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...

Bob Sheppard To Miss All-Star Game
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/12/2008 — 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 ...

Three New Photos of the New Stadium
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/12/2008 — Three photos of the interior of the new Yankee Stadium.

Sports of The Times: Cheers for Giambi, but Silence for Bonds
nytimes.com 7/12/2008 — Though both Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi have been similarly tainted by performance-enhancing drug scandals, the consequences have been vastly different. >

Yanks KO Litsch early, jump out to big lead
mvn.com 7/12/2008 — The Toronto Blue Jays-New York Yankees game at Rogers Centre on Saturday was over in a hurry. First, it looked like the Blue Jays having their way against Yankee starter Darrell Rasner, but New York has come back in a huge way, scoring runs in each of the first four innings. At the end of five innings, the Yankees are out in front, 9-4, with the game still in progress.

Greenhorns enjoying green playground — Major League Baseball News 7/12/2008
Tires, milk jugs -- not your average childrens' toys, but No Fault Eco-Play Playground at the Kips Bays Boys & Girls Club in the Bronx, which opened Saturday as part of Major League Baseball's greening initiative, is made up of just those materials.

Yankees Notebook: Moeller in Lineup to Give Struggling Starter a Boost — NYT > Baseball 7/12/2008
Chad Moeller caught Darrell Rasner’s first five starts, and with Rasner slumping lately, Manager Joe Girardi decided to let them work together again. >

Milestone homers carry Yanks to win — Major League Baseball News 7/12/2008
Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez each recorded a milestone home run and drove in three runs as the Yankees' offense broke out of an eight-game slump with a 9-4 victory over the Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre.

Murcer's death saddens current Yanks — Major League Baseball News 7/13/2008
Following an afternoon game with the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre, Yankees players and staff members stuck around, not to talk about baseball, but to talk about the man whose smile and positive attitude had been a staple at Yankee Stadium for decades.

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.