Writers from around Tribune Co. discuss Major League Baseball's All-Star game, which takes place Tuesday in Phoenix. Check back throughout the day for more responses and participate in the discussion by voting in the
PHOENIX | Sly James stood in a large convention center, a few feet away from an exhibit chronicling the history of baseball's Negro Leagues. All around Kansas City's first-term mayor were signs of baseball and what's
It's something very special that in his first year in the All-Star Game he made the lineup. I feel proud for him." Justin Verlander: "He takes in everything the pitchers tell him. He works his tail off at it, and that's how you earn respect in this
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com | 07/11/11 11:36 PM ET PHOENIX — The American League roster for the 82nd All-Star Game figures to have plenty of help from the Yankees on Tuesday, with four players active and ready to help fight for home-field advantage in the
By Ken Davidoff The newest member of the 3000-hit club isn't here at the All-Star Game, by his own choosing; Jeter, voted the starting AL shortstop, announced Friday that he would neither play in the Midsummer Classic nor come to Phoenix to thank the
