Since it is All-Star week, I thought we’d share a couple of favourite All-Star memories 1984 was the first time we had more than one player named to the All-Star team; we had three: Dave Stieb,...
Since it is All-Star week, I thought we’d share a couple of favourite All-Star memoriesDave Stieb, Damaso Garcia and Alfredo GriffinStieb was named to the team for the 4th time. He has the team-high mark for being named to the All-Star team at 7 . In 1984, for the second straight year, he was picked to be the starting pitcher. Dave had another terrific season; at the break, he was 9-3 with a 2.42 ERA, and opposing batters were hitting .210 against him. He finished the year 16-8, with a 2.
Garcia was named to the All-Star team for the first time; he would make the team again the following year. Garcia was the type of middle infielder popular in that era, but you don’t see much anymore: a decent batting average, no power, no walks and enough speed to steal at almost a break-even rate. At the All-Star break Damaso was hitting .303/.329/.394, with 27 steals and 48 runs scored. So, quite a good first half.
So how did Alfredo make the team? At the time, the custom was for the MLB to give the All-Star player plane tickets and a hotel for two to the game. Generally, the player will take his wife or girlfriend . Damaso invited his friend and teammate, Griffin, to visit San Francisco. The day before the game, Alan Trammell hurt his arm and could not play.
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