On any all-time all-star baseball team one's first baseman would not be Greenberg but, indubitably, Lou Gehrig.
The 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game takes place tonight at Chase Field in Phoenix, home of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
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The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is where the game's high-priced big names go to mingle with their peers, hang with their agents and perhaps compare their latest endorsement deals and car purchases.
San Francisco hosts Major League Baseball's All-Star Game tonight.
On Friday, two San Francisco, California, officials wrote a three-page letter to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to ask that the 2011 All-Star Game be moved from Phoenix, Arizona, if the law is not repealed.
Besides the All-Star game, the city boasts two new baseball stadiums, a new basketball arena and a role in hosting next year's Super Bowl at the new MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Imagine a baseball team with a veteran All-Star first baseman and a hot 22-year-old who has been tearing it up in Triple-A. They want to get their young prospect some playing time, but don't believe he'll really benefit much from another season facing Triple-A pitching.
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Baseball also marked the official start of All-Star voting, with the online ballot up and running, and voting slated for every major league stadium by May 7.
Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League have an All-Star Game.
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During his baseball career, Schilling was a six-time All-Star selection, three-time World Series champion and 2001 World Series MVP.
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He had hip surgery in January that is expected to keep him out of action until after the All-Star break, and now A-Rod is being investigated by Major League Baseball regarding allegations that he received PEDs from a Florida anti-aging clinic.
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The party plans include five days of fanfare, including All-Star players parading along 42nd Street on a massive red carpet, player appearances and baseball clinics at the Javits Center convention facility, and, of course, the annual home run derby at Citi Field.
He was the All-Star game MVP in July and currently has the second highest batting average in all of baseball.
Sale is one of baseball's most promising young pitchers, a dazzling left-hander coming off an All-Star season in 2012.
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