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ryphilli posted 7/6/2007 from sportsyenta.blogspot.com [flag]

In a move that can only be described as justice finally being done, Padres pitcher Chris Young has been voted in to the All-Star game next week. In what can only be described as a Richard J. Daley -esque voting drive, Young received over 4.5 million votes from people who believed he should be the last person on the National League's All-Star team. The Padres put computers in the concourses ... [link]

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Cheap Shots #42: Elgin Baylor, Expert At Lemonade.
Published 7/8/2007 by Signal to Noise at Signal to Noise
... Speaking of the All-Star game, good to see Chris Young get a nod as an injury replacement (should’ve been there in the first place.) [Rumors and Rants] ...

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