Newsgroup: it.sport.americani
Titolo: MLB All Star Game 1998

Chi puo postare i giocatori (line-up, partenti ed altro)
delle due squadre?
Qualcuno sa se la trasmettono sul telemeno terrestre?
Saluti
Eugenio

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Trebucchi Bruno ha scritto nel messaggio
    Allego la lista dei giocatori votati dai fans.
    I nomi con l'asterisco saranno i partenti.
    Le riserve e tutti i pitchers saranno scelti entro
    questa notte dagli allenatori delle due leghe
Grazie mille, Bruno
Se puoi posta anche il resto..
Scusa se ci sono 4 post ma non è una cosa voluta
Saluti
Eugenio

Posted July 1, 1998
National League President Leonard S. Coleman, Jr., and All-Star Manager Jim
Leyland today named 10 pitchers and 12 position players to complete the 1998
National League All-Star team for the game at Coors Field on Tuesday, July
7, 1998.
Six of the pitchers are first time All-Stars: Andy Ashby, San Diego Padres;
Trevor Hoffman, San Diego Padres; Robb Nen, San Francisco Giants; Rick Reed,
New York Mets; Ugueth Urbina, Montreal Expos; and Jeff Shaw, Cincinnati
Reds. Curt Schilling of the Philadelphia Phillies will be making his second
All-Star appearance. Kevin Brown of the San Diego Padres will be making his
fourth All-Star Game appearance. Atlanta Braves' Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine
will be making their sixth and seventh All-Star Game appearances,
respectively.
Also making their first appearances in All-Star play are: shortstop Edgar
Renteria, Florida Marlins, and second baseman Fernando Vina, Milwaukee
Brewers. Catchers Jason Kendall, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Javy Lopez, Atlanta
Braves, third baseman Vinny Castilla, Colorado Rockies, and outfielder Sammy
Sosa, Chicago Cubs, will be making their second All-Star Game appearances.
Outfielders Moises Alou, Houston Astros, Greg Vaughn, San Diego Padres, and
Devon White, Arizona Diamondbacks, will be making their third All-Star Game
appearances. First baseman Andres Galarraga, Atlanta Braves, outfielder
Dante Bichette, Colorado Rockies, and outfielder Gary Sheffield, Los Angeles
Dodgers will be making their fourth All-Star Game appearances.
Joining the National League reserves will be the fan-voted starters: catcher
Mike Piazza, Mets; first baseman Mark McGwire, Cardinals; second baseman
Craig Biggio, Astros; third baseman Chipper Jones, Braves; shortstop Walt
Weiss, Braves; outfielders Barry Bonds, Giants; Tony Gwynn, Padres and Larry
Walker, Rockies.
The 1998 National League All-Star team ranks among the league leaders in
most hitting and pitching categories including: home runs, runs batted in,
walks, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage, Mark McGwire
(37/87/79/.481/.798); runs, Craig Biggio (72), hits, Bichette (117), total
bases, Sosa (215), extra base hits, Vaughn (47), earned run average, winning
percentage and shutouts, Maddux (1.64/.846/3), wins, Glavine and Maddux
(11), saves, Hoffman (24), complete games, innings pitched, strikeouts,
Schilling (7/138.0/175), and games finished, Nen (36).
All-Star Manager Jim Leyland will name the starting pitcher and the NL
batting order at a Monday, July 6th press conference at the Denver Marriott
at noon local time.
Leyland has selected managers Gene Lamont, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Don
Baylor, Colorado Rockies, as coaches for the 1998 All-Star Game in Denver.
Florida Marlins coaches Rich Donnelly, Bruce Kimm, Milt May and Tommy Sandt
will also join the staff. Dave Cilladi, Rockies, and Mark Andersen,
Phillies, will serve as trainers.
Vera Clemente, the widow of Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente, will serve as
honorary captain. The 1998 All-Star Game will be televised by NBC Sports
beginning with pre-game ceremonies from Coors Field at 6:00 p.m. MT.

American League All-Star Manager Mike Hargrove and President Dr. Gene A.
Budig today announceed the 30-man roster of All-Stars who will gather in
Denver next Tuesday, July 7, to take on the NL in the 69th All-Star Game at
Coors Field.
A squad of 10 pitchers, two catchers, 11 infielders and seven outfielders
have been named to play the Midsummer Classic. The starting team named
yesterday includes: Jim Thome (Cleveland) at first base, Roberto Alomar and
Cal Ripken Jr. (Baltimore) at second and third respectively, Alex Rodriguez
(Seattle) at short, Ivan Rodriguez (Texas) catching, and Ken Griffey Jr.
(Seattle), Kenny Lofton (Cleveland) and Juan Gonzalez (Texas) in the
outfield.
Indians All-Star Sandy Alomar will back up Ivan Rodriguez at catcher.
Yankees Scott Brosius and Derek Jeter, with Ray Durham of the Chicago White
Sox, Damion Easley of the Detroit Tigers, Dean Palmer of the Kansas City
Royals, Boston's Mo Vaughn and Cleveland's Omar Vizquelare the reserve
infielders.
The additional outfielders are: Anaheim's Darin Erstad, Oakland's Ben
Grieve, and Paul O'Neill and Bernie Williams of the Yankees.
David Wells of the Yankees is the sole left-hander on the AL All-Star
pitching squad. He joins righties Rolando Arrojo of Tampa Bay, Roger Clemens
of the Toronto Blue Jays, the Indians' Bartolo Colon, Tom Gordon and Pedro
Martinez of Boston, and Angels' Troy Percival, Brad Radke of the Minnesota
Twins and Rangers Aaron Sele and John Wetteland.
Fourteen first-time All-Stars are on the squad and the 30-man roster has an
average age of 28. Rookie Ben Grieve is the youngest, having turned 22 on
May 4. The hitters are batting a composite .304 for the session to date,
with 271 home runs and 1,002 RBI. The 10 pitchers are 73-33 with a composite
3.20 ERA and .226 opponents average against.

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Ciao Eugenio,
per i line-up puoi vedere gli altri messaggi nel newsgroup. Per la
gara in diretta dovresti attrezzarti con il satellite per Channel 5.
Io comunque la registro. Se ti interessa e se vieni a Parma per i
mondiali ti faccio avere la cassetta.
ciao 
Alessandro