Yankee Stadium to get All-Star sendoff (AP)

 
Baseball is saying goodbye to Yankee Stadium during the All-Star break, a time when the sport's best gather and fans focus on one ballpark. New York general manager Brian Cashman hopes it isn't a final farewell. "Certainly we're hopeful that we can get our act together," he said, "and extend it into October." As the scoreboard in center field points out, just 32 regular-season games remain at... [link]

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