AL analysis: Girardi proud to pick Yanks  —  A-Rod, Sabathia and perhaps Pettitte headed to Anaheim  —  NEW YORK — While Joe Girardi went through the experience of preparing for his first All-Star Game as a manager, one nagging thought was that no matter what he did, somebody was going to wind up left out.

Phillies send three to Midsummer Classic  —  Utley, Howard, Halladay named to National League roster  —  PITTSBURGH — Phillies second baseman Chase Utley has been a National League All-Star starter every year since 2006.  —  He has been voted a starter again, but he will not play …

Seeing Stars  —  Clay Buchholz tried to not think about the All-Star Game in the final days leading up to yesterday's selections.  With 10 wins this season, Buchholz knew he had a good chance to receive the honor.  All along, though, he said his dream was to just make a major league club.

Torii Hunter homers twice, drives in seven as Angels rout Royals  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Torii Hunter (FSY) celebrated his fourth career All-Star selection with two homers and tied a career high with seven RBI to lead the Los Angeles Angels to an 11-0 rout of the Kansas City Royals on Sunday.

A's place Braden on DL with elbow stiffness  —  Righty Mortensen recalled from Triple-A for Saturday start  —  As expected, the Athletics placed starter Dallas Braden on the 15-day disabled list with left elbow stiffness and recalled right-hander Clay Mortensen from Triple-A Sacramento on Saturday.

Jimbo and Killer  —  Jim Thome went deep twice Saturday to tie and then pass Harmon Killebrew for 10th place on the all-time home run list with 574 and as he got back into the dugout following the second blast the Twins played a pre-taped congratulatory video message from Killebrew on the Target Field jumbotron.

Uggla drives in 3 runs, Marlins stop Braves, 3-2  —  ATLANTA—Dan Uggla, left off the NL All-Star team, hit a homer and drove in all three Florida runs, Ricky Nolasco pitched seven strong innings and the Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Sunday.  —  Florida avoided a sweep in the three …

Bloomquist Drawing Interest  —  Royals' super-utility man Willie Bloomquist is drawing attention from multiple clubs, according to the Kansas City Star's Bob Dutton.  —  After a terrible start to the season, which Bloomquist attributed to offseason knee surgery, his bat has begun to heat up, with 14 hits in his last 37 at-bats.

Cliff Lee Rumors: Sunday  —  9:17pm: The Cardinals had a scout at today's Tigers-Mariners game as well, tweets Morosi.  —  2:45pm: Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports says that both the Dodgers and Yankees had scouts in attendance for Lee's brilliant start against the Tigers today (8 IP, 9 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 11 K).

BAY AND PAGAN HELP METS BOUNCE NATIONALS  —  The Sports Network  —  Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Jason Bay knocked in four runs, as the New York Mets used an early surge to beat Washington, 9-5, in the finale of a four-game set at Nationals Park.  —  Angel Pagan had three hits and drove …

Hunter: Angels Could Use Fielder Or Dunn  —  Torii Hunter has never been one to be shy in the media.  According to a tweet from FOX Sports' Jim Bowden, Hunter recently opined that his Angels could use an addition like sluggers Prince Fielder or Adam Dunn.  When asked if he's talked …

Ben Zobrist: MVP  —  Ben Zobrist deserves some serious consideration for MVP due to certain contributions that don't show up in the stats.  —  Last year, Zobrist was in the top 5 in MLB for Wins Above Replacement with a great value of 7.1:  —  Rk Player Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com')" align="center">WAR/pos Year Age Tm

Longoria, Rodriguez lead Rays over Twins  —  MINNEAPOLIS—Evan Longoria had three hits and three RBIs, and Sean Rodriguez homered among his three hits, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 7-4 win over the Minnesota Twins on Sunday.  —  Longoria's two-run single highlighted a five-run seventh inning …