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Christian.jpg Pretty solid week and a half for Justin Christian. First big league call-up, first major league hit and now his first all-star berth. On Wednesday, Christian was named the lone Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees all-star.He is among the league leaders in only one category -- ninth in steals -- but his .313 average would rank third if he had enough at-bats to qualify. He's undoubtedly ... [link]

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Minor League Recap - 7/2
Published 7/2/2008 by Mantlemurcer (noreply@blogger.com) at My Pinstripes
... Chad Jennings reported that Justin Christian has been named to the Triple-A All-Star Team. Austin Jackson, Chris Malec, PJ Pilittere and Jason Jones have been named to the Double-A All-Star squad. ...

Bronx Banter: June Farm Report
Published 7/3/2008 at Baseball Toaster
... Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre The big news out of Scranton is that Shelley Duncan 's season might be over due to a separated shoulder suffered after making the spectacular warning-track catch pictured here . Not that it matters any more, but Shelley hit a miserable .160/.328/.280 in June. In other 40-man roster news, Ian Kennedy , who was activated from the DL and optioned to single-A Tampa last week, dominated for five innings in his lone Tampa start and is scheduled to start for Scranton tonight. First baseman Juan Miranda finally stayed healthy in June and hit ...

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Pregame notes: Duncan and Horne on DL > emedia.thetimes-tribune.com > SWB Yankees Blog on thetimes

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