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MLB All-Star Countdown: Atlanta musicians to headline Celebrity Softball game
And there’s more. ESPN’s Elle Duncan and NBC’s Maria Taylor, both of whom have connections to the metro Atlanta area will be ...
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Son of former Tennessee baseball head coach selected to All-Star Game
Raleigh is the son of former Tennessee head coach Todd Raleigh.
Today in Chicago History: Comiskey Park hosts major league baseball’s 1st All-Star Game
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on July 6, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National ...
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10 worthy candidates to make their first All-Star Game
When you reach an All-Star Game, you have accomplished something that can never be taken away from you. You can write a ...
This Date in Baseball - Travis Hafner 1st player in MLB history to hit 5 grand slams pre All-Star
1959 — At Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, the first of two All-Star games played that season went to the NL, 5-4. The NL scored the tying and winning runs in the bottom of the eighth when Hank Aaron ...
Former MLB All-Star Tom Gordon's 10 pieces of advice for sports parents
Former major-league pitcher Tom "Flash" Gordon also spoke to USA TODAY Sports about Mariano Rivera, Bo Jackson and George ...
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Olson bolsters case to play in hometown All-Star Game with torrid stretch for Braves
Matt Olson was just six when his parents took him to Turner Field to watch Sammy Sosa put on a show in the 2000 Home Run ...
Yankees World Series Champion, St. Louis' Last AL All-Star, Dies at 97
The last living link to the St. Louis Browns, who moved east with the franchise to Baltimore, also played for the 1956 World ...