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Baseball's worst of the worst

By Jonah Keri
Special to Page 2

Monday, July 3, 2006

I can't understand why people get so worked up about Major League Baseball's All-Star selections. When home park attendance and how often a team appears on TV are the two most important selection criteria, you're bound to get plenty of horrendous snubs and shaky selections. Throw in the rule that requires one representative per team, and it's no wonder studs such as Travis Hafner, Nomar Garciaparra and Francisco Liriano are on the outside looking in. If you want players who truly have earned th ...

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