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Wednesday, October 30, 1996
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McGwire, Belle head AP all-star team
The Associated Press
NEWYORK — Mark McGwire, who connected 52 times in baseball's Year of the Home Run, and slugging outfielders Ken Griffey Jr., Albert Belle and Juan Gonzalez highlighted The Associated Press major league all-star team yesterday.
Los Angeles catcher Mike Piazza, picked for the team for the fourth straight season, and Belle were the only players to repeat from 1995.
Alex Rodriguez, who led the majors in hitting at 358 in his first full season, was selected by the largest margin. In voting by a nationwide panel of 175 sports writers and broadcasters, 151 chose the 21-year-old Seattle shortstop.
"This whole year has been a learning experience," Rodriguez said. "There are still a lot of areas in which I think I can improve."
The closest vote was at second base, where Minnesota's Chuck Knoblauch edged out Roberto Alomar of Baltimore, 76-75. Texas' Gonzalez finished ahead of Ellis Burks of Colorado 75-73 for the third outfield spot.
The American League dominated the voting, which was completed before the playoffs began. Piazza, San Diego third
baseman Ken Caminiti and right-handed starter John Smoltz of Atlanta were the only National League players selected.
Left-handed starter Andy Pettitte and reliever John Wetteland, who both wound up pitching the New York Yankees to the World Series championship, also made the team.
Paul Molitor was chosen for the fourth time in 10 seasons as the designated hitter.
The AP manager of the year will be announced today, with the AP player of the year on tomorrow.
In a record-breaking season for offense, power dominated the all-star team.
McGwire became the 13th player in major league history to hit 50 home runs. The Oakland first baseman got 80 votes.
Griffey hit 49 homers for Seattle, Belle had 48 for Cleveland and Gonzalez hit 47. They came in ahead of Burks, who hit .344 with 40 homers, 128 RBI and scored a major league-high 142 runs.
Among the outfielders who finished further back were San Francisco's Barry Bonds, only the second player to hit 40 homers and steal 40 bases in the same season, 50-homer man Brady Anderson of Baltimore
Noblauch hit.341 and scored 140 runs for Minnesota. Alomar batted.328, scored 132 runs and won the AL Gold Glove at second base for the Orioles.
and seven-time NL batting champion Tony Gwynn of San Diego.
Caminiti hit .326 with 40 home runs and 130 RBI for San Diego. He received 139 votes, compared to 15 for Cleveland's Jim Thome.
Piazza hit. 336 with 16 homers and 105 RBI, earning him 113 votes. Todd Hundley, who set a major league record for a catcher with 41 homers for the New York Mets, was second with 34 votes.
Molitor, who led the majors with 225 hits and got the 3,000th hit of his career, got 108 votes. Edgar Martinez of Seattle was the runner-up at DH with 21.
Smoltz led the majors with 24 wins and 276 strikeouts. He got 149 votes, compared to 20 for Florida's Kevin Brown, who led the majors with a 1.89 ERA.
Pettitte, tops in the AL with 21 wins, got 132 votes as the lefty starter. Atlanta's Tom Glavine and Denny Neagle each received seven.
Wetteland, who had 43 saves for the Yankees and became the World Series MVP, drew 48 votes as the reliever. Todd Wor-
ALLSPORT
Oakland Athletics first baseman Mark McGwire's 52 home runs last season earned him a place on The Associated Press major league all-star team, which was announced yesterday. Also making the list were Los Angeles catcher Mike Piazza, Cleveland outfielder Albert Belle and Seattle shortstop Alex Rodriguez.
rell, who had 44 saves, for Los Angeles was runner-up with 42.
Wetteland's setup man, Mariano Rivera, was third with 34.
Tigers benefit from NCAA's overtime rule
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Larry Smith helped bring overtime to college football, and so far he's not sorry.
The Missouri coach is part of the NCAA rules committee, a seven-man crew of coaches and officials that pushed
ary. On Saturday, the extra period benefited the Tigers in a 35-28 Big 12 victory against Alabama State.
"I think the players love it," Smith said. "You'll ask them and I think they'll all say it's a great thing for football."
Quarterback Corby Jones. who
ran for 189 yards and three touchdowns and passed for a fourth, made good on his coach's prediction.
"I love it," he said. "I was so excited to know we could go back out there and play some more."
It was the first overtime in 226 games as a head coach for Smith. He's had seven career ties, and that's more than enough for him.
Every year, the rules committee sends out questionnaires to NCAA member schools, gets suggestions for change in return and then meets for three days in the middle of winter to decide what revisions are needed.
Brock Olio scored the game-winner on an 8-yard run against Oldahoma State. He sat most of the fourth quarter but said it wouldn't have mattered if he'd have had fresh legs or not in that situation.
"We were all strong in overtime, offense and defense," he said. "I think we could have played all night."
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