Sox representative.
He replaces him and now he's his
teammate in the All-Star Game.
Nice story there Scott Cooper at
the plate on Pudge Rodriguez to
1 National League runner at
first with two outs as the
American League hits in the
second Rodriguez three days
younger than Johnny Bench went
bench played his first All-Star
game and bench is the youngest
All-Star ever to Homer.
Bench was twenty one years seven
months and 16 days and Rodriguez
three days younger and there's
Johnny Mitch doing the CBS radio
broadcast tonight with John
Rooney and Jerry Coleman.
That's Jerry Coleman seated
alongside Johnny Bench.
Rodriguez just 21 years old he
won't be 22 until November 30th.
His second All-Star game being
played in San Diego last year
it's his first time as this in
his fly ball the justice at
right ends the.
The American League is on the
board on a home run by Puckett
after 2 to 1 nationally.
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Wish you a long and happy life
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Sign an autograph for young
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And the reaction priceless.
The 1934 all star class of the
American League lineup was
loaded Lou Gehrig Babe Ruth
Jimmy Fox Carl humble of the
giants open some eyes by
striking out Ruth Gehrig.
Fox Al Simmons and Joe Cronin in
succession and a guy who does
not throw anywhere near like
Carl Hubble has replaced Mark
Langston as the pitcher he's a
bit.
Left hander 6 10.
He and Eric Eric Coleman of the
New York Mets the tallest
pitchers in major league
history.
He leads the American League in
strikeouts with one hundred and
seventy one remarkable at this
stage of the season hard thrower
and remember the National League
still with five left handers in
the lineup including Barry Bonds
breaks Randy Johnson with the
fly ball down the left field
line long run for pocket and
it's just foul bonds bidding for
his second extra base hit and
his many at bats he double into
the right field corner and
scored in the Sheffield home run
in the first among those looking
on tonight.
Tom Selleck Mr. Baseball.
The only home run in a celebrity
home run hitting contest
yesterday can hit Tom Selleck.
Got a good swing some guys.
Those celebrity contests guys
get up there and hitting being a
very difficult skill
particularly winning the three
out of 10 times you're
considered good.
The failure rate seven out of
10.
But Tom Selleck an excellent
swing Randy Johnson messed up
and in two balls a strike on
bonds second All-Star selection
for Johnson did not appear in
the 1990 game.
Now Gary Sheffield a two run
homer with bonds on board and
the first off Mark Langston
ironically Sheffield's first
major league hit was a home run
off Mark Langston back on
September 9th of 1988 when
Sheffield broke in with the
Milwaukee Brewers in the sixth
inning.
At the time it broke up a no hit
bid for Martin Langston.
Then in the 11th running at that
ballgame Sheffield drove in the
winning run was a two to one
game with another hit off
Langston and it got him again.
The All-Star Game.
The first at bat ever by a
violent one and one on Sheffield
despite having been around since
1988.
Gary still just 24 years old
that's a pop up for Cal Ripken
to play in the third National
League leads to the.
And Anheuser-Busch has the
aerial ambassador the bud one
airship overhead.
It's just one year old making
its second appearance at the
All-Star Game.
The airship is piloted tonight
by Tony Stephenson and Mike
Hansen they are providing the
beautiful pictures that we have
seen of this great city.
What a great job.
Baltimore has done hosting this
event.
Fanning himself Bob Johnson is
that pitcher's clock that as
much as one hundred and two
miles per hour in major league
play.
Now that this ball obviously
just getting away from him.
But watch the reaction of John
Kruk.
Would you say his heart is
palpitating a bit.
I'd say it is and will be when
the second half resumes on
Thursday.
But look at the next step.
I don't blame John one bit for
going it first and you can see
him smile and the first wins
over his head and then look at
this looks like a rope was on
his right leg to get at the
breaking game wants no part
Randy Johnson not how is it
possible that this would have
been gamesmanship in the all
star game that perhaps Johnson
threw it up there intentionally
did allow this guy to respond oh
fake so Johnson works a one two
three inning including the
entertaining strikeout of CBS
Sports coverage of the 60 on
strike class will continue after
this message and a word from
your local station Well we posed
the question if Randy Johnson
threw this pitch on purpose
here's the reaction of the
National League dugout he did
that on purpose.
Leo MAZZOTTI The Atlanta
pitching coach and manager Bobby
Cox of the National League
thought Johnson threw it up
there on purpose.
I think your question turned out
I know what you were saying at
the time and I think you were
right.
The way the bench reacted second
home run for the American League
the round tempered by Alomar a
former teammate of Venice and
San Diego ties the game to a
team mate before coming to
Toronto where Joe Carter this
fastball on the inside part of
the plate we talked about Makis
Grissom and his output of power
this year.
While Roberto Alomar 10 home
runs during the season and one
here in the all star game to tie
it to the second pitch thrown by
Bennett the first pitch was a
ball or one at all.
Hall run for Alomar to tie the
game and to all of the scoring
on long balls Gary Sheffield a
two run homer in the first for
the National League solo homers
by Kirby Puckett last Rickey
Henderson started this
particular type of catch and
Barry Bonds liked it enough Ken
Griffey junior stands in against
Andy Bennett's and the first
pitcher strike.
Andy Bettis a big guy 6 6 to
forty one of two Padres in the
National League club.
Tony Gwynn is here again.
He's a native of Evansville
Indiana making his first
All-Star game appearance.
First San Diego pitcher to make
the squad since Mike Davis in
eighty nine leads the National
League with a two point five
seventy R.A. you saw I asked
Candy what he thought of all the
players being traded from the
San Diego team before the game
tonight.
He said you know what we have to
look forward to now whether San
Diego signs the number one draft
choice or not.
That's a pretty good statement
and a pretty big statement about
that organization trying to cut
their payroll down to twenty one
million dollars the fans
obviously disenchanted matter of
fact there is a San Diego Padre
connection tonight not only
Gwynn and business members of
the plot drives but Carlos by.
Dave Holland's former Padres in
their farm system and then
Roberto Alomar John Kruk
compadre formerly and Joe Carter
and Gary Sheffield.
So they're not DREs all over the
place tonight.
You make it even more painful
for the fans of Southern
California to watch this fire
sale.
The ball club Griffey junior
strikes out for the second up
first.
Also a strike out for Andy
Bennett's fan to away.
This is the first time an
All-Star game history that there
has been a home run in each of
the first three innings other ex
Padre Joe Carter one of the
eight current or former Padres
on tonight's rosters bill yet
Fred McGriff who was a close
call but wasn't selected the all
star team this year.
What a club you'd have one
strike on Kyra who popped up at
the shortstop liked in his first
time up to two to the score in
the home half of the third
broken bat humpback line drive
for a hit in the left that's the
third hit for the American
League and it's the only hit
that has not been a home run
John all the roof at three
ninety five it was right to rule
got a higher batting average at
eighty four to match the like it
he'll make the play himself too
in the end.
The American League has tied it
on a lead off home run by
Roberto Alomar after 3 2 to the
score this game summary is
sponsored by Budweiser all the
scoring in the game on home runs
the National League took it to
nothing lead in the first on a
two run homer by Gary Sheffield
but solo homers by Puckett in
the second and Alomar the third
have tied it for the American
League and we go to the fourth
in a 2 2 game Randy Johnson
working the berry like in he
throws hard hard as you might
have recognized the voice
belongs to the last man to hit
400 in major league baseball Ted
Williams with 4 0 6 back in 1941
thrilled to have you with us on
this special night here in
Baltimore and a pop up in
shallow right get into talking
with Ted.
We want to have him look back at
an all star I remember he was
nineteen forty one and a young
man named Ted Williams had a
dramatic three run homer with
two outs in the bottom of the
ninth that gave the American
League a seven to five victory
Ted Williams would later call
that the greatest thrill of his
career is it still in your
memory books.
Well I have to think that these
guys out here tonight are
thrilled to be here and
certainly that was one of the
biggest thrills for me first
time I was in the All-Star game
and I did anything and I can
just imagine how these chefs
these young get you know they
hit one big crowd and the big
event I think by it has to stir
up a little bit.
John I didn't tell you this I
checked into the hotel the other
day I ran into Ted and Ted said
the only thing I have against
announcers they keep talking
about the inside part of the
plate you gotta keep pitching
guys inside and sure enough
three inside pitches tonight
three run homers right.
Right.
What you're saying.
That's a Hall of Fame material.
Even with the exception
fastballs alarms why you've got
to come in there at the right
time and say you're gonna pitch
him inside.
I shiver when I think of anybody
any batter they can swing a bat.
You keep pitching them inside.
They're going to either lead the
league in home runs batting.
Mark Grace out of the come back
to the mound.
You mentioned you're the last
man to hit 400 and that subject
has come up a lot this year
because of the pursuit of Andre
Scott the Rock and John old root
of that mark.
Is it possible in this day and
age to hit for her.
Oh I think so.
I I you.
It's a hard job especially the
media on you every minute.
Just the fact you've got to get
hits every day and you go for
four and the bottom drops out
but I think it can be done.
I always said it had to be I
would think someone that
couldn't run fast.
Well here you've got a.
That's not so fast and he's
sitting right at 400 you've got
to get the bat on the ball all
the time.
It'll be a tough job.
But I think I think someday I'll
be done again.
Certainly there is John all
route you do a lot of fishing up
in Canada I'm told you see a lot
of blue jays games on TV there
are a lot of comparisons made in
John older than yourself.
You see some of those.
Well I see a little similarity
but I have to compare him with
Cecil a little bit.
Cecil Travis was a hit that hit
the ball round the park and
through the middle and
everything and made X of contact
and he wasn't fast but he was an
excellent hitter.
And I think that I see more of
him Cecil Travers than I do
myself.
Do to pinch the David Justice's
way outside.
One question I've always wanted
to ask you.
You won the MVP in nineteen
forty six and forty nine and yet
you had 4 0 6 and 40 won the
Triple Crown in forty to the
triple crown in forty seven you
didn't win the MVP in any of
those years.
How disappointing was that.
Well that was disappointing
moments for sure but a lot of
great players then.
And I didn't feel so badly until
a couple of three occasions a
couple of occasions I thought I
certainly would be and I wasn't.
And those were a little
disappointing.
As I recollect now and I look
back last year here Cecil
Fielder having three great years
of home runs and runs batted in
and he hasn't done one thing yet
and I would like to talk to him
and say Look me and I never got
the most valuable player and a
couple of years I didn't think I
was get it done.
David Justice out of the fly
ball to center Ted Williams
thanks for gracing us with such
a wonderful thank you to both of
you.
Good luck to you too in the
middle the fourth.
Back after this CBS Sports
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Sean McDonagh with Tim McCarver
and Pat O'Brien at the All-Star
game in Baltimore.
The game tied at two as we head
to the home half of the fourth
the American League coming up
and Kirby Puckett leads off.
He got the A.L. on the board
with his solo homer in the
second starter Terry Milhollin.
This is against dandy Bennett's
Ryan Sandberg throws Puckett
out.
Let's check in with Pat O'Brien
all right.
Shannon Tim thank you.
Kind of a lively place here
between the warehouse and the
stadium there you walk down here
before during apparently and
after the game and.
This is Bill Paul's barbecue
where they usually have about a
thousand pounds of pork and beef
on a game night tonight but a
ton of the half you guys just
want I want to do stand in front
of hot coals have a five pound
sandwich in 88 that's cool.
They sure look good though.
Cal Ripken Junior looked at a
strike from Andy Bennett's
rounded out his first time up
straight to the waterline pitch
called a strike by Jim McKee
could have been outside call a
strike by Jim McKean and that's
just outside that two twenty
nine average you saw a moment
ago for Ripken the lowest
average ever by an all star
starting a game in his own home
ballpark.
Nowhere near the lowest batting
average ever by an all star
striker excluding pitchers.
That was one sixty nine Davey
Lopes back in strike Shorten
nineteen eighty one it is strike
three and tagged out as Ripken
by Dalton or the second out of
the attic and the second strike
out of this outing for Andy
Bettis looked like Cal went too
far and he knew it on the
breaking ball in the dirt
backhanded by Dalton and Darren
Tex Ripken out Cal Ripken now
has played in eighteen hundred
and twenty three games he has
three hundred and eight.
Away from Lou Gehrig's record of
twenty one hundred and thirty
consecutive games play and
despite that low average he has
shown signs of coming on of late
raised his average 13 points in
the four games coming at the
All-Star Game.
Wade Boggs is at the plate.
He walked his first time up box
a disappointing year last year
in his final season with Boston
at 259.
His only season under three
hundred hit his first eleven in
the majors so the pressure of
playing for a contract wore on
him.
He couldn't get together with
the Red Sox on a contract in
spring training and played
without an extension throughout
the year.
Does that mean if you have a
contract there's no pressure.
I would say so if you're
guaranteed four or five years at
11 or 12 million dollars.
That would relieve a lot of the
pressure I might feel well
that's one of the knocks on
players nowadays that the four
year contract the multi-year
contracts make them very
comfortable.
Put him in a comfort zone and if
that's true a lot of comfort
zones here tonight box they have
a perfectly play runs near the
left field line made the catch
one two three inning for
Bennett's after 4 2 to the score
MLB at home is presented by
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with flown ace the 1970 All-Star
Game the there is a minor
player.
That play speaks to the
competitiveness that some feel
and they take the field with all
star game and one of the most
competitive people in baseball
is on the mound now for the
American League Jack McDowell of
the Chicago White Sox is on
rated by Darren Dalton for the
new first baseman Cecil Fielder
who's replaced John all the road
worn out Dalton now for 2 big
Cecil was bypassed as an all
star last year despite leading
the major leagues and runs
batted in at the time of the
Midsummer Classic trying to
become the first guy in Major
League history to lead the Major
Leagues in RBI four years in a
row and that's where he is right
now 77 RBI suites everybody has
done in the last three years and
only Babe Ruth and Cecil Fielder
have led the majors and runs
batted in three years in a row.
Baltimore the birthplace of Babe
Ruth is about two blocks from
here.
Brian Sandberg the short Cal
Ripken two down Sandberg walk
for his time.
He's now over 1 you think Cecil
Fielder with 77 RBI is just
having a good year look at Hank
Greenberg in nineteen thirty
five.
He's the only player in Major
League history to have 100 RBI
eyes at the All-Star break and
guess what folks.
He did not make the all star
team had twenty five homers in
one hundred three runs batted
in.
To be precise that year nineteen
thirty five did not make it.
Not only that but Mickey
Cochrane was his manager and he
also managed the all star team
and still they pick him.
Good thing they didn't have
All-Star bonuses back then or
heck would have been hot.
I think there's criticism of
Cito Gaston this year and Bobby
Cox for selecting players.
What about a guy who doesn't
select his own player when he
has a hundred and three RBI and
this has become a big money
matter for the players.
Thirty seven players in uniform
tonight are receiving a bonus
for making the All-Star team the
total bonuses that will be paid
out by the major league clubs
one point four million.
GRISSOM The right Carter watches
a drop in foul ground bound up
into the stands.
The rest of us 0 4 2 popped out
and struck out American League
pitchers Langston Johnson and
now McDowell the combined
retired nine in a row.
Mark Langston started when two
innings allowed to earn runs on
three hits the runs on the
Sheffield Homer.
He walked one and struck out
two.
Randy Johnson pitched to perfect
Dennis while striking out one.
Dallas retired the first two he
has faced before going to two to
get and that is right.
Ken Griffey junior one two three
goes the National League again.
Halfway through the 60 fourth
All-Star Game the Nationals to
the Americans to you wouldn't
accept an incomplete job from
anyone else.
Why accept it from your allergy
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nothing gentler.
Nothing lasts longer flow days
since a missed 24 hour non
drowsy allergy relief and
Homer's The story of the night
two to halfway through the
ballgame.
Let's check in with Jim Guy for
Randy Johnson Seattle left
hander to perfect innings for
the American League.
But if there ever was a pitch
that could break the tension in
this game the first one to John
drug.
Tell us about it.
It's a bit humid out there I
think maybe the boat has kind of
got away but John's got the type
of personality I think that he
didn't think anything of it.
And I think he kind of got a
little reaction out of it and it
was a lot of fun for me out
there.
You know two innings in the
All-Star game I always remember
those two innings.
Well you've got the kind of
personality that can get by with
something like that too.
Congratulations let's go back up
the shot and Tim John Burkett of
the San Francisco Giants becomes
the third pitcher of the night
for the National League.
He is one of two 13 game winners
in baseball.
He was the first in Jack
McDowell of the American League
joined him over the weekend.
A couple of other changes Bobby
Kelly of Cincinnati is now in
center field and Jay Bell of
Pittsburgh playing at second
base not ordinarily his
position.
He's a shortstop by trade for
Pittsburgh Bell has only played
two games in his career at
second base on the way back in
1986 when he was with Cleveland
divide Rodrigues slider right
that was in the second hurdle
Alomar and hall monitor
scheduled to follow up with the
point the game where you might
expect to pitch talked about
Pudge right Rodriguez being the
youngest player in the game.
Well Carlton Fisk another Pudge
retiring about a month and a
half ago being released by the
White Sox.
So one poor job another went in
far as big league catchers are
concerned this bunch was
promoted to the major leagues on
June 20th of 1991 on the same
day he married his wife Maribel
a day that was in his life.
Get me to the park on time.
Barry Bonds one of the best at
playing the Karen.
Let's see how he does on the
stick.
He plays at the stake all year
long.
Look what happens.
Double for Yvonne Rodriguez I
would imagine they will correct
that in years to come.
And either so this seems or make
it to where the ball at least
care homes off of that wall
because that does not appear to
be a fair situation.
When the ball sticks like that
Velcro ball off the wall and
left by Yvonne Rodriguez one of
the few criticisms up this part
is that that fence in left field
is too low and the fans can
reach over and interfere with
the field as they try to make
plays.
J.
Bell looking like a veteran of
second base action is a scoop
that up and throughout Roberto
Alomar the go ahead run as a
third with one out or the
American League they fell behind
in the first inning on a two run
homer by Gary Sheffield and the
first bad ever the All-Star game
by a Marlins.
Kirby Puckett made a two to one
with his first ever All-Star
Homer in the second and Roberto
Alomar tied at it too with his
solo homer off Andy Bennett's in
the third first time in All-Star
history.
There's been a homerun in each
of the first three innings and a
pinch hitter batting for the
D.H. ball monitor's Albert Bell
of the Cleveland Indians and his
first All-Star but in all
likelihood that will not be his
last bell looked at a straight
one and one twenty three home
runs here at the All-Star break
the most since Rocky collar Vito
had twenty four before the
All-Star Game in nineteen fifty
nine the most for an Indian host
for an Indian right.
That was the first All-Star game
by the way.
That was the first year that two
All-Star games were played.
There was a period of four years
from 1959 to 1962 where two
All-Star game to play
contributions went to the
players pension fund.
In those days John Burkett the
one to pay and an RBI did not
get Rodriguez.
The American League leads for
the first time tonight and 3 to
2 and that will likely be the
game so Albert fell over the
drawn in infield had the infield
been back by the way J.
Bell could have made the catch
but it looks like a single and
an error on David Justice and
another man in scoring position
with one out for Ken Griffey
Junior who is all for two is
running out very good.
But even all stars make
mistakes.
It has become more prevalent in
Major League Baseball for
outfielders because of strong
arms to continue to not do
fundamentally are things
fundamentally correct.
David Justice overthrowing the
cutoff man not only allowing a
run to score but allowing
Griffey to go to second base had
to throw up an on target.
He could have had a shot at Bell
but the big thing there is he
missed the cutoff man the second
and RBI for everything and he
takes second on the throw to the
plate so to run to the inning on
three hits thereby justice and
the air mailing of the cut off
man that runs at the expense of
John Burkhardt in his first
inning is the batter with one
strike.
He has popped the short listen
in on CDO Gaston's reaction I
said nice and they have hustled
in this inning Bell and alert
play to get in the second one
justice bubble.
And Griffey will go into scoring
position on the high throw by
Justice Terry Mulholland who
started for the National League
that I thought John Burkett
would have been the most
deserving starter Bobby Cox said
that decision was based on the
fact that Mulholland had more
rest he had four days of rest
coming in while Burkett pitched
on Saturday in the extraordinary
heat against the Phillies in
Philadelphia just missed its two
balls and two strikes John
Burkett tied with the major
league lead in wins along with
Jack McDowell and here they are
facing one another in the fifth
inning John also a bowler that
is his avocation he is bowled
three hundred games as an
amateur three occasions Yeah he
has occasionally participated in
PBA events in the off season.
Let's check in with an excellent
bowler himself Bedell Brian.
Hi Sean.
Thank you.
One of the interactive parts of
this park is this is a two
tiered bullpen out here the fans
can come up here and as Steve
Everett just told me they can
rag on the National League or up
here down here is the American
League thought the National
League had a better look but
they're down here by themselves.
But the one thing they don't
have is air conditioning.
But this is an amazing thing for
a new ballpark.
Another feature of Camden Yards
back upstairs of the old style
features that's the charm Cecil
Fielder and his first at bat
carved one found as Jim
mentioned.
He's leading and runs batted in
all of Major League Baseball
again with 77.
He's one shy of the American
league lead in home runs with
twenty three.
His teammate Mickey Templeton
has 24 this guy is one of the
most terrifying hitters in the
history of Major League
Baseball.
You talk to all the players you
talked to the pitchers in
particular.
There is no way to pitching
tremendous power the other way
center field.
It went on top of the roof and
Detroit Tigers Stadium earlier
this year about two weeks ago
two balls and a strike on field.
Remember when Cecil Fielder came
back as you look at Wade Boggs
Cecil Fielder came back to the
United States after three years
in Japan.
He signed a two year contract a
million and a half a year and
everybody thought that was
exorbitant not the 7 10 split.
That's about where it would be
at 10.
Yeah.
Home plate 60 feet 6 inches away
a bowling alley 60 feet.
And that's about where that 10
pin would be.
But cesspools Tin Pan was there.
His right.
Tin Pan larger than the average
pan Ken Griffey Jr. is second
fielder at first two outs two
runs in here in the fifth the
American League has taken a 42
lead Kirby Puckett scored their
first run one to solo homer in
the second round it out to the
second baseman in the fourth the
28 year old Berkin in
Pennsylvania needed watch a line
repeated the score.
FIELDER chugs in the 30s held by
Sparky Anderson gets a double
for Gaines he has two tonight
and two runs better than it's
five to hangs the slider you can
see it just spin and not break
into a hitter like Kirby Puckett
had his deadly combination right
in the middle of the plate and
Kirby trying to hit those balls
hard and he did and Bobby Cox is
out to the mound he'll replace
John Burkett will return in just
a moment the American League has
a 5 to 2 lead and two men in
scoring position with two outs
here in the fifth we have our
first managerial dilemma of the
night for Bobby Cox usually
there is not a lot of strategy
in the all star game because
most of the managers allow the
players to play.
But here is some strategy right
here.
You bring in the left hander and
there is no way that you can
walk.
Cal Ripken Junior here in
Baltimore.
They'd have a riot here.
Now normally in another game
during the season you're walking
to get to the left hander but
they're going to pitch to him.
You almost have to pitch to him
right here since Ripken is so
loved in Baltimore and they will
and Steve Avery's first pitch is
a ball glowing in with the
breaking ball to Ripken it was
all for two balls to short
struck out this whole ballpark
is that each fan club as you
heard during the introductions
another interesting development
Frank Thomas has come out in the
on deck circle Scott Cooper was
out in the on deck circle.
And maybe by putting Thomas out
there Bobby Cox decided well I'd
rather pitch to Ripken good
Bender from Avery and it's two
on one on Cal Cecil Fielder is
the runner at third and Kirby
Puckett in second with two outs
three runs and the ending on
Perkins and that's outside three
balls and a straight Steve
Avery's twenty three years old
representing the Atlanta Braves
one of five Braves here is his
first All-Star game.
The only thing left for Steve
Avery his fourth season in the
majors he was the MVP of the
1991 National League playoffs
against Pittsburgh.
He said A League Championship
Series record both 22 and a
third consecutive scoreless
innings off the plane could be a
problem.
Sheffield has to hurry and gets
ripped in by a running start.
Three runs for the American
League in the fifth.
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played five innings in the
American League has come from to
nothing down to take a 5 to 2
lead bunch of changes seven of
them to be precise.
Greg bond the only brewers
representative is in left field.
Javon White one of the seven
Blue Jays is in centerfield Juan
Gonzalez of the Texas Rangers
takes over for Joe Carter and
right to second baseman as
Carlos by Erika Cleveland.
Scott Cooper of Boston at third
base and an all new battery as
well and Jimmy T and The New
York Yankees becomes the fourth
A.L. further of the night.
Jimmy Key leads the majors and
earned run average with a two
point three one.
And he has allowed fewer base
runners than innings pitched
hundred thirty two runners
hundred thirty six in the third
pitch Key's first pitch to Barry
Bonds as a ball and there's the
new catch Terry Steinbach the
only Oakland Athletic in the
All-Star Game this year.
Although it was a tough call to
bypass Rickey Henderson he
probably would have been the
starter for the American League
tonight but his manager Buck
show Walter asked Cito Gaston to
use him for only one inning so
Mark Langston got the call.
Bonds another bullet another
tour the right field corner
that's where his double went in
the first inning.
Gonzalez gets it back in what a
throw.
But it's off line and bonds has
his second hit his 2 for 3 with
a pair of doubles in just about
the exact same spot.
He can really turn on that
inside fastball.
Reminds me of what Ted was
talking about earlier.
The inside part of the play is
matter of fact the other day
when he got in the car he got
back out and he said do you
think you can pitch bonds
inside.
And I said no.
He said neither do I.
Now Gary Sheffield moment in the
first inning and popped the
short of the third American
League pitchers had combined
retired 10 in a row before the
double by bonds.
Jack McDowell pitched one
perfect game and a strike on
Sheffield now the only American
League starter who has gone all
the way is Cal Ripken.
And that's fitting Jimmy Key
meeting his wife Cindy when they
attended Clemson University.
They were both on athletic
scholarships but maybe Cindy
should have changed it to
Business Administration because
Cindy is now Jimmy's agent and
has been through she's an
excellent swimmer at Clemson
baseball team bonds heads for
third Sheffield fouled it up a
matter of fact that was Cindy
key who negotiated Jimmy keys
for year 17 million dollar deal
with the new york yankees in the
most recent off season those are
her credentials.
If you had a few more clients
that's 10 percent so that's one
point seven million dollars
descending.
That's putting the 10 percent in
the right spot all in the family
believe your wife gets a lot
more than 10 percent of your
income.
You can book that and nodding
your head yes.
Not holding out for a better
deal so prevalent in this day
and age.
Last winter there were 10 free
agents starting pitchers who
signed for a total of one
hundred and sixty six million
dollars over 37 years and if
those 10 key has been the best.
That group includes Greg Maddux
David Cohen Chris Boswell Doug
Dray Bec Ricks Wendell John
Smiley Dave Stewart Mike Warren
Posey Guzman and key.
He wasn't the biggest name or
the most sought after in the
offseason but he's been the best
of that bunch.
He threw the last pitch in last
year's World Series but it to
the right side of the infield by
Otis Nixon actually.
That was Mike Tomlin key in that
ball game.
But Tim Lynn threw that pitch to
try.
Was the winning pitcher base hit
in the left.
Sheffield down by three.
Bonds will stop at third so the
National League is on the
comeback trail with runners at
the corners and nobody out there
but one airship is bringing you
these pictures for more than
1000 feet.
With the help of pilots Mike
Hanson and Tony Stephenson
looking in on the beautiful
pictures tonight our CBS
colleague Lesley Visser and all
of us here in Baltimore I want
to send along our best wishes to
that lovely lady seriously
injured in a fall while jogging
about three weeks ago.
Happy to hear that she's on the
comeback trail.
Look forward to having her back
with us real soon.
My thoughts are with you
tonight.
Also rich hacker a coach for the
Toronto Blue Jays involved in an
automobile accident on Sunday
night.
Our best wishes for a speedy
recovery to Rich and Jim Beecham
a coach with the Atlanta Braves
hurting batting practice last
week plastic surgery we
understand on the left side of
his face at the eye with the
ball during batting practice
each of these coaching staffs is
dealing with adversity with rich
banker and Jim.
John Kruk at the plate he says
of his team the renegade
Phillies even the chapel leader
is afraid to come into all you
have to do is take a look at his
helmet.
Look at the pine tar on the
helmet of John Kruk.
That's the dirtiest helmet in
the ballpark.
John cracks helmet.
The PEA is almost disappeared
consult George Brett on this but
is there room for too much time
on the Hill.
Famous pine tar incident of
George Brett back in 1983 at
Yankee Stadium thanks John.
Kirby Puckett Minnesota Twins
superstar and American League
outfielder with two knocks
tonight and probably a year.
KIRBY That you might not have
expected to be here but your
most productive Yeah so far so
good.
A lot of people say I shouldn't
be here because the numbers are
down but I went out and played
hard every day and the numbers
might not indicate that the way
things are going.
But I mean as a team when I plan
to well.
But we will have a good second
half and get back in it.
And you guys are having more fun
than ice is the loosest
atmosphere I've seen.
Let's go back up to Sean and
Tim.
Kirby Puckett to be commended he
turned down a contract offer the
offseason of about six million
dollars more from the Boston Red
Sox than he was offered by the
Minnesota Twins but elected to
stay.
Everybody in Minnesota knows
what Kirby means that franchise
and to that state Barry Larkin
pulled the first pitch foul as
you saw.
He has struck out and fly right.
He's the tying run to the plate
first and third and one out in
the National League sixth the
Americans lead five to bonds the
runner at third Sheffield at
first both of those gentlemen
two for three tonight.
Barry Larkin yesterday presented
with the nineteen ninety three
Roberto Clemente Award and goes
to the major league player for
excellence on and off the field
and Barry Larkins caring program
for children has raised more
than four hundred thousand
dollars in Cincinnati and has
helped seventeen hundred young
people receive medical care that
your family could not afford.
He is one of the great gentlemen
in the game today.
Here's league pitchers once
they're involved in a game we'll
go inside.
But at the All-Star game you see
Terry Mulholland Andy Penn is
still out there and the three
one like it is in the air the
center gold lover divine white
has room.
Both runners tagging and
Sheffield won't try to go to
second guess bonds comes in.
It's a two run game five to
three Barry like it picks up an
RBI and bonds with the sacrifice
one and now the D.H. Mark Grace
his manager Jim Lefebvre calls
him the best defensive first
baseman Lefebvre has ever seen.
He will play with W Parker when
they were with the Dodgers right
glove man.
Part of that switch hitting
infield for the Dodgers.
For many years on one on Grace
two outs Sheffield at first in
the 6 5 3 in favor of the
American League I don't think
anybody in the big leagues works
both sides of the plate any
better than Jimmy.
Key thing about this inning you
got John Kruk on the inside
fastball.
Barry Larkin had to reach to hit
the fly to center and Grace took
one inside and one outside to.
There's a ball one and two
Grace.
Twenty nine years old facing 32
year old Jimmy K A native of
Huntsville Alabama now makes his
home in Tarpon Springs Florida.
Tried the outside part of the
plate again and missed two and
two Grace won the gold glove
last year his first on the first
ever for a Cubs first baseman
for the National League and the
sixth.
After five and a half five three
American League fine play by
Cecil Fielder diving to his
right and taking it himself
Scott Cooper makes his first
All-Star appearance I asked him
how he found out he made the
squad.
We're in our stretching group
but open get ready play the ace
and managing bookshops and came
over and he said Hey Coop come
here.
And I said I said.
I walked over he sat me down he
said.
I just wanna let you know you've
been traded to the Hiroshima
Card.
Card Yeah the Japan thing I said
put your kid right.
He said now he put his arm
around me and gave me a big hug
and said regulations have been
selected to the All-Star team.
And right then I thought oh my
goodness I said Butch are you
serious.
I said you wouldn't mess with me
about this.
He said No I wouldn't I wouldn't
do that to you.
Congratulations you've earned
it.
And it was a great feeling and
earned it he has Scott Cooper in
his first All-Star game batting
for the man he replaced at third
base in Boston Wayne bonds.
Several changes for the National
League.
Bobby boney and the only men in
the game is in left field
something symbolic about that
Bonita replacing his best friend
Barry Bonds and Bonita with the
chance and left New first
baseman for the National League
Andres Galarraga of the Colorado
Rockies at the hot corner Dave
Holland of the Philadelphia
Phillies.
He has taken over for Sheffield
making his first All-Star
appearance now in shortstop from
the Atlanta Braves.
Jeff plows Terry Steinbach up
for the first time seeing Steve
Avery filed tip 4 strike one.
Steinbach the only hopeful
player selected when the locals
were upset with Chris Moyles the
oriel catch it didn't make it
your home runs thing managers
run into problems like that when
they have to select one player
from each team.
We mentioned earlier heat eleven
players representing one from
each team and Terry Steinbach
one of them back in 1988 Terry
Steinbach hitting about eighty
five points lower than he is
this year entering the game
batting 3 0 1 He's batting 2 17
in the All-Star game in
Cincinnati in 1988 he hit a home
run a two run shot off Doc
Gooden early in the ballgame
became the game's MVP so there.
So they said Terry Stein but
here is the two Steve Avery
chased him out ball 2 out of the
6.
That's the first strikeout for
Steve Avery who has faced three
batters and has retired them
all.
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Saturday here on CBS will be a
spectator for the rest of this
one he's looking out at.
Carlos by Erika batting for the
first time tonight quantity has
15 home runs two of those came
in the same inning.
Back on April 8 he became the
first man in Major League
history to hit a homerun from
each side of the plate in the
same inning.
That against the New York
Yankees.
Cleveland Stadium against
Cleveland the home and right
handed against Steve piled and
came up later in the year ending
home and left handed off Steve
by Jeff Plaza his first chance
to field the ball Jeff with a
marvelous sense of humor.
I'm sure he'll have something
clever to say about that earlier
in the year.
He joked that last year his
mother voted for Rafael belly
hard and short the National
League All-Star shortstop
balloting that allows his backup
with Atlanta didn't even vote
for him.
Glasser also was convinced that
he was going to be traded to the
Colorado Rockies or taken in the
expansion draft last winter.
And here he is an All-Star for
the Atlanta Braves it's the
second area of the ballgame.
Both committed by a member they
let justice be the other Albert
Belle single to right to drive
in a run it was on that basis
that Justice kicked it around.
Bell took seconds later scored
in the American League batting
in the 6 leading 5 to 3 about
hit the Nationals 75 Stevie
whose 1 0 act and missed by Bell
product of Louisiana State
University.
He was a teammate for one year
with Ben MacDonald now the
orange Indians organization and
particularly the players deserve
a lot of credit for the way they
have dealt with the terrible
tragedy in spring training with
Tim cruise and Steve Earle and
were killed in the boating
accident on little league.
Nellie in Florida Albert told
you yesterday a while to come to
grips with it.
Shown signs lately in their play
that they're dealing with it a
bit better and making the
transition and trying to put it
in the past.
Very difficult thing to do.
Certainly the fans in Cleveland
have reason for excitement they
go to the ballpark next year
much like this one right in
downtown Cleveland.
They've already had an enormous
increase in season tickets.
Last year they only had thirty
five hundred season ticket
holders this year 12000 and they
expect a similar jump next year
under the new Gateway Park not a
bad idea to copy this place and
get away from the mistake on the
lake in Cleveland Municipal
Stadium.
I would imagine would still
house the Cleveland Browns
goodwill because they own it.
The 3 2 pitch with my area
running was in the dirt for ball
for first block thrown by Avery
bell then the play place is an
all star and is reached on each
occasion.
First and second with two down
in the sixth five three American
League here's the bond White
can't really look at Davon white
without thinking of that
spectacular catch that he made
in game three of the nineteen
ninety two World Series two on a
near triple play the first time
since 1920 that happened Jerry
Pendleton passing Deon Sanders
at second base on a ball hit by
David Justice straight away
center field at Sky Dome one of
the plays that will go down in
the annals of World Series play
is just one of the great plays
postseason play it should have
been a triple play well take
another look at it David just as
the batter first and second
nobody out white while many fans
can't help but look at the bond
white and think of that play the
folks watching in Cleveland with
whom we were speaking a moment
ago probably looking at the Von
white and thinking that should
be Kenny Lofton Indians
brilliant center fielder was
hitting three twenty one fourth
the American League second
league and White says I'm an all
star with a base hit down the
right field line by air goes in
stops a third it's a double for
the bottom line and a 6 3
American League lead the errors
committed by the National League
have been costly thus far
Justice's error allowing Griffey
to go to second base he
eventually scored and now the
era by Jeff blazer
allows an unearned run against
Steve Avery given way to his
first at bat tonight and his
second All-Star game well the
double Bobby Cox on his way to
the mound he'll replace Steve
Avery but the score of the
American League six the National
League three will return to
Baltimore right after this the
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downtown Baltimore for almost
hell to fall on the left.
They encourage all the
businesses and hotels downtown
to leave their lights on to
light up the skyline for the
extravaganza.
Tonight at the center of this
beautiful diamond is 26 year old
John Smoltz of the Atlanta
Braves fifth pitcher of the
night for the National League
one of five Braves chosen and
relieving his teammates Steve
Avery the one thing that you
have to be alive for right here
is a wild pitch.
Darren Dalton is not obviously
used to catching Smalls.
He is used to hitting against
Smalls Juan Gonzalez John Smoltz
those two things go together
while pitchers and John Smoltz
John Smoltz has landed the
National League and wild pitches
the last three years.
He crossed them up you could see
that Dalton thought it was gonna
be a fastball the breaking ball
went downstairs Wild Pitch in
another run for the American
League and a runner at third
divine Dwight Gallardo to
Gonzalez.
How difficult is it to be the
catcher in an all star.
Yeah it's it's very very
difficult to catch a lot of
pitchers that you've hit against
because even hitting against
them knowing what they're gonna
throw catching them is an
entirely different thing.
John Smoltz throws awfully hard.
He has a splitter good breaking
ball very difficult to catch.
Dalton has to be exhausted he
was a part of that double header
a week ago Friday night.
But the 440 a.m. Saturday he got
all 20 innings of the Phillies
game against the Dodgers last
Wednesday night.
He was really tired over the
weekend when we were in
Philadelphia was actually rested
on Friday and Sunday but that
probably still isn't enough to
add more grist I think to that
wild pitch combination.
Deron Dalton has had five knee
operations.
He has a very difficult time and
there is a one dent in the
armor.
He has a tough time blocking
balls.
They got hacked by Gonzalez a
full count one the major league
home run champion last year with
forty three homer on the last
day of the season to overtake
Mark McGuire Smoltz in his third
All-Star game this is outside of
the ball for Thanks John.
Barry Bonds all the pressure of
the season and talking about
being the best player in the
game but you guys have more fun
on a night like tonight it seems
than any other night.
We're having a good time out
there but it's killing us.
Okay.
You say we came out there strong
with you know we everybody felt
confident this time.
We really wanted to do it for
Bobby Cox and National League
and stuff.
But you know those guys are
powerhouses over there and just
tearing us up right now.
Barry Bonds hasn't disappointed
the fans in San Francisco this
year he certainly didn't
disappoint the fans.
Tonight a great performance by
the best player in baseball.
Let's go back upstairs.
And an interesting point that he
made about Bobby Cox Cox trying
to avoid tonight going 0 for 4
if you count the last two World
Series in the last two All-Star
Game.
He's never been a manager.
He lost the World Series and
then the next All-Star game.
Then the subs in the world
series and the next All-Star
Game.
That's what will happen to Bobby
Cox should the National League
lose tonight.
That's certainly no reflection
on his manager because he is
without question one of the
absolute best for Gauci
alongside Kirby Puckett and
Pudge Rodriguez.
All this happened with two outs
the Arabi by Blount opened the
door for the two runs the A.L.
has scored were in the six.
The American League leads seven
to three largest crowd ever at
Oriole Park at Camden Yards and
attendance tonight forty eight
thousand one hundred and forty
seven.
The official attendance largest
ever in this park has been
thirty five years since
Baltimore hosted the all star
game.
Hard to believe that they turned
down the chance several times
since 1958 because they were
afraid they couldn't sell on the
Saints.
There's another ball the
backstop gotten through
passports and white is in safely
to make it a to three I think
you can see here that the
mobility of Darren doesn't cut
down somewhat not getting down
on the ball another wild pitch
here.
Not really Smoltz but I think
the Atlanta Braves with the with
the tomahawk chop but catching a
new pitcher as Dalton is doing
even empathize with his
position.
Three runs here in the sixth big
area and two wild pitches now
thrown by Smoltz Bobby boney and
a long way in the National
League.
The ending mercifully comes to
an end.
For the Braves Avery Smoltz and
wowsers a three American League
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Bobby Cox trying to get in the
win column and World Series or
all star competition.
Here's what he said before the
game.
Tommy listen up here.
I mean not you.
Lasorda Clavin there's a team
photo at six twenty five and I'd
just like to say congratulations
to everybody in here.
I certainly deserve it.
And we'd really like to win this
one.
Tommy and I have been talk about
in the coaching staff and five
in a row as too many.
And we're a much better league I
think than American League but
isn't it sort of silly to try to
use the all star game as a
starting point to make an
argument about which league is
better.
Yeah I do think that.
But I do think also that the
American League has had better
young talent come into the
league over the last five or six
years.
I think it's coincidental
possibly that they've won five
in a row.
But I think that younger talent
has drifted toward the al in the
last few years.
Pitcher Jeff Montgomery of the
Kansas City Royals there is a
new shortstop as well Travis
Freeman of Detroit has taken
over for Cal Ripken.
So now all of the American
League starters have been
replaced and David Justice is at
the play.
Montgomery's first bench lifted
a deep right in front of the
track.
Gonzalez makes the justice has
now won 4 3 with a single his
first time up Jeff Montgomery
leads the American League and
saves with twenty five that's
his second All-Star game he was
selected last year.
It wasn't a very good memory of
San Diego gave up to run to two
thirds of an inning there and
Dalton took a straight bounce
back to the mound and the first
baseman Fielder unassisted as
well head to right Gonzalez into
the corner and the program right
out of the hand of a fan.
It's a foul ball.
You can see that there is an
indentation out there and that's
in play if a ball lands and fair
territory and hooks into that
corner.
It's in play.
It's one of the quirks of this
ballpark and many times the
right fielder will have to run
out of the corner before he can
throw back into the infield.
It seemed to me that there
should be a better lighting down
there in that right field
corner.
I mean you can disappear for
days.
The Orioles have actually
changed in the past of their cut
off place to have the second
baseman or shortstop run out to
shallow center at an angle so
that the right fielder doesn't
have to run out of the quarter
he can throw from the corner
into the infield Dalton strikes
out that he cares about
indentation No I do not know not
exactly impressed with the play
on the field man that felt like
oh day Bell checked his swing
and fouled it off.
He's representing the pirates
and events like this elected but
could not make it due to injury.
Jay Bell is here in his first
All-Star Game at age 27.
That's a foul ball.
Bell hails from the same high
school as Travis frame and Tate
High School the Pensacola
Florida area.
Freeman was coming to play for
the baseball team just as Bell
was graduating 5 5 and 115
pounds as a sophomore in high
school.
The coach suggested try second
base he was ready to fill Jay
Bell's shoes.
So Raymond's dad Bill got him on
a regimen of climbing ropes to
build up his strength fine and
became the shortstop at a high
school and the rest as they say
system.
And Jay Bell became the second
baseman tonight.
Normally a shortstop for the
pirates and a good one.
Bell and Friday did renew their
wait for the game tonight on the
field.
We saw them shaking hands as did
our crew.
Nothing gets by our producer Bob
Degas our director Bob Fisher
and the rest of our all star
cast technicians production 8 3
American League.
We're at the top of the seventh
two out to the base is empty.
Wondering if it will ever come
down and it does.
Montgomery works a 1 2 3 8 7
stretch here at Oriole Park at
Camden Yards a free American
League.
A look back at the 1971 All-Star
Game.
I don't want to get off the
hook.
GREG PALMER A of the eight
player has hit the ball over get
out of the ballpark.
Reggie did it again yesterday.
It went over everything and
right out on a Utah Street runs
behind the right field
bleachers.
New pitcher for the National
League in the seventh inning
stretch the San Francisco Giants
rod back making his first ever
All-Star appearance in one of
the big reasons that San
Francisco is in first place by
nine games with the best record
in baseball he's pitching to a
new catcher Mike Piazza the
rookie from the Dodgers and the
first pitch up at him.
Greg bond here's Piazza might as
well and brave the rookie of the
year trophy in the national
league right now for that
matter.
And one other change to tell you
about Tony Gwynn of San Diego is
now and right placing David
Justice on a base in in his
first all star at bat.
Tonight Greg bond with the base
at the left Greg bond
representing the Milwaukee
Brewers.
Their only representative the
Brewers last year giving the
Toronto Blue Jays a run for
their money but fallen on hard
times this year.
Let's build a spot in the
batting order tonight for the
American League.
Puckett hit six complete left
field to stay in the game with
two but three with a homer in a
double and two runs batted in
three for four out of the number
six but drawn in his first ever
All-Star and BAM WITH THE BASE
HIT THE LEFT AND NOW Travis
frame an all star for the second
time he made it last year.
He's just 24 years old Cal
Ripken was the first to say that
frame and probably should have
been discarded in short this
year for the American League
where at Oriole Park at Camden
Yards in Baltimore Maryland
where the 64 All-Star Classic
the American League trying to
make it six wins in a row an all
star game competition they lead
eight to three in the bottom of
the seven.
Sean McDonough along with Tim
McCarver Jim Clark and Pat
O'Brien happy to have you with
us.
The best in the all star games
and major sports in North a ball
and a strike on and brought back
just 24 years old fourth in the
National League with as 24 saves
his first All-Star game you have
the second full season of the
majors frame and bounds to foul
right back developing a split
finger fastball and that has
really helped a guy with pretty
ordinary stuff but that splitter
makes him devastating popped up
closer to your second base makes
the catch for the first out of
the seven right handed reliever
right handed pitchers in general
really have to work on left
handed hitters to develop a
pitch to get them out and Ron
Beck has done that left handers
batting only one eighty six
against Beck this year and that
left handed hitters against Beck
have struck out over a third of
the time thirty one times in
ninety two and that's.
That was the splitter right
there straight to Scott Cooper
Cooper and the Red Sox made
quite a run leading up to the
All-Star break without Roger
Clemens the Rocket on the
disabled list went fifteen and
four to go from 13 out in the
A.L. East.
Only three games out at the
break.
What a turnaround for which
Thompson's charges are trying to
take advantage of the hole he
just pulls a foul eliciting a
dance with Bob Davidson first
base on who was hitting up in
the three 50s in early May and
then was hit on the right wrist
by a pitcher by the trades David
Wells and he says it's still
sore Greg Barton at first with
one out seventh inning eight
three American League ball
outside 1 and 2.
Cooper talked about the 1 86
batting average the left handed
matters you may be wondering
what the all star batting
average is all time since 1933
the all star batting averages
since thirty three sixty four
years to forty three.
So pitchers have clearly
dominated the all star games by
the way that two forty three
average the exact average of
catcher slash linguist slash spy
Moe bird to say Bob UConn Obama
won that house by Pakistan to
forty three.
That's true as the UK it would
be the first to admit Bob's was
good at R.A. but he wasn't a
pitcher a perfect 2 0 about Moe
Berg.
They said he could speak seven
languages but couldn't hit in
any of Cooper's strikes out so
Beck continues to be tough on
left handed hitters was the
immediate predecessor of
Rhinebeck back the third inning.
But it was eventful walk one and
two wild pitches.
John the third pitcher with two
wild pitches in an inning an all
star play one Maris shell and
fourth two in the same league in
1962 and Dave Steve.
Through two and an inning in
1980 Gary Steinbach sends it out
of play.
Is from New all of Minnesota and
is the all time leading scorer
in ice hockey at New all time
high school that's the deep
right.
It sends Gwynn to the wall he
leaps and can't it's backed up
by Bobby Kelly.
Bond is in the score now they
have Steinbach gone between
second and third.
Collins applies the tag and that
ends the inning but it's another
run for the American League on a
double for Steinbach by tried by
Tony Gwynn nicely backed up by
Bobby Kelly another run for the
American League this game
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a look at some of the individual
performances tonight.
Kirby Puckett was 2 for 3 with a
homer and an RBI double his
first two extra base hits and
first two runs better than ever
in all style play.
Gary Sheffield had a two run
homer and added a single later
John Smoltz hit the third
inning.
But I'm caught two wild pitches
tie an all star game record for
wild pitches in an inning.
Changes to tell you about most
notably the new camera man in
centerfield and he's focusing in
we think on Rick Aguilera of the
Minnesota Twin He's the sixth
pitcher of the night for the
American League American League
pitcher.
Had a good night.
They've only allowed two hits
and face two men more than the
minimum since the second inning
shaking in centerfield.
Bobby Kelly took a straight
they've replaced the bird on the
center field cameras.
You don't have to worry about
going tablets in the bathroom.
And Kelly has replaced his name
Roberto Kelly last year driving
in two runs as an American
leaguer.
And this year is Bobby Kelley.
He was the player to be named
later.
It was it was a good trade.
Roberto Kelly started this year
with Cincinnati hitting to
twenty seven in 10 games he's at
three thirty three since he's
gone by Bobby he's out on the
strikeout.
Now Bobby body of hasn't smiled
much since going to New York.
Reason to smile tonight as he's
an all star once again.
Bobby boney and needs with this
season that the Mets are having
the worst record in baseball.
He comes to Camden Yards and is
on the short end of a 9 3 ball
game now.
Well he's used to that has been
this year and last year.
The Mets very competitive from
84 through 90 and the last year
and a half just have been
dreadful.
But that franchise and dreadful
for Bosnia.
He's been there for a year and a
half.
Signed a big contract.
Twenty nine million dollars over
five years.
When he arrived he'll never wipe
the smile off my face.
But they have but it seems that
things are starting to pick up
for him.
Dallas Green says he's really
worked very hard since Green
took over his band.
I think Dallas Green had a
positive effect on Bobby Bundy.
There's a base here past the
outstretched Carlos by our guy.
Let's check in with Jim.
I'm with the hero of Baltimore
obviously.
Cal Ripken we talked before the
game and I asked you what you
thought it might be like when
you got that standing ovation.
It had to be everything you
dreamed it would be I've been
through a lot of great moments
in my short baseball career so
far but that has to be the
number one that I can could even
describe the feeling it made me
feel like good.
Well he's had an awful lot of
thrills.
You know how that ranks with all
the Cal Ripken.
Let's go back upstairs Dave
Holland's up for the first time
from the Philadelphia Phillies
their third baseman.
There's a base hit down the
right field line here on his way
to third.
He'll be held Hollins hustling
for two.
He's there safely gets away from
crime and not far enough for
Bennett to try to come in.
That's the tenth extra base hit
between these two teams and
ballgame and that ties the all
star game record for most extra
base hits for both teams who
attended the 34 game full of
rounds 10 in 1951 at Detroit's
they go a long way back over 40
years since they were this many
extra base hits in a Midsummer
Classic.
And remember that 34 game was
the game in which Karl Hubble
struck out the five Hall of
Famers in a row the National
League dropped the last year and
on the short end of a nine to
three score at the moment trying
to climb back into the two men
in scoring position and won out
for the National League's
leading hitter first Rocky and
batting an all star game for
undress Galarraga notes a hokey
rookie like John all the rude
dress as he doesn't think four
hundred is realistic but he
definitely has his eyes on the
National League batting from
popped up not deep enough.
One would think we're gonna have
to try a frame in the catch that
Bobby doesn't move or that a
step or two from the bad tale of
two expansion cities.
Gary Sheffield a home run his
first at bat as an expansion
player.
Andre Colorado Fraga the leading
hitter in the National League
popping up his first time.
He has not been doing that a lot
this year I'll tell you that now
Jeff blouse the one consistent
Atlanta hitter throughout this
year left 311 average making his
first All-Star appearance toward
the end of last year.
On August 7th last year he's
hitting 211 but it's been 20
since the rest of the way and
has picked right up at nineteen
ninety three where he left off
with ninety two 0 and 2 the
count talk about the Rogers
blouse.
Earlier this year went nine for
17 in a series against the
Rockies.
Joe Girardi of Colorado catcher
said was hitting like Babe Ruth
to which blouse replied I hope
not.
Babe Ruth's dead Rick Angelo era
the 31 year old in his third
All-Star Game.
That's as high as one in two our
hearts go out to all the members
of the Dodger team recent
tragedies that they've endured
the deaths of.
Don Drysdale lousy strikes out
any minute.
They threaten to do not score
regularity got lead to in
scoring position of the eight
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Back here at Oriole Park at
Camden Yards Shawn McDonough
along with Tim McCarver.
Then this is to put a good
drubbing is in a role for the
National League at the hands of
the American League.
Yeah the first four years were
close.
Ball games when they won the
first four in a row and now two
in a row.
And we mentioned earlier that
the younger players coming into
the American League coming into
this game the national league at
one thirty seven games the
American League twenty five.
But the gap keeps getting closer
does it not.
It does.
During one stretch the
nationally league 30 out of 36 a
big comeback.
It'll be six wins in a row.
The American League it's a
former American leaguer on the
mound after amassing more saves
than anybody in the California
Angels uniform Brian Harvey.
Now a member of the Florida
Marlins Carlos by Erika great
Tybee there is the trademark
from Harvey the split fingered
pitch by you chased it down in
the dirt Harvey is 30 years old
from the top of North Carolina
and his second All-Star Game
selected the American League
squad while a member of the
angels in ninety one they did
not pitch in the game in Toronto
so this is his first actual
stint an all star competition.
Carlos by Edgar reached on that
Arabi blouses with two outs in
the six that open the door for
the three runs chopped a foul to
the stands just beyond the first
base dugout made an effort to
sign all of their talented young
players the long term contracts
and they succeeded in that
effort with Carlos by air he
assigns to nineteen ninety eight
with the club option for
nineteen ninety nine Jason in
nineteen ninety nine will make
twenty six million dollars
overnight although Bell has also
signed a long term deal and he
agreed to a four year extension
earlier this year.
The future is bright for
Cleveland as the Indians hope
toward their new park next year.
That's the splitter grip right
there and there it is.
Frank Thomas is coming up for
the first time.
Here's what his little league
coach told us remember most of
his teammates were afraid of
him.
His hitting more pitch batting
practice to him.
I went to wild about doing it
either but just judging from the
prolific home runs that he used
to hit out in the tops of those
Georgia pines and where he used
to throw people out at first
base from center field I knew he
was going to be a great player
coach.
He was right.
Frank Thomas Columbus Georgia
native in his first All-Star
game.
Hard to believe with all that
he's accomplished.
This is his first trip.
To the All-Star Game 20 home
runs this year.
And if he hits a home run
tonight it will be the first
home run ever hit by a white sox
player and one hundred and
seventy eight at bats.
Wow.
Oh welcome Ireland's.
They got one of their first in
out right Gary Sheffield pops
one out his first at bat as an
expansion player and the White
Sox have never hit a home run
and considering the fact that
Comiskey Park was the first all
star game site back in 1933.
Thomas the candidate to do it
was a candidate to be a great
football player as well played
one year of football and offered
for Coach Pat Di as a tight end
decided to give it up to
concentrate on baseball but Matt
Day said he would have been an
all-American tight end and
continued with it and probably
would have been an all pro tight
end in the NFL Andi's opinion
that day said Thomas with the
same ability at tight end as Bo
Jackson had running back.
Wow.
Coach died horse coach Phil
Jackson as well in football got
the size forward at 6 5.
If you step over the mound J.
Bell backhanded Bobby Frank is
not a slow runner.
You mentioned his excelling as a
tight end.
He gets down the line very well
for a big man bottled by Bell.
But I agree with you that ball's
a base hit anyway.
And it has been scored at a base
in the bond white looks at a
strike with the appearance of
Thomas every position player for
the American League squad has
appeared in bargain three
pitchers have not worked for the
A.L. patent and make the scene
and Wayne Ward Greg Jeffries of
the National League the only
position player yet to appear
three of their pitchers have not
entered Glen Darryl Kyle and Lee
Smith again the out on Thomas
and second allows her to Belle
and safe on the fielder's
choices Davon White Jim Palmer
one of the honorary captains
along with Frank Robinson we
have seen Frank as a first base
coach Jim with two hundred and
sixty seven wins in his
illustrious career I don't think
I've ever seen him happy or
beaming from ear to ear tonight
in his out in the park in which
Mitch but in the town in which
you get I don't know if the
National Leaguers will
appreciate this white running
with his team up by six in the
bottom of the eighth inning
while they were playing behind
him at first base you could see
Galarraga behind wide thinking
he's not going to run out a nine
to three ball game usually you
call off the dogs but Davon
white stealing second
uncontested throw by Piazza way
low down to the mound Piazza
this big with Brian Harvey the 1
Gonzalez at the plate the count
of one strike two
outs bottom of the eight nine
three American League waiting
for some action out there yes
well grounded right with the up
binoculars to see the action
hopefully won't need them as the
ball approaches in big trouble
very unusual combination a glove
and binoculars there's somebody
you can hit it far enough away
to where the fans are sitting
the required binoculars it's 1
Gonzalez he hit one estimated at
four hundred and seventy three
feet here yesterday off the
facing of the triple deck in
left field the longest home run
of the Home Run Derby yet won
for fifty five off the wall in
center field provides the
backdrop for the hitters way
over the 2 and 2 on Gonzalez and
events like voted in by the fans
but unable to play Pittsburgh
will host the All-Star Game next
year then in nineteen ninety
five the new ball park down in
Texas Gonzalez strikes out to
end the end of the night last
chance for the National League
they're down by six you wouldn't
accept an incomplete job from
anyone else why accept it from
your allergy pills flown is
sentenced nothing stronger
nothing gentler nothing lasts
longer flown days since a missed
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relief a great moment in the all
star game from sixty six was
that speed demon rounding third
and heading for home now that's
the old cliche runs well for a
catch catcher we're rounding
third and heading for
home and this one named three in
favor of the American League and
Duane Warren came on from the
bullpen during a break between
innings and he was loudly booed
because the Baltimore fans here
want to see Mike Mussina of the
Orioles who is warming up for
gets ready to face the National
League at the time of the break
Jeffries.
Now every position player has
gotten in the ballgame as
Jeffries sends one follow into
the stands.
Gregg a late addition to the
squad and Robby Thompson who was
selected originally could not
play good or quadriceps muscle
injury.
It's a comfortable situation for
Cito Gaston with his team up by
six runs.
And I think we're going to see
Mussina before this innings over
manager does not have to worry
about extra innings here so it
would not be an embarrassment.
The only position player that
can come back after leaving the
game in case there is an injury
is the catching position.
Dwayne will get his first
All-Star appearance in two
years.
He was the setup man for Tom and
hanky days when he you go to
Texas by free agency confident
in the knowledge that Ward could
handle the closer role that he
has 20 twenty days in the all
star break and club records and
Jeffries a straight down victim
for the first out of the
National League.
One hundred ninety four point
but one airship which is using
its eye in the sky bringing
these pictures from 1000 feet
above Camden Yards will next
travel to Oshkosh Wisconsin
where the Oshkosh air show Tony
Gwynn the batter with a bit of
hot summer going to save him for
the final out doesn't come in
they may food when the fight
allowed his pain for the
American League wins in an
American League park.
That's right.
Quinn and as night follows day
Toronto players is not
officially a well pitch sheet or
just a CDO just shaking his
head.
The only time Tony Gwynn wasn't
an All-Star in the last ten
years was 1988.
He's a sixth time starter shot
the Travis frame and a short
blue jays on this because you
can make an argument for each of
them.
That's right.
Even though you could transmit a
stronger argument the this is
the first time that one league
has won two consecutive All-Star
Games.
We'll have more from Oriel Park
in Camden Yards in Baltimore
right after the CBS Sports
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Welcome back to Camden Yards and
even though the score was nine
to three American League Cito
Gaston didn't gain any fans here
tonight.
In fact they booed him as the
game completed 9 to 3 the
American League wins six in a
row.
But this ball yard gain a lot of
fans and so did Kirby Puckett.
He is now with Kitty.
Jim Pat he's got fans
everywhere.
I'm with Kirby Puckett Chevrolet
most valuable player the 1993
All-Star Game.
And to make a special
presentation Bud Feeley sales
manager of Chevrolet but thank
you Jim Kirby on behalf of
Chevrolet and our dealers
throughout all of North America
we're delighted to present to
you this Chevrolet most valuable
player trophy.
And in addition these keys to a
brand new nineteen ninety three
Chevrolet Astro van that will be
donated in your name to the
charity of your choice thank you
very much.
Kirby you've been to the to
eight of these all star games
and every one but one you've
been on a winner and you
American Leaguers seem to have
more fun.
You're so loose in this
atmosphere we're just come to
play you know we get a lot of
young talent over here and now
we get a lot of pride in the
clubhouse kiddie and the guys
could come here to win and they
make it known a lot of young
guys Suzanne come on no one is
playing a lose so they go out
and just be the best we can and
do the best we can and we came
out on top again this year and
you know your average is
beginning to creep up near all
star time and tonight I guess a
good indication swung the bat
well I missed swinging about 12
last week and a half.
So I was feeling really good at
the plate to try to do anything
different a day but just block
just swinging and have fun.
All right.
Congratulations to Kirby Puckett
in Baltimore.
Thanks for being a great host.
Let's go back to Pat O'Brien.
I agree.
It.
Some people were questioning
whether Kirby Puckett should
even be here tonight.
And he answered that with his
performance.
CBS Sports coverage will return
after a message and a word from
your very own local station 60
fourth All-Star game is over 9
to 3 the American League wins
its sixth in a row and the fans
stagger out into the summer heat
here in Baltimore with a
warehouse of memories of this
ballpark and this game and to
the charm city.
We had CBS Sports say we were
definitely charmed and thank you
very much.
So for Sean McDonough Tim
McCarver and Jim cut I'm Pat
O'Brien saying so long from
Oriole Park at Camden Yards with
the final score again in the
American League nine national
league three you've been
watching the sixty fourth annual
All-Star Classic on CBS Sports
home of the biggest games in
baseball.
Good night everybody sacral.
