Starters and Reserves for 2009 MLB All-Star Game Announced
bizofbaseball.com 7/5/2009 — Select to see the final 2009 ASG Voting (PDF) St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Albert Pujols and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter have finished as Major League Baseball’s leading vote-getters in a record year for fan balloting and will be among the starters in the 80th ...

Let’s Help the NL Actually WIN an All-Star Game
hirejimessian.com 6/24/2009 — I like the All-Star Game. I think it’s a terrific event, a nice break in the season, and the only All-Star Game in the major sports about which anyone gives a damn. However, I am not a fan of the All-Star Game meaning anything more than mid-season entertainment. When Bud Selig made the ...

Fox Says You Watched the All-Star Game
fangsbites.com 7/15/2009 — Here's a release from Fox Sports in regards to the ratings for last night's All-Star Game. THE VOTES ARE IN: 80 TH ALL-STAR GAME A LANDSLIDE WINNER FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL & FOX SPORTS President Obama’s Appearance Coupled With ...

Alteration at the All Star Game
mvn.com 6/1/2009 — For years now, Major League Baseball has pushed its All Star Game - the Midsummer Classic - as the ultimate showcase of the game's best players. While that is not exactly a preposterous statement, it is at best a fallacious one. If that weren't true, we wouldn't have the bevy of "Most ...

Alteration at the All Star Game
community.foxsports.com 6/1/2009 — For years now, Major League Baseball has pushed its All Star Game – the Midsummer Classic – as the ultimate showcase of the game’s best players. While that is not exactly a preposterous statement, it is at best a fallacious one. If that weren’t true, we wouldn’t have the bevy of “Most ...

Editorial: Is it Time for the MLB All-Star Game to Let Its Hair Down?
bizofbaseball.com 7/14/2009 — I’m pretty sure what you’re about to read will not sit well with most of you. But, after seeing the direction that the All-Star Game has headed, it seems to me it’s time for MLB and the game itself to throw back a couple, get loose, and stop masquerading as an event that has true meaning. The ...

Rollins, Ibanez take over in NL voting | MLB.com: News
mlb.mlb.com 6/8/2009 — By Jesse Sanchez / MLB.com 06/08/09 12:09 PM ET Welcome to the top of the All-Star leaderboards, Jimmy and Raul. The third 2009 National League balloting update for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game, to be held July 14 in St. Louis, was released ...

Utley Now 1st in Overall NL All-Star Game Voting, Manny Ramirez Drops to 6th for Outfielders
bizofbaseball.com 6/15/2009 — Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley, the most popular National League player in balloting for the 2008 Midsummer Classic, has jumped to the top spot for the first time in this year’s race, overtaking first baseman Albert Pujols of the host St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth ...

Almost In Defense Of...The MLB All-Star Game
thundermatt.com 7/2/2009 — Originally, this post was to be titled War Criminal: The MLB All-Star Game . I was going to go on a glorious tirade about how I hated what the All-Star game has become. I was going to rant about the stupidity of making it "count." I was going to seethe with rage at the online ballot stuffing ...

A Complete Broadcast History of the MLB All-Star Game
bizofbaseball.com 7/14/2009 — With the 80th MLB All-Star Game preparing to kick off at 8 p.m. ET on FOX, television will witness its 58th airing of the Mid-Summer Classic. It is also it’s the first All-Star Game played in St. Louis since 1966. ( Select the image provided to see the “Tale of the Tape” ...

Marlins hold off Yankees as Sabathia leaves early with injury — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 6/22/2009
Hanley Ramirez and Cody Ross homered, and the Florida Marlins held off a late rally to beat the struggling New York Yankees 6-5 ...

Ramirez takes edge on Rollins in NL vote — Major League Baseball News 6/22/2009
Frankly, you can't go wrong with Jimmy Rollins of the Phillies or Hanley Ramirez of the Marlins. And that's what makes picking a starting shortstop so tough.

Crow to perform free All-Star concert — Major League Baseball News 6/22/2009
Nine-time Grammy winner and Missouri native Sheryl Crow will perform a free concert under the famed Gateway Arch in St. Louis on Saturday, July 11, as part of the 2009 All-Star Game festivities.

Sheryl Crow to headline MLB All-Star Game concert — ESPN.com - MLB 6/22/2009
Sheryl Crow will headline a fundraising concert during All-Star game weekend in St. Louis as part of Major League Baseball's commitment to participate in President Barack Obama's United We Serve initiative.

Scutaro, Not Jeter for All-Star Game AL Shortstop — Bleacher Report - MLB 6/22/2009
  There is always a good deal of popularity factors in All-Star voting. That doesn't mean we have to like it. Knowing how something happens doesn't make it better.  Derek Jeter is loved. What's more, he's loved by a fan base that ...