Pablo Sandoval went from a fun-loving figure to a pariah  —  Even as the San Francisco Giants were celebrating their third World Series championship of the decade in a champagne-soaked clubhouse in 2014, outfielder Gregor Blanco talked about his attempts to convince teammate Pablo Sandoval that the grass wasn't greener elsewhere.

LEADING OFF: Bumgarner back from crash, All-Stars aplenty  —  A look at what's happening all around the majors:  —  BUM IS BACK  —  Giants ace Madison Bumgarner returns to the mound for the first time since a dirt bike accident led to a sprained AC joint in his pitching shoulder and bruised ribs.

Two-strike pitches haunt Tim Adleman again in loss  —  Two pitches into their first face-off Friday, Tim Adleman had two strikes on Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper.  —  The first was a curveball down and in, and Harper fanned at it.  The second was the same pitch in the same spot, but this time Harper fouled it off.