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Their shining moment quickly faded. The story of the 1980 All-Star Game starting pitchers.

LOS ANGELES — The way the clouds never formed in an ocean blue sky, the way the afternoon sun hit the San Gabriel Mountains, the way one of baseball's truest cathedrals was dropped right into the center of it — this was Dodger Stadium at its heavenliest.

Los Angeles Times

Angels’ Shohei Ohtani makes case to start in All-Star Game

There is less than a week until the All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium. On Wednesday at Angel Stadium, Dusty Baker, who will manage the American League team, got a chance to see one of his potential starting pitchers in person.

Los Angeles Times

Rays’ Shane McClanahan furthers All-Star starter bid in win over Red Sox

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — If American League/Astros manager Dusty Baker or Major League Baseball officials somehow need any more convincing that Shane McClanahan deserves to start next week’s All-Star Game, he gave it to them Wednesday.

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Dylan Cease, left off the All-Star team, is focused on improving. ‘There’s still room to get better,’ the Chicago White Sox starter says.

CHICAGO — Dylan Cease ranks among the best in the American League in several pitching categories.

Chicago Tribune

American League MVP Race Is on a Historic Track

It’s Aaron Judge vs. Shohei Ohtani, and you can’t really go wrong with either choice.

Sports Illustrated

Mariners’ France Responds to Not Being Selected for All-Star Game

The star first baseman was left off the American League roster despite being a finalist for one of the team’s starting spots.

Sports Illustrated

Angels’ Shohei Ohtani makes All-Star Game as a pitcher too

BALTIMORE — Shohei Ohtani has done it again.

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White Sox’ hitters heed manager Tony La Russa’s advice not to chase pitches

The Sox entered Saturday with a 35.9% rate of swinging at pitches outside the strike zone, the highest in the American League, according to FanGraphs.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rays lose to Reds on walk-off balk in 10th inning

CINCINNATI — Shane McClanahan gave the Rays another strong start Friday, but they couldn’t take advantage and lost to the Reds, 2-1.

Tribune News Service

White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson named 2022 All-Star starter

Anderson earned his first American League All-Star selection as a starter, beating out Bo Bichette of the Blue Jays in fan voting.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tigers' Miguel Cabrera, at age 39, selected to his 12th All-Star team

CHICAGO — Looks who's going back to the All-Star Game for the first time since 2016.

Tribune News Service

Cardinals' Albert Pujols named to All-Star Game as legacy selection in final season

ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols will return to southern California as an All-Star, but this time in a Cardinals uniform.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ryan Divish: Why Julio Rodriguez deserves to go to the All-Star Game

SAN DIEGO — If asked, he will happily say yes.

Tribune News Service

Mike Trout remains hopeful Angels can turn around season, affirms ‘This is where I want to be’

MIAMI — The questions that have dogged the Angels throughout almost all of Mike Trout’s career are back again.

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SI:AM | Julio Rodríguez Is Living Up to the Hype

The Mariners rookie is off to a historically great start.

Chicago Sun-Times

Baseball should honor Larry Doby, another pioneer in integrating the sport

On July 5, 1947, the unassuming 22-year-old joined the Cleveland Indians and played at Comiskey Park, the first Black player in the American League. Every July 5, AL players should wear his No. 14.

Chicago Sun-Times

New month, more of same for Dylan Cease in White Sox’ victory over Giants

Dylan Cease was named American League Pitcher of the Month for June on Saturday. He allowed one run in five innings, helping the Sox to an important 5-3 win.

Sports Illustrated

Alek Manoah’s Slider Is the Key to His and the Blue Jays’ Success

The 24-year-old has emerged as one of the best pitchers with one of the nastiest pitches in the American League.

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Yankees slugger Aaron Judge earns starting spot in All-Star Game, leads AL in votes

NEW YORK — The first phase of MLB All-Star Game voting has concluded, and Aaron Judge led all American League players. Under this new system, Judge has automatically earned a starting spot in the game thanks to winning Phase 1. Braves’ outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. will join Judge, as he…

Sports Illustrated

Aaron Judge and the Yankees Find a Compromise

Aaron Judge’s contract year is one of the defining story lines of this season, and last night, he made his latest case for why the Yankees should pay him whatever the heck he wants to spend the rest of his career in pinstripes. With two on, two out and the…

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Joe Starkey: Shohei Ohtani is the greatest baseball player of all time — period

PITTSBURGH — In a sport where the numbers often become numbing — I can look up the Pirates' record on Tuesday nights on artificial turf against 27-year-old left-handers with mustaches who played for at least two American League teams — this little nugget leaped from the computer screen. It came…

Sports Illustrated

Six Takeaways on MLB’s First All-Star Fan Voting Update

For the most part, the fans got it right, but there were still a few snubs in the results released on Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sweet home Chicago? Not for the White Sox, who need to get cooking at the Rate

The Sox began the current homestand with a 13-17 mark at home, third-worst in the American League. Want to point to an area in need of major improvement? Start right there.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Benjamin Hochman: How I learned to stop worrying and love the DH in the NL

Harrison Bader, often the Cardinals’ eighth hitter in previous seasons, led off the second inning in the first game. After he singled, I remember thinking: Ugh, the pitcher is coming up.

Tribune News Service

Jameson Taillon shuts down Blue Jays, Aaron Hicks delivers key hit as Yankees run win streak to 9

TORONTO — The Yankees can crush a team, like they did Friday night. They can scrape out wins, like they did in the three-game sweep of the Rays earlier this week. The pitchers can shut teams down, like Jameson Taillon did to the Blue Jays Saturday. And they can come…

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