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Dave van Dyck / Chicago Tribune:
Selig wants pitchers rested — Proposes ban for All-Star hurlers Sunday before game — PITTSBURGH — While meeting with baseball writers Tuesday before the All-Star Game, Commissioner Bud Selig threw out a stunning proposal—banning All-Star Game pitchers from being used on the Sunday before the Midsummer Classic.
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The Sports Economist
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USA Today:
Selig's reign will be remembered for the good ... the ugly — PITTSBURGH — There's certain serenity to a river as it splashes against a concrete bulkhead on a humid July night. But don't let it fool you. It can be calm one moment and turn into an angry ogre the next.
Murray Chass / New York Times:Future for the N.L. Is Looking as Dismal as the Past
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Yankees 2000
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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Jack Curry / New York Times:
American League Wins M.L.B All-Star Game — PITTSBURGH, July 11 — The National League was one out away from ending 10 years of misery in the All-Star Game, one out away from defeating the American League and finally being able to feel like the superior league for one night.
Kevin Baxter / Miami Herald:
Selig: Marlins must get ballpark — Commissioner Bud Selig said Tuesday that baseball remains committed to keeping a team in South Florida but insisted the sport cannot survive there without a new stadium. — ''[It's] a market that we should be in. But [it's] a bad ballpark with a bad lease,'' Selig said.
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FishStripes
Bill Ladson / MLB.com:
Soriano unaffected by unfamiliarity — Left fielder goes 1-for-2 in first National League All-Star action — PITTSBURGH — In his previous three All-Star Games, Nationals outfielder Alfonso Soriano knew everyone on the American League team, from the Yankees' Derek Jeter to Rangers shortstop Michael Young.
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District of Baseball
NY Daily News:
Phil in blank — All-Star Confidential — PITTSBURGH - In their quest to land a power-hitting outfielder before the trading deadline, the Yankees are closely monitoring developments in Philadelphia, where GM Pat Gillick is seeking to dump the hefty contracts of Pat Burrell and Bobby Abreu.
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Bronx Banter
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Adam Rubin / NY Daily News:
Wright, Beltran hit home — PITTSBURGH - Don't blame the Mets. — David Wright, who reached the finals of the Home Run Derby, picked up where he left off with the first pitch he ever saw in an All-Star Game. Wright, who had a .367 average against lefties during the first half …
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Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Report details injury — Ramírez might have tear in knee — PITTSBURGH — Even as Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig reiterated yesterday he was irritated with Manny Ramírez's no-show at the 77th All-Star Game, a report purporting to offer details of the injury to Ramírez's right knee emerged.
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Baseball Musings
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Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
All-Star game unplugged — PITTSBURGH - Come on. Like Fox was really going to show the good stuff when it placed microphones on players during the All-Star game. — Much as we'd love to write about the game, it can be summarized in two sentences. The American League won 3-2. The National League stinks.
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Camden Chat
Kat O'Brien / Dallas Star-Telegram:
Ortiz pondered Rangers — PITTSBURGH - This might pain Rangers fans, but designated hitter David Ortiz considered coming to Texas before signing with Boston in the 2002-03 off-season. — Ortiz was released by the Minnesota Twins on Dec. 16, 2002. He had batted .272 with 20 home runs …
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Lone Star Ball
Chris De Luca / Chicago Sun Times:
Cora mishap with fungo bat KO's Zambrano — PITTSBURGH — A freak accident involving White Sox third base coach Joey Cora and Cubs All-Star Carlos Zambrano could send the right-hander to the disabled list for the first time since 2002. — Zambrano was the only Cubs representative …
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Kevin Kernan / New York Post:
JETER: 'THEY DESERVE THAT RESPECT' — July 12, 2006 — PITTSBURGH - You bet the Mets deserve to be the favorites at the All-Star break to win the World Series. — They still have to go out and prove it on the field in the second half, but they've earned the upgrade in odds.
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Holliday sleepless in star-studded role … Pittsburgh - Rockies outfielder Matt Holliday awoke earlier Monday morning, a buzz of activity. Well, that's not entirely accurate. He hadn't gone to sleep, and at 3 in the morning, he began playing baseball in the hotel hallway with his infant son, Jackson, and one of his advisers.
