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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.
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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 …
Tim Bannon / Chicago Tribune:
Did Bryce Harper cheat in the Home Run Derby? Some Cubs fans think so. — Chicago Tribune — Bryce Harper beat Kyle Schwarber in Monday's thrilling — well, as thrilling as a gimmick event like that can be — Home Run Derby. — But some Cubs fans are whining, as the Washington Post's …
Paul Sullivan / Chicago Tribune:
Bryce Harper's epic Home Run Derby duel with Kyle Schwarber will be hard to top — Chicago Tribune — A picture's worth 1,000 words, and the photo of Bryce Harper being lifted up by manager Dave Martinez after winning the Home Run Derby Monday night said it all.
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.
Gabe Lacques / Arizona Republic:
Booing Bryce Harper? Sean Doolittle mistakes Nationals fans' cheers during Home Run Derby
Booing Bryce Harper? Sean Doolittle mistakes Nationals fans' cheers during Home Run Derby
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Los Angeles Times:
Dodgers' Muncy finds that swinging for the fences in the home run derby is exhausting
Joel Sherman / New York Post:
Yankees appear to have lost Manny Machado sweepstakes — WASHINGTON — The Yankees were indeed in for Manny Machado, and now as a deal for the Orioles slugger grows closer to conclusion, they are bystanders. — The Yankees were not willing to include one of their highest-end prospects such as Clint Frazier or Justus Sheffield.
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MLB Trade Rumors, MLB Baseball News …, Phillies Nation and Camden Chat
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Andy McCullough / Los Angeles Times:
Orioles star Manny Machado ready for new destination as trade deadline approaches
Orioles star Manny Machado ready for new destination as trade deadline approaches
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Baltimore Business Journal, True Blue LA, Baltimore Sun and Camden Chat
Ari Gilberg / New York Daily News:
Alex Rodriguez ‘loves’ Manny Machado, says whoever trades for Jacob deGrom will win World Series
Alex Rodriguez ‘loves’ Manny Machado, says whoever trades for Jacob deGrom will win World Series
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Kristie Ackert / New York Daily News:
Jacob deGrom won't start All-Star Game as NL honor goes to Nationals' Max Scherzer
Jim Salisbury / NBCSports.com:
As Phillies wait for answer on Manny Machado, keep an eye on J.A. Happ
As Phillies wait for answer on Manny Machado, keep an eye on J.A. Happ
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Athletics Nation, MLB Daily Dish, Minor League Ball, MLB Trade Rumors, Phillies Nation and Philly.com
Steve Adams / MLB Trade Rumors:
Latest On Manny Machado
Latest On Manny Machado
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Bleacher Report, School of Roch, Brew Crew Ball, Camden Chat and DodgerBlue.com
Scott Boeck / USA Today:
All-Star Game could be the last time Manny Machado wears an Orioles uniform
All-Star Game could be the last time Manny Machado wears an Orioles uniform
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MLB Baseball News …
Fox Sports:
Small Ball: Altuve, Betts bring compact pop to All-Star Game — WASHINGTON (AP) In decades past they would have been given nicknames like “Pee Wee” and coached to shorten their swings, keep the ball close to the ground, find holes and use their speed to leg out base hits. — Now, “small ball” has a new meaning.
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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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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.
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:
Astros are baseball's most dominant force — and they're having more fun than you
Astros are baseball's most dominant force — and they're having more fun than you
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Amazin' Avenue, Federal Baseball and The Crawfish Boxes
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 …
Erik Brady / USA Today:
Why C-Flap helmet add-ons are causing safety flap on youth league diamonds — Mike Trout wears a C-flap. Bryce Harper does, too. They're among 10 players in Tuesday's MLB All-Star Game who wear attachments to their batting helmets that are designed to protect a batter's cheek and jaw.
Will Larkin / Chicago Tribune:
From Lou Boudreau to Kirby Puckett: Chicago area's all-time MLB baseball team — Chicago's history with the All-Star game goes back to the first one, played in 1933 at Comiskey Park. Since then, the city and the team have provided some memorable Midsummer Classic moments. — Chicago Tribune
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 …
Dave D'Onofrio / Boston Globe:
Red Sox power rankings: Who's on top at the All-Star break? — After a couple of quick exits from the American League Division Series, there were plenty of lingering doubts when the Red Sox started the season with a record of 17-2. Wait-and-see seemed to be the prevailing wisdom …
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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.
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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 …
Jerry CrasnickESPN Senior / ESPN:
Is this All-Star pitching parade so good it's bad for baseball? — WASHINGTON — Blake Snell knows what it's like to perform before small crowds in a national-publicity vacuum — just like David Price, James Shields and all the other successful pitchers who preceded him in Tampa Bay.
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.