mlb.mlb.com - 7/5/2007
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DETROIT -- All-Star Game starter? One start certainly doesn't decide who should start the Midsummer Classic, but Justin Verlander made his case while the Tigers' offense roughed up one of the other top contenders Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park. >
Verlander looked dominant at times while Placido Polanco, Carlos Guillen and Gary Sheffield all homered off Major League wins leader C.C. ...
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