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.

Brewers scouts head home for summit; trades coming?  —  Fox Sports  —  Brewers scouts are gathering in Milwaukee this week for meetings that could influence the team's approach to the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, sources say.  —  While one team official stressed that there is …

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 …

Giants miss late big hit in 15-inning loss  —  Torres' inside-the-park homer helps force extra frames  —  DENVER — The Giants reached the season's halfway mark Sunday with a performance that almost cruelly demonstrated what they must accomplish during the rest of the year to avoid irrelevance.

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.

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.

Future Shock  —  Monday Ten Pack  —  J.P. Arencibia, C, Blue Jays (Triple-A Las Vegas)  —  And the hits just keep on coming.  Arencibia went 6-for-13 over the weekend with two doubles and a pair of home runs, but that's nothing new, as he's reeled off eight straight multi-hit games with a total of five home runs and 18 RBI.

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 …

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

Inside Baseball: Cliff Lee keeps an eye on the Phillies  —  NEW YORK - Cliff Lee walked into the visiting clubhouse at Yankee Stadium Thursday morning, stopped at the corner locker with his name and No. 36 above it, and craned his neck to see one of the four HDTVs hanging in the middle of the room.