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Texas A&M The Battalion Sports July 13, 1982/Page 8 Playing for pride, glory by Miltor All-Stars find opinions differ on game’s true meaning UPI Spo United Press International MONTREAL — In true French spirit, appropriate for baseball’s first international All- Star Game, Pete Rose has thrown down the gauntlet and Billy Martin is waiting to pick it up. There will be much pride at stake tonight when the best play ers from the National League meet the best from the Amer ican League before a capacity crowd of more than 58,000 at Olympic Stadium. But pride has long served as a motivating force for the NL in its 19-year domi nance of this midsummer show case event. Steve Rogers of the host Montreal Expos and Dennis Eckersley of the Boston Red Sox will be the starting pitchers in the game beginning at 7:40 p.m. CDT, and Rose, the Philadel phia Phillies’ 41-year-old sand- lot kid, expects to see the NL emerge victorious for the 1 1 th straight year. As for players from the two Texas teams, the Houston Astros’ Ray Knight, hitting .317, will be his team’s only represen tative in the annual contest. Knight, who has been Houston’s most consistent player in a dis appointing season, was selected as a reserve by NL manager Tommy Lasorda. Texas third baseman Buddy Bell will be one of the AL’s re serves, along with former Ran ger Toby Harrah, now with the Cleveland Indians. Bell, whose team is in Fifth place in the West ern Division of the league, has hit .298 so far through the season. “We didn’t come all this way to lose,” the Phillies’ Rose said Monday after being named field captain for the NL squad. “It doesn’t quite have the glamor of the playoffs and World Series, but the object is to win. Fun to me is spelled w-i-n-n-i-n-g.” Rose, however, has himself a worthy adversary in Martin, the feisty AL manager who once played the game himself in Pete Rose fashion. 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Rose, however, believes grea ter depth and a winning attitude have been the key reasons for the NL’s continued success in the game. “You analyze the last several years, the National League has had better replacements,” Rose said. “The American League is catching up.” If catcher Carlton Fisk’s approach to the game is indica tive of that taken by the AL play-' ers, the NL would seem to have a decided edge. . , |der why it mg, but it always seems we» harles Bn)] up in the last f«i; Montrea , “There’s a lot of talk about who w ns and who loses, but I never felt winning or losing was the object of the All-Star Game,” Fisk says. “Being regarded as one of the best is the biggest thrill.” mn 8 s - Icllale, their Rollie Fingers, theacerdyervoiieelse as er of the Milwaukee Bit alklubare ma has pitched for both leagi. ors are getting recent All-Star Gamesandlinem and will h little dif ference betweentlitBemember teams. pie “I think our balldubir® " M1 Fisk doesn’t regard the 10- game losing streak as embarras sing. “The loss doesn’t go on my record,” he said. “It’s no fun los- . . , ■ ’.'''Best is to hi American League « j»| United Sta. strong both last year and# this breal vear, sa.d Fmgers, whofotrT d| . known , Iv p.tched f or San B.ego froni j t di NL. Whichever team ~ breaks gets the victory. H fimiltaneously |first ball. seem to be getting the homtB Canad a.' t ,e ke >' “, me - the basehl[ ‘ leaguers, G< n & ht " me - ItdeRaymo, Buddy Bell by nearly Cincinnati finishes first half Monday, attended 30,000 fans. “I’m going to try and win the game. I always thought the World Series was the most im portant thing. But from what I read in the papers, the All-Star Game is more important. My attitude has changed.” ei with league’s poorest record! United Press International CINCINNATI — The baseball season is half over, but appears to be completely over in terms of relevance to the Cincinnati Reds. At the All-Star break, the Reds are the worst team in the National League. Cincinnati, 20 games below .500 with a 33-53 record, is in last place in the NL West, 19 games behind first-place Atlanta. By comparison, in the NL East, the last-place Chicago Cubs are 36-53 and 13 games out. 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