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...that show, or the one in which Cal Ripken trots out to shortstop for the Orioles, game after game after game? At the 66th All-Star Game last week, Ripken, who was just 54 games shy of Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played (2,130), spent close to an hour signing autographs for the fans, working his way from dugout to dugout in the 100¡ heat while most of his peers were relaxing in the air-conditioned comfort of their clubhouses...
WELCOME TO THE SHOW was plastered all over the Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, which is where the virtues and vices, the chaos and order, the light and dark side of baseball came together for the All-Star Game. The "Tornado," Hideo Nomo, touched down, of course, and everyone was eager to see the Dodgers' Japanese rookie with the outrageous windup and the diabolical fork ball. But while Nomo was tailed by 150 Japanese journalists and almost as many American ones, a bookish-looking Atlanta Brave went largely unnoticed, even though Greg Maddux is the best pitcher of this generation. That...
Maddux was at the All-Star Game despite the fact that he wouldn't be able to pitch because of a groin pull, and so were Ken Griffey Jr., Matt Williams and Ozzie Smith, All-Stars whose disabling injuries have further diminished the game this year. "For the fans to punch my name out, I had to be here," said Griffey. Not every player is as sentimental about the game. Darren Daulton and Lenny Dykstra of the Phillies blew off the Monday workout without telling anyone...
Baseball may have quit on the fans, but Ripken never does. Before the season was so rudely interrupted last August, he had played in 2,009 straight games, 121 short of the record set by Lou Gehrig. A 12-time All-Star and two-time MVP, Ripken holds the records for most homers by a shortstop (302) and most consecutive games without an error (95). He is both the Princeton 104-the hardiest-and the Derby -- the most splendid -- of his kind. So what did he think of the new sod? "It's great," he said. "Softer under your feet...
...all-star extravaganza, "Arizona Dream" combines, or rather collects, such disparate talents as Faye Dunaway, Jerry Lewis, Johnny Depp, Paulina Porizkova and Iggy Pop. It's initial attraction is its big names, but--as is sometimes the case with films where extras are supermodels and even the walk-ons are famous--the story becomes convoluted...