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Steve Gardner / USA Today:
Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer is the anti-hero baseball needs — WASHINGTON - From his unique training regimen to his scientific approach to pitching to his polarizing personality, Trevor Bauer may be the most misunderstood player in baseball. — Bauer's personality, charitably described as …
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Gabe Lacques / USA Today:
Max Scherzer, Chris Sale get starting nods in All-Star Game rematch — WASHINGTON — It will be a rerun at the start of Tuesday night's All-Star Game. This one will feel a little different for Max Scherzer, however. — Scherzer's accomplished major league career will add yet another milestone …
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Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:
Photos: Arizona Diamondbacks in the MLB All-Star Game … The Diamondbacks have hovered at or near the top of the National League West all year, never falling more than 1 1/2 games back. But if the season had ended at the All-Star break on Sunday, they would have finished just behind …
Jorge L. Ortiz / USA Today:
Home Run Derby participant Jesus Aguilar finding stardom in Milwaukee — WASHINGTON - David Ortiz had just turned 27 when the Minnesota Twins released him in December 2002, thinking the first baseman/DH was starting to get expensive and wouldn't amount to much.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
All-Star Game: Max Scherzer, Justin Verlander take different paths to historic dominance — WASHINGTON - They have everything you'd possibly want in life. — They've got more than $400 million in guaranteed contracts, the kind of money that will take care of generations of their families long after they're gone.
Steve Gardner / USA Today:
Hometown hero Bryce Harper wins MLB Home Run Derby — WASHINGTON — Fans packed Nationals Park for the All-Star Home Run Derby hoping for some heroics from hometown hero Bryce Harper. — He didn't disappoint. — Sporting a star-spangled bandana and a special cherry blossom bat …
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USA Today:
MLB Home Run Derby: Time, TV, participants, weather — Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby will commence Monday evening from Washington's Nationals Park, the fourth installment since the event went to a timed format. — While the event has long veered from an American League-National League format …
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Bill Baer / MLB Baseball News, Scores …:
Kyle Schwarber walks off to beat Rhys Hoskins 21-20 in second round of Home Run Derby
Kyle Schwarber walks off to beat Rhys Hoskins 21-20 in second round of Home Run Derby
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Cincinnati.com and baseballmusings.com
USA Today:
MLB at the All-Star break: Seven eye-opening numbers from the first half
MLB at the All-Star break: Seven eye-opening numbers from the first half
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Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Cubs have long history of competing in the Home Run Derby
Cubs have long history of competing in the Home Run Derby
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Manny Machado — The Orioles are getting “very close” to reaching an agreement on a Manny Machado trade, reports Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com (via Twitter). However, despite a report of a “handshake agreement” between the Orioles and Phillies by Barstool Sports …
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Phillies Nation and NESN.com
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MLB trade deadline: Latest buzz, news and analysis
MLB trade deadline: Latest buzz, news and analysis
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Scott Boeck / USA Today:
All-Star Game could be the last time Manny Machado wears an Orioles uniform
Dave Clark / Cincinnati.com:
Joey Votto talks to MLB Network's ‘Intentional Talk’ about when he had cornrows — Cincinnati Reds All-Star first baseman Joey Votto was on the set of MLB Network's Intentional Talk during All-Star Monday festivities preceding the Home Run Derby at Nationals Park, and he talked to co-hosts Chris Rose …
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Rob Longley / Toronto Sun:
It has been a complicated year for Canadian all-star Joey Votto — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year ago, Joey Votto was tearing up the National League on the way to an incredible season, one that earned him the Lou Marsh Award as Canada's outstanding athlete. — While it hasn't all gone downhill since …
Associated Press:
Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper to bat 6th in All-Star Game — WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper will get to enjoy at least one more grand celebration as a hometown fan favorite at Nationals Park when he trots out to right field at the beginning of the All-Star Game.
Carlos Monarrez / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit trying to move past breakup with Justin Verlander — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press Columnist — Sometimes it hurts more when they say they still think about you. — Detroiters knew this was going to be a hard weekend. Seeing your ex for the first time after the breakup is never easy.
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Marc Topkin / Tampa Bay Times:
Rays journal: Some warn that pitching strategy comes at a price — WASHINGTON — The success the Rays have had during two months of using a game opener followed by a relieving starter seems to have tamed some of the criticism of the unusual plan. — Until Arizona ace Zack Greinke …
Chicago Tribune:
Cubs' Albert Almora Jr. says wife Krystal ‘is doing much better’ — Cubs outfielder Albert Almora Jr., who was placed on family medical emergency list Sunday, tweeted Monday that his wife, Krystal, “is doing much better and baby #2 is kicking all over the place!”
Associated Press:
Success on the road lifts A's into contention — The Oakland Athletics have played their way into contention by beating up on teams that are far from it. — Oakland enters the All-Star break having won 21 of its last 27, and the A's are only three games behind the second wild card.
Brian Niemietz / New York Daily News:
Yankee slugger Giancarlo Stanton flew to Miami to party while his teammates headed to the All-Star Game — Former Miami Marlin Giancarlo Stanton couldn't wait to get back to Florida. — Shortly after the Bronx Bombers got trounced 5-2 by Cleveland to wrap up the first half of the baseball season …
Mark Gonzales / Chicago Tribune:
One step back, huge step forward for Mariners All-Star outfielder Mitch Haniger — Chicago Tribune — As no better than a fourth outfielder in Double A three years ago, Mitch Haniger believed he had nothing to lose by requesting a demotion. — “If I stay at Double-A (Mobile) and don't play, I get released,” Haniger recalled.