A-Rod, Manny notable by absenceThe selection of the 2009 All-Stars is notable as much for who wasn't chosen -- namely Alex Rodriguez and Manny Ramirez -- as who was tabbed for the Midsummer Classic.
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Jovial return for Manny
You cannot say that Manny Ramirez beat the system, because the system nabbed him and punished him. But you also cannot say that he was beaten by the system, because he is back at his post.
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Omissions loom for NL first basemenAs the All-Star Game online balloting closed on Thursday night, you could be completely certain that some members of a particular baseball demographic would be slighted. Those would be National League first basemen.
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Halos pursue glory through adversity
In most of this new millennium, finding the Angels in first place in the AL West has had all the shock value of discovering that July immediately follows June.
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Cinderella back in ColoradoNot long ago, GMs were calling Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd, thinking the Rockies would be sellers. Since then, Colorado has become the hottest team in the Majors.
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Blockbuster trades not likely
Major League Baseball's July 31st trading deadline without waivers is five weeks away, but general mangers already are laying groundwork for what they hope will be a blockbuster to rival the monumental deals of 2008. It probably won't happen.
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Fehr's tenure has had ups, downsDonald Fehr, who's overseen the MLB Players Association during an unprecedented time of growth, made sure the players he represented got their fair share of the pie, but he was also too slow to embrace a stronger drug policy.
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