MLB ALL-STAR GAME

July 7, 1998

Roberto Alomar

ROBERTO ALOMAR: Well, I think it's real nice. Last year we were in a tough moment. My grandmother passed away, and Sandy won it. This year I won it. So I think, you know, we as family, we feel real happy. It is a great honor to me to be selected an MVP.

MODERATOR: Other questions for Robbie?

ROBERTO ALOMAR: Well, I think I've always watched baseball on TV. When you watch the scoring in Denver, you're always seeing big numbers, 13 to whatever -- 6, 13 to 7. It was a lot of -- this was a different kind of All-Star Game, a lot of scoring. In this ballpark, that's what you expected. It was a great win for the American League.

ROBERTO ALOMAR: Well, I was surprised. I didn't come here to win an MVP. I came here to play the game of baseball, to have fun, and to try my best to help this team to win. I was surprised. It's a great surprise. I'm going to take the trophy home (laughter).

ROBERTO ALOMAR: Well, I think you have to be prepared to come and play the whole game, especially when you are playing in a National League ballpark, you have to leave some guys behind, just in case it's a tied ballgame in the end. I was surprised I played eight innings, but I was ready for it.

MODERATOR: Couple more for Robbie, if there are any.

MODERATOR: Can you envision yourself as playing on the same team as Sandy, maybe as early as next year?

ROBERTO ALOMAR: All I can say to that is it's out of my hands. I don't have no control over that. I'm real happy right now where I am, with the Baltimore Orioles. I'm looking forward to the second half, seeing if we can turn some things around. Yes, it's a dream for me to play with Sandy in the same team, but we don't know if it's going to happen.

ROBERTO ALOMAR: Well, you have to know -- in the game of baseball, there's going to be some good times and some bad times. You have to know how to take the good and the bad. I'm going to take it day by day. Today was a fun game for me, for the family. You know, Baltimore Orioles have been struggling a lot. Hopefully we can keep the head up and continue to play some better baseball. I'm a team player. I don't think nobody on our team is happy the way we are playing. Hopefully we can turn some things around. This is only one day. It's going to stick with me. I'm going to take it home.

MODERATOR: Last question.

ROBERTO ALOMAR: It feels great, you know. We have -- me and my brother, we have to thank our mother, our father for giving us some great advice, and teaching us how to be good human beings, and how to work hard to become a good player. You know, being from Puerto Rico, coming from a small town, I had to work hard. To be standing here with this trophy, it means a lot to me. You know, it was a lot of Latin players today. It's great to have a lot of Latin players in the All-Star Game.

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