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...That's who the fans want to see on the big mid-season stage (plus Cal Ripken)? Fine. It'll be the high point of the season for most of these guys - the combined fan-elected starting lineups of the AL and NL have all of two World Series rings between them. "Star" is an individual term, and these guys, by themselves, are the ones putting up the numbers...
TIME.COM'S PERSON OF WEEK The irreplaceable Cal Ripken Jr., last vestige of an era when ballplayers were synonymous with one city. In our accompanying on-line poll, 62% of users said the Iron Man retired at just "the right time...
RETIRING. CAL RIPKEN, 40, Baltimore Orioles infielder who chased down Lou Gehrig's "unbreakable" record of 2,130 consecutive games played, setting a new record of 2,632 before voluntarily ending his streak on Sept. 20, 1998; in Baltimore, Md. After 20 years of modest and steady service, Ripken, now batting .209, will bow out at the end of the season...
...Liebman puts it, "Fortified junk food is still junk food." Most women can get the nutrients they need just as well, and much more cheaply, from a daily multivitamin as from a 170-cal. nutrition bar that costs...
GUNPLAY A couple of boys find a gun. What do they do next? According to a study in Pediatrics, 75% will pick it up, and nearly half will pull the trigger. Sixty-four boys, ages eight to 12, took part in the experiment, in which an unloaded .380-cal. handgun was hidden in a drawer in a medical examining room. Left alone in the room, the boys explored. Half of those who handled the gun were correct in thinking it was real...