Show I Sports thoughts American League and National League star all teams for the 1977 season will battle each other in the annual star all contest which will take place on July 19 in Yankee Stadium In New York City I was going to announce my picks for the star all-star team but then decided to do something different Being of Hallam Yugoslavian descent I decided to pick an Italian American allstar all all- star team which would include players from 1900 to the present TilE THE ITALIAN star all-star outfield outfield outfield out out- field consists of Joe DiMaggio Carl Furillo and Dom DiMaggio la a brother of Joe DiMaggio Joe DiMaggio a time three-time Most Valuable Player in the We American League will have to tobe tobe tobe be considered as the number one player on the squad The Yankee Clipper Joe DiMaggio had a lifetime batting average of Joes Joe's best batting markwas mark markwas markwas was which he gained in 1939 as a member of the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankees DiMaggio led the American League twice in the batting average department with 1939 and Eleven times during his major league career 42 1936 46 51 he slugged over The only times he failed to hit rut were in 1946 and 1951 Joe DiMaggio holds the record for most consecutive games with one or more hits DiMaggio established the record of 56 games in a row with one hit or more in 1941 He also hit homers Carl Furillo competed for the Los Brooklyn-Los Angeles Dodgers from 1946 to 1960 Furillo had a lifetime average of His best batting average performance performance performance per per- was in 1953 when he led the National League with a average Five times limes he batted over Two times Furillo blasted in over runds Four times he drove in over 90 runs MY selection for the outfield was Joes Joe's brother Dom DiMaggio The Little Professor Dominic Paul DiMaggio was overshadowed by the outstanding play of Joe DiMaggio However he had a afine afine afine fine career in baseball as his lifetime batting average was Five times limes he batted over His best year as a member of the Boston Red Sox was in 1950 when he batted The starter at first would be Phil Cavarretta who starred for Chicago teams from 1934 to 1955 His lifetime ba batting tUng average was Five times limes he batted balled over His best mark markwas markwas markwas was in 1945 when he led the National League with a mark TONY LAZZERI is my selection for second base Lazzeri played for the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankees for eleven years He lie also was a member of the Chicago Cubs Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants His lifetime batting average was Five times in his career he batted His best average was bated which he gained in 1929 My pick for third base will go goto goto goto to Ron Santo who played for the Chicago Cubs in the National League for 14 years His Ills lifetime batting average was His best year was in 1964 when he batted However I selected Santo because of his power Four times he batted in over runs lie He drove in runs 1964 15 1969 and 1970 The starter at shortstop would have to be Phil Rizzuto who was a member of the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankees from 42 1941 and 46 Ills His lifetime batting average was His Ills best year was in 1950 when he batted Yogi Lawrence awrence Berra who starred for the New York Yankees from 1946 19 to 1963 is my pick for the number one catcher on my star all team Berra had hada a lifetime average of He lie blasted homers and drove in 1430 runs He lie also had 2150 hits My pitching staff would consist of Johnny Antonelli A n ton ell i 3 34 Boston Milwaukee New York San Francisco National League Eddie Cicotti Detroit Boston Chicago American League Sal Maglie New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Giants Cleveland Brooklyn New York Yankees and St St. Louis Cardinals Frank rank Tanana left hander 51 40 2 73 California and Dave Giusti right hander relief pitcher Pittsburgh Oakland 30 saves savl'S 1971 I based my sele selection on two things The player had to be Italian and he also had to have ha an Italian sounding name |