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No Stars vs. All-Stars.
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The National Pastime
- Article date:
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January 1, 2005
- Author:
- Connaughton, Timothy
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Can there be a star quality team without any All-Stars? Can a team compiled entirely of All-Stars be mediocre? The answer to both questions is a resounding yes, at least theoretically.
Kirk Gibson won an MVP Award, but was never named to a single All-Star roster during his entire career. John Denny won the 1983 National League Cy Young Award, but did not make the NL All-Star team that year, or any other year. What about a player who hit at least .330 four times, drove in 100 runs six years in a row, hit more than 25 home runs four times, and scored more than 100 runs four times? A player such as that would be an All-Star several times over, would he not? No, on the ...