Better late than never: MLB dodges another All-Star controversy - Jon Heyman - SI.com

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 Better late than never: MLB dodges another All-Star controversy - Jon Heyman  - SI.com
NEW YORK -- A farce was about to break out in the almost endless All-Star Game. Red Sox outfielder J.D. Drew and Mets third baseman David Wright weren't warming up in the bullpen just yet for their respective leagues. But the two multitalented All-Stars (but maybe not quite multitalented enough to be pitching in an All-Star Game) were perhaps only minutes away from having to scale the pitchers ... [link]

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Three Days Without Baseball
Published 7/17/2008 by Brandon Heikoop (noreply@blogger.com) at The Outsiders Look at the Insides of Baseball
... Jon Heyman at SI.com discusses how close the game was to again becoming controversial. The argument Heyman presents discusses how both ...

The Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever
Published 7/17/2008 by Hick Flick (noreply@blogger.com) at Rumors and Rants
... But according to SI.com's Jon Heyman (I'm I the only who wishes he and Buster Olney would switch first names?) we were thisclose to a comedy of epic proportions. ...

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