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...there's a reason to watch the All-Star game, played tonight at 8 p.m. at Seattle's Safeco Field - and even as a baseball fan, I've never been totally convinced there is - it's to get a good look at the two best teams in baseball in the same stadium (in the same dugout), and how they got that...
...point of the season, the 33-54 Reds have the worst record in the National League; Griffey was neither voted onto the All-Star team nor selected by NL manager Bobby Valentine. His replacement on the Mariners, the aforementioned Cameron, got a rousing standing ovation in Seattle when his selection by Torre to replace Vaughn was announced during a recent game...
...lesson of this year's All-Star Game seems to be that the stars weren't the heart of their team after all. Yes, there's "Ichiro," the better-than-anybody-expected Japanese import who's not only leading the team but putting countless fannies in the Safeco seats (and drawing big ratings in Japan for the Mariners' 4 a.m.-in-Tokyo satellite feeds...
...they need their manager playing favorites to get any of them into the All-Star game...
...Players like Manny Ramirez, Juan Gonzalez, Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds are what the All-Star Game is all about - stars. Stars that have fans beyond their cities of employment (they'd better, the way these guys chase a buck around), stars that hit big, earn big and even occasionally...