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Associated Press:
AL no one's junior; Young's ninth-inning triple downs NL yet again — CBS SportsLine.com wire reports — PITTSBURGH — No matter who's on the mound, the National League can't find a way to close out an All-Star Game. — With the American League down to its final strike …
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Selig promises to remedy blackouts — PITTSBURGH - Even the commissioner of baseball isn't immune to the sport's television blackout rules. — Bud Selig admitted Tuesday that he has been restricted from watching some games this season - and that he intends to change the policy that leaves …
Mark Newman / MLB.com:
MLB, FOX reach seven-year extension — Network keeps World Series, will air LCS on rotating basis — PITTSBURGH — Joe Buck gets to keep the keys to the Porsche. — Standing next to the PNC Park batting cage a couple of hours before broadcasting another All-Star Game tonight to millions …
Richard Justice / Houston Chronicle:
Loss' lessons may pay off in October — PITTSBURGH — Phil Garner had positioned the National League to win its first — "I couldn't have scripted it any better," he said later. — Indeed. — This was a Garner game in substance and style. The go-ahead run scored during …
Jerry Crasnick / ESPN:
NL lineups aren't as deep … There are lots of surer bets than the American League beating the National League in a head-to-head matchup. — Try Phil Mickelson out-finessing Charles Barkley in a closest-to-the-pin contest. Or Takeru Kobayashi downing more all-beef wieners than Calista Flockhart.
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Murray Chass / New York Times:Future for the N.L. Is Looking as Dismal as the Past
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David Lennon / Newsday:
Reyes, Glavine settle for being All-Star spectators — The All-Star Game lost some of its sparkle for the Mets yesterday when Tom Glavine and Jose Reyes were forced to bow out. — Both still will attend the festivities in Pittsburgh. They just won't be playing.
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David Lennon / Newsday:
An All-Star Met makes own break — Wright ends first half in fine fashion, hitting clutch 3-run HR in 8th — For anyone who has paid attention to the first half of this season, seeing David Wright walk to the plate in the eighth inning with the game on the line was a perfect scenario for the Mets.
Associated Press:
Selig defends drug-testing program — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bud Selig defended baseball's drug-testing program Tuesday and insisted the toughened policy is working, and later touched on recent scandals set off by Barry Bonds, Jose Canseco and Jason Grimsley. — "I really think steroid use has been minimized," the commissioner said.
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Kevin Kernan / New York Post:
A-ROD AND BIG PAPI ARE FRIENDLY RIVALS — July 11, 2006 — NOTEBOOK PITTSBURGH - Yankees and Red Sox can be friends. — Alex Rodriguez was rooting for his Boston rival, David Ortiz, in last night's Home Run Derby at PNC Park, but that was not enough to carry Big Papi into the finals.
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Will Carroll / Baseball Prospectus:
Under The Knife — Which Limp? — friendly — Contact — By the time you read this, I'll be in Pittsburgh. Brad Wochomurka and I will be covering the All-Star Game for Baseball Prospectus Radio and, like last year, we'll talk with as many players as possible.
Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Cup Ratings Are Up, but Fans Deserve Better — The quadrennial visit of the World Cup must be viewed as a television success story. The final on Sunday attracted 16.9 million American viewers, and the star of stars, Zinédine Zidane of France, morphed from magician to the soccer equivalent …
Amalie Benjamin / Boston Globe:
For Papelbon, eyes have it — Red Sox rookie's look exudes confidence — Given Jonathan Papelbon's high level of confidence since boyhood, those near the Red Sox rookie closer are not surprised to see him signing autographs during All-Star festivities at Pittsburgh. (AP Photo)
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Associated Press:
Woman accused of stalking Uecker pleads not guilty — CBS SportsLine.com wire reports — MILWAUKEE — A woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of stalking Hall of Fame announcer Bob Uecker. — An attorney for Ann Ladd, 45, entered the plea at a preliminary hearing in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
Martin McNeal / Sacramento Bee:
Marty Mac's World: Wells' waiting game indicates he wants more — Bonzi Wells is free to sign with any NBA team starting Wednesday. — Sacramento Bee/José Luis Villegas — One day, maybe even Wednesday, when NBA teams can sign free agents, we're going to find out quite a bit …
Alan Robinson / Associated Press:
For Tanner, Garner, All-Star game is like 1979 revisited — PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chuck Tanner always said it would take someone special to get him back into a major league uniform for the first time in two decades. — Phil Garner was that guy. — Tanner, who managed Garner …
Sports Illustrated:
The Half-Season Awards — Intrigue over AL MVP race, Cy Young-worthy rookies — It's old news how the American League, as in European soccer league designations, is a higher league than the National League. But now that we've hit the unofficial halfway mark of the season with the All-Star break …
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