Top News:
Sports Illustrated:
Selig says tie not an option … NEW YORK — Baseball commissioner Bud Selig admitted he worried about Tuesday night's long-running All-Star Game dragging even deeper into extra innings, and the All-Star managers running out of pitchers. But Selig didn't worry that there might be a second tied All-Star game under his watch.
RELATED:
Jayson Stark / ESPN:
This All-Star Game almost didn't count … NEW YORK — It was an All-Star Game unlike any other. — That, of course, is because the first 78 All-Star Games actually ended. — Ah, but not this one. — It couldn't. It wouldn't. It almost didn't. — Midnight came and went.
Jeff Passan / Yahoo! Sports:
Little League tactics cause All-Star headaches — NEW YORK - Had baseball's All-Star game-turned-cricket match gone any longer, the American League's next pitcher would have come with an arsenal of fastball, curveball and changeup that share the same description. — “Junk,” Evan Longoria said.
Murray Chass:
Here We Go Again — Sometimes it pays to be lucky. Here I am making my Web site debut and just in time for the All-Star game. I couldn't have planned it any better. — I would've been distraught had I not made it before the game was played because it has become my favorite game of the entire year.
Peter Abraham / The LoHud Yankees Blog:
Today in The Journal News — There was a really long All-Star Game that ended this morning. The American League won 4-3 in 15 innings. John Delcos has the story. — Mariano Rivera didn't get the save but he had a great night. Sam Borden has the story.
Discussion:
NY Daily News
Matthew Leach / MLB.com:
Drew snares All-Star MVP honors — Red Sox's right fielder goes 2-for-4 in 15-inning affair in Bronx — NEW YORK — Flags fly forever, and rings soothe all sorts of wounds. Now, add a nice trophy and a free SUV, and J.D. Drew has just about forgotten the first five months of his American League career.
ESPN.com:
Report: Papelbon says wife threatened at parade — Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon blamed the New York media for creating a firestorm that resulted in his pregnant wife being threatened on Tuesday. — MLB.com reported that during a red carpet parade for the All-Star Game that went …
Gordon Edes / Boston Globe:
Rough going for Papelbon — NEW YORK - Jonathan Papelbon paid a steep price for daring to suggest he was a worthy choice to close last night's All-Star Game, even though he made it clear in a mass interview session Monday that he was prepared to defer to Mariano Rivera, then told the Globe …
Discussion:
St. Petersburg Times, The Bottom Line, SOX & Dawgs, Associated Press, Projo Sox Blog and Red Sox Monster
Jeremy Cothran / New Jersey Online:Mets Wright was willing (and ready) to pitch in the 16th inning
Discussion:
MetsBlog.com
Dylan Hernandez / Los Angeles Times:
Takashi Saito is out at least six weeks — Closer has a sprained ligament in his right elbow. — With leading hitter Rafael Furcal and opening day starter Brad Penny already on the disabled list, the Dodgers learned Tuesday that they will be without closer Takashi Saito until at least late August.
RELATED:
Troy E. Renck / Denver Post:
Holliday struts for suitors — NEW YORK — Matt Holliday has grown up quickly before our eyes, becoming the player that fans yearned for since the romanticized days of the Blake Street Bombers. — Initially, he was going to be the next Dante Bichette. He's become so much more than that.
Discussion:
Purple Row
RELATED:
NY Daily News:
Sources: Roger Clemens got HGH in mail from Kirk Radomski — Confessed drug supplier Kirk Radomski has provided documentary evidence to the government showing that he shipped drugs to the Texas home of Roger Clemens, who is under investigation for perjury after telling Congress he never used steroids or human growth hormone.
RELATED:
Jim Salisbury / Philly.com:
Myers set for July 23 return — NEW YORK - Here's an update on Brett's comeback: — No, not Favre. Myers. — According to a baseball source, Brett Myers' next minor-league start will be Friday night in Florida for single-A Clearwater at Brevard County.
Juan C. Rodriguez / Sun-Sentinel:
Florida Marlins' Sergio Mitre undergoes Tommy John surgery — Right-hander Sergio Mitre's season is over before it started. — Out since spring training with a forearm strain, Mitre underwent Tommy John surgery today. Dr. James Andrews, the orthopedic surgeon who performed the same procedure …
