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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 …
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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 …
USA Today:
Why so many home runs? — PITTSBURGH — Major League Baseball insists its steroid-testing policy is the most stringent in sports. Federal agents, with the raid of an infamous Bay Area laboratory and a former pitcher's home, let baseball fans know they're cracking down on the use of illegal performance-enhancing drugs, too.
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 …
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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 …
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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Agence France Presse:
Major League Baseball sees indictment coming for Bonds — NEW YORK (AFP) - Several senior figures in Major League Baseball expect Barry Bonds will be indicted by a San Francisco grand jury investigating the record-setting slugger, a US newspaper reported. — The New York Daily News …
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NY Daily News:
Sources see indictment on deck for Barry — BY MICHAEL O'KEEFFE in Pittsburgh and T.J. QUINN in New York — Barry Bonds has played in 13 All-Star Games during his career, but during yesterday's All-Star media sessions he seemed like one of those old Soviet leaders who were airbrushed …
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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.
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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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.
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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John P. Yuda / Nationals Farm Authority:
Price Reductions and Food Improvements Coming to RFK — WASHINGTON — Nationals Team President Stan Kasten today announced several changes aimed at improving the fan experience at RFK Stadium. — Beginning July 25, 1000 each of tickets currently priced $11 and $7 will be reduced to $5 and $3 respectively …
New York Post:
POWER PLAYS — MINAYA, CASHMAN MUST NOT REPEAT BAD DEALS OF THE PAST — "With great power comes great responsibility." - Uncle Ben to Peter Parker (Spider-Man) — THE most important players, right now, for the Mets and Yankees carry Blackberrys. The statistic to watch is cell minutes used.
