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Arguably the best player of the Los Angeles Dodgers of the
1970s, Steve Garvey won the 1974 All-Star Game Most Valuable
Player Award and capped off his Dodger career with a World
Series championship in 1981. He was signed by the San Diego
Padres as a free agent after the 1982 season. From 1975 to 1983,
he played in a National League record 1,207 consecutive games.
Garvey was often mentioned as a potential candidate for elected
office after he retired, but the revelation that he had several
illegitimate children dashed any political ambitions.  Garvey
was not elected to the Hall of Fame in the 15 years of voting by
the BBWAA, and now must wait until the Veterans Committee gets
the chance to vote on him.  Garvey had been a sports star at
Michigan State University in the late 1960s, and came up with
the Dodgers for the first time at a