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STRIKING GOLD: GRIFFEY JR. AND OFFERMAN TOP ALL-STAR BONUSES

          The following lists the '99 MLB AL & NL All-Star Teams
     selected starters and reserves and their '99 salary and
     bonuses received for being named to the team.  THE DAILY
     lists each starter's shoe affiliation and representation. 

AL                     '99     ALL-STAR
STARTERS              SALARY    BONUS    SHOE      AGENT
Ivan Rodriguez        $8.60M   $50,000   Reebok  Jeff Moorad
Ken Griffey Jr.       $8.51M   $125,000^ Nike    Brian Goldberg
Jim Thome             $8.17M   $50,000   Nike    Jim Bonner
Kenny Lofton          $7.50M   $50,000   Nike    Casey Close     
Roberto Alomar        $6.56M   $50,000   Reebok  Jaime Tores
Cal Ripken            $6.30M   $100,000  Nike    Ron Shapiro 
Manny Ramirez         $4.10M   $50,000   Nike    Eric Goldschmidt
Jose Canseco^         $2.00M   $50,000   Nike    Juan Iglesias   
Nomar Garciaparra     $1.30M   $50,000   Nike    Arn Tellem

NL                     '99     ALL-STAR
STARTERS              SALARY   BONUS    SHOE       AGENT
Sammy Sosa^           $9.00M     --     Fila     Tom Reich
Mark McGwire          $8.83M   $50,000  Nike     Robert Cohen
Matt Williams         $8.00M   $50,000  Nike     Jeff Moorad     
Mike Piazza           $7.07M   $50,000  Mizuno   Dan Lozano
Jay Bell              $6.00M   $50,000  Nike     Scott Boras     
Barry Larkin          $5.30M      --    Nike     Eric Goldschmidt
Larry Walker^         $5.21M   $25,000  Reebok   Jim Bonner      
Tony Gwynn^^          $4.30M   $50,000  Nike     John Boggs

                 '99    ALL-STAR                 '99     ALL-STAR
AL RESERVES     SALARY   BONUS   NL RESERVES    SALARY    BONUS
Pedro Martinez $11.0M      --    G. Sheffield   $9.91M   $20,000
B. Williams     $9.85M     --    Randy Johnson  $9.35M   $50,000
R. Palmeiro     $8.65M  $50,000  Jeff Bagwell   $6.50M   $25,000
David Cone      $8.00M     --    Dave Nilsson   $6.20M     --
Mike Mussina    $6.52M  $25,000  Jeff Kent      $5.70M   $25,000
J. Wetteland    $6.25M  $50,000  C. Schilling   $5.15M   $50,000
R. Hernandez    $6.00M  $50,000  Andy Ashby     $5.00M   $25,000
Charles Nagy    $6.00M  $25,000  T. Hoffman     $4.70M   $25,000
Derek Jeter     $5.00M     --    Brian Jordan   $4.60M     --
Jose Offerman   $4.75M  $100,000 Mike Hampton   $4.00M   $25,000
B.J. Surhoff    $3.61M   $50,000 Jeromy Burnitz $3.61M     --
Shawn Green     $3.03M   $25,000 M. Lieberthal  $2.20M   $50,000 
Omar Vizquel    $3.00M   $50,000 Billy Wagner   $2.10M   $25,000
Jeff Zimmerman    n/a      --    Luis Gonzalez  $2.00M   $25,000 
Tony Fernandez  $2.2M    $25,000 Jose Lima      $1.95M   $25,000
Brad Ausmus     $2.00M   $25,000 V. Guerrero    $1.00M   $25,000
Troy Percival   $1.58M   $25,000 Ed Sprague     $1.00M   $25,000
Ron Coomer      $1.10M   $50,000 K. Bottenfield $800,000 $25,000
John Jaha       $850,000   --    Paul Byrd      $297,500    --
Jose Rosado     $300,000   --    Kevin Millwood $230,000    --
M. Ordonez      $275,000 $15,000 Sean Casey     $220,000    --
                                 Alex Gonzalez  $201,000    --
                                 S. Williamson  $200,000    --
     
          NOTES: Ken Griffey Jr. receives $100,000 for being
     named a starter and receiving the most AL votes, and an
     additional $25,000 for being the highest MLB vote-getter. 
     The Reds do not award performance bonuses, per team policy.
     ^ = Canseco will be replaced in the starting lineup by
     Rafael Palmeiro.  ^^ = Gwynn will be replaced in the
     starting lineup by Jeromy Burnitz.  Bob Gilhooley, Brian
     David, Pat Rooney, Fernando Cuza and Robert Greenwald are
     also part of Walker's representation team.  Craig Landis and
     Drew Moore also represent Sosa.  Salary and bonuses obtained
     by independent research and USA TODAY (THE DAILY).  

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