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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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Anthony Fenech / Detroit Free Press:
How Detroit Tigers' Joe Jimenez went from fringe big leaguer to All-Star — This year's Home Run Derby will include Bryce Harper, but the rest of the names border on uninspiring. Will the event's lack of star power hurt it? Time — CONNECT — WASHINGTON, D.C. — By late afternoon on Monday, it had yet to sink in.
Jerry CrasnickESPN Senior / ESPN:
Bryce brings down the house with epic Home Run Derby comeback — WASHINGTON — Too many days this season, Bryce Harper has looked more like a young athlete saddled with a terrible burden than a superstar on the precipice of an adventure. He's hitting .214.
Gabe Lacques / Arizona Republic:
Booing Bryce Harper? Sean Doolittle mistakes Nationals fans' cheers during Home Run Derby — WASHINGTON — Sean Doolittle won't pitch in Tuesday night's All-Star Game, but the Washington Nationals reliever, on the disabled list with a toe injury, got a glorious shout-out from his hometown crowd during Monday's Home Run Derby.
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.
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Dodgers' Muncy finds that swinging for the fences in the home run derby is exhausting … Midway through his second round at the home run derby, as he tried in vain to distance himself from eventual champion Bryce Harper, Dodgers infielder Max Muncy felt the cumulative weight of swinging for the fences.
Bob Nightengale / USA Today:
Bryce Harper gets rid of the ‘elephant,’ everyone knows this could be last season with Nationals
Ari Gilberg / New York Daily News:
Alex Rodriguez ‘loves’ Manny Machado, says whoever trades for Jacob deGrom will win World Series — Whoever gets Manny Machado or Jacob deGrom will have hit a home run, according to A-Rod. — The former Yankee slugger and current special adviser fawned over the two players …
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Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Manny Machado
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Scott Boeck / USA Today:
All-Star Game could be the last time Manny Machado wears an Orioles uniform
Mike Mazzeo / New York Daily News:
Manny Machado says his Instagram ‘like’ on photo of him in Yankees uniform was ‘just a mistake’
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MLB trade deadline: Latest buzz, news and analysis
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Jim Salisbury / NBCSports.com:
As Phillies wait for answer on Manny Machado, keep an eye on J.A. Happ
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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
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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 …
David Murphy / The Charlotte Observer:
Phillies' success isn't tanking, and it never was - it's a youth movement — It wasn't long ago that the Phillies found themselves facing some serious allegations from folks who insisted that their rebuilding effort amounted to “tanking.” From the ESPN airwaves to the pages of the local papers …
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Mitchell Gladstone / Philly.com:
Phillies minor leagues: JoJo Romero is turning things around at double-A Reading
Benjamin Hochman / The Charlotte Observer:
Will changes rejuvenate a Cardinals team that says it wants to win? — It's not as if the Cardinals have a purposeful playlist of metaphorical songs, played in the clubhouse to subliminally spread messages; it's just a cool song, so they played it after the fun win.
Chapel Fowler / The Charlotte Observer:
Oldest living MLB player, at 99, lives in Charlotte. And he has a great story to tell. — On Sept. 3, 1941, Fred Caligiuri sat alone in the Philadelphia Athletics' dugout, ahead of a road game against the Washington Senators. — He was 22 years old, ecstatic about his Major League Baseball call …
Bob Ford / Philly.com:
Is the national pastime really more strikeouts than hits? | Bob Ford — Baseball has always been a sequence of pleasant lulls interrupted by brief bursts of action, and the deliberate, even sedentary, pace of the game as it meanders toward nine innings of play is part of its inherent charm.
Ed Barkowitz / Philly.com:
Quiz: One-time Phillies all-stars ... and where have you gone, Domonic Brown? — Mike Schmidt holds the Phillies record with 12 all-star selections. Robin Roberts and Steve Carlton are tied for the most among pitchers with seven. — But what about those flashes in the pan that pose …
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 …
