Dodgers Notes: Ethier named an All-Star
Andre Ethier will get to be a part of the All-Star Game in his hometown after all. Ethier, who finished second to the Phillies’ Shane Victorino in balloting conducted this week for the last spot on the National League roster, was informed Friday that since Victorino is injured, he would join teammates Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw for Tuesday night’s All-Star Game in Phoenix.
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AP: A’s Grant Green takes home MVP at Futures game
PHOENIX (AP) — Grant Green thought back to the last time he was an MVP. It was three years ago, and he was representing Chatham in the Cape Cod League All-Star game.
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2011 MLB Home Run Derby Contestants: Will All-America Team Trump World Sluggers?
The newly christened team format for tonight’s MLB Home Run Derby, which will pit four sluggers from the American League against four free swingers from the National League, has spawned an interest bit of irony for baseball fans to chew on, if only for a short while. The American League team just so happens to consist entirely of players born outside of the United States. Three of the four …
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