Quote of the Day
"I defy anyone to have watched the unveiling of so much immortality without getting tingles."
-- Twins 1B Justin Morneau,on the All-Star Gamepregame ceremony(SEATTLE TIMES, 7/16).
Top Stories
Pregame Festivities Highlight All-Star Game MLB produced its own version of a summer Hollywood blockbuster last night, and it is playing to good reviews today. The heavily-hyped pregame ceremony included 49 Baseball HOFers and Yankees Chair George Steinbrenner making a surprise appearance. Critics are saying MLB “delivered a performance that won't be forgotten" and it was an “absolutely stirring pregame show" with "enough spine-tingling standing ovations to satisfy any diva.” The game concludes a successful few days for MLB in N.Y., starting with Bon Jovi playing Central Park to a Home Run Derby that ranks as the most watched cable show this year to Bud Selig spreading the gospel from "Mike & the Mad Dog" to Letterman. Meanwhile, Selig does not get a single question about drug-testing or steroids during his state of the league address yesterday. And Fox sees the 15-inning epic deliver an increase in overnight ratings.
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Movin' Out
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The Great Wall Of China
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This Is The Time
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A Room Of Our Own
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Just The Way You Are
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Big Shot
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And So It Goes
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Running On Ice
Former Gatorade exec Bill Schmidt rumored front-runner for USATF top position.
