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The Dugout: Mistakes Were Made

The All-Star Game rosters were announced Sunday, and both the American League and National League rosters seem to be missing some names. Baseball fans unwittingly exhibited the follies of the democratic process when they failed to vote for guys like Adam Lind, Kevin Millwood, and Adam Dunn.Of course, All-Star snubs are an...

All-Stars Will Love That Dry Heat

Even before their first game in 1998, the Arizona Diamondbacks had tried to land an All-Star Game in Phoenix. They had a nice new park to offer, and Major League Baseball seemed to be awarding All-Star Games to cities with new stadiums.But Arizona kept striking out. The Diamondbacks had to see All-Star Games played in...

Drop the Charade: The Home Run Derby Is Better Than the All-Star Game

I hate pretense. It's something that almost ruins NCAA athletics for me. Everybody carries on like Division I athletes are amateurs, that everyone follows an archaic recruiting guidebook, that no one cheats or slips people a little money here and there. None of it's true, of course, and it's people that argue for the NCAA...

Did a Drunk Zito Cause the 2002 All-Star Game to End Early?

Peter Gammons tossed out an interesting blind item in his ESPN Insider blog this weekend: As it turns out, the reason the 2002 All-Star Game ended up tied was that a pitcher on one of the two teams was imbibing in the clubhouse and was not in condition to pitch, hence the game ended. And that's how home-field advantage...

NBA All-Star Game Headed Overseas?

New Orleans is still officially the home of the 2008 All-Star Game. Remember that. But with the whole fiasco over the hip-hop crowd, and perhaps some concerns over how NOLA will go, the NBA got to thinking. According to The Sacramento Bee, the league has considered taking the game outside of the U.S.A. because of it. Oh,...

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05/24/12 MLB All-Star Game: 5 Pitchers Who Could Start the Game... Source: Bleacher Report For a pitcher, being selected to play in the All-Star Game is an honor.
05/24/12 Wickham to Play in USILA/Lax World North-South Senior... Source: PatriotLeague.org Navy senior goalkeeper RJ Wickham (Penn Yan, N.Y.) has been selected to play in the 2012 USILA/Lax World North-South Senior All-Star Game slated for Friday at Harvard Stadium beginning at 5:30 pm.
05/23/12 2013 All-Star Game will be played at Citi Field Source: Queens Examiner - Queens NY It might be a good thing the fences were shortened at Citi Field, otherwise the Home Run Derby contest in 2013 might have been a little boring.
05/21/12 Broach Sports Tours Readies For 2012 Major League... Source: PRWeb Charlotte, N.C. (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 Broach Sports Tours has turned trips to the Major League Baseball All-Star Game into an annual outing, and it will continue the tradition at this year's All-Star Game in Kansas City on July 10.
05/19/12 A 49-Year All-Star Gap for the Mets Source: Bats - The New York Times The Kansas City Royals will host this year's All-Star Game for the first time in 39 years.