slidingintohome.blogspot.com - 7/12/2008
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From The Star-Ledger : "I am not going to be physically able to perform my duties during the All-Star activities," Sheppard told The Star-Ledger from his home in Baldwin, N.Y. "I notified the Yankees that my back-up, Jim Hall - H-A-L-L - will be filling in for me." Sheppard has not worked this season while recovering from a series of illnesses. His weight had dropped from 150 to 105, but ...
MLB All-Star Game: Bronx visit a maiden voyage for many
mlb.mlb.com 7/12/2008 — July 12 --- by Bryan Hoch / MLB.com: Tuesday's All-Star Game in the Bronx brings the opportunity for all of Major League Baseball to embrace the game's cathedral, and also a chance for some National League players who -- for one reason or another -- have never made it into a game on its storied playing field...
Yanks May Have "Bernie Williams Day" This Year
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/12/2008 — Don't really know how I missed this yesterday, but the Yankees may have a "Bernie Williams Day" this season before moving into the new Yankee Stadium. From Dan Graziano : Williams and the Yankees have not been on friendly terms since he turned down the team's offer of a minor-league contract and spring training invitation in February of 2007. But there has been talk recently of a ...
Lupica: Murcer truly a beloved Yankee
nydailynews.com 7/13/2008 — There will be a moment of silence for Bobby Murcer Tuesday night, at the All-Star Game. Then one last time they will cheer him big at Yankee Stadium, the biggest place the kid from Oklahoma ever saw, this time to the heavens.
ALL WRIGHT! DAVID'S AN NL ALL-STAR —
NY Post: Sports 7/12/2008
The back door to the All-Star Game is as good an entrance as any for David Wright. Actually, the back door closed when Wright lost the fans' online vote to the Brewers' Corey Hart. Wright may have to enter Yankee Stadium through an open manhole...
Wright makes NL All-Star team —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/12/2008
David Wright made the National League All-Star team for Tuesday's All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium, punching his third straight ticket to the Midsummer Classic. But this time, all he needs is a MetroCard to get there.
Stadium's midsummer memories —
NYDailyNews.com - Baseball 7/13/2008
Admit it, we have never thought of Yankee Stadium as an All-Star Game venue. Too bad all those Yankee World Series left the Stadium's three All-Star Games as afterthoughts in all the chronicles. For they, too, had their moments.
George: A real All-Star —
Newsday.com - Yankees 7/13/2008
George Steinbrenner has come to New York for only one other
game this season - Opening Day - but he plans to be in the house Tuesday night when the All-Star Game visits Yankee Stadium one last time.
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