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MLB HOME RUN DERBY – PETE ALONZO (METS) EDGED VLAD GUERRERO JR. (BLUE JAYS) TO WIN THE HOME RUN DERBY AT THE ALL STAR FESTIVITIES. VLAD JR. MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORN OUT IN THE FINALS AFTER HITTING A NEW RECORD OF 29 HOME RUNS IN A SINGLE ROUND EARLIER TO OUTDISTANCE DODGER SLUGGER JOC PEDERSON TO GET TO THE FINALS.
MLB ALL STAR GAME – THE CARDINALS AND ROYALS EACH HAVE ONE PLAYER ON THE ROSTER FOR THE MID-SUMMER CLASSIC IN CLEVELAND TUESDAY NIGHT. SHORT STOP PAUL DEJONG IS THERE REPRESENTING THE RED BIRDS. WHIT MERRIFIELD IS REPRESENTING THE ROYALS.
- IT’S THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2007 THE CARDINALS HAVE HAD JUST ONE PLAYER GOING TO THE ALL-STAR GAME
- ASTROS HAVE THE MOST ALL STARS THIS YEAR WITH SIX. THE BREWERS, DODGERS AND ROCKIES ALL HAVE FOUR PLAYERS
- 33 ALL STARS WILL BE 28 OR YOUNGER. THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE STARTING LINE UP IS JUST ABOVE 25, THE YOUNGEST IN HISTORY
- ASTRO JUSTIN VERLANDER IS THE OLDEST ALL-STAR AT 36, RANGER HUNTER PENCE IS ALSO 36 BUT A BIT YOUNGER THAN VERLANDER
- MIKE TROUT IS THE SIXTH PLAYER TO START 6 STRAIGHT ALL STAR GAMES AT AGE 28 OR YOUNGER JOINING JOE DIMAGGIO, MICKEY MANTLE, ROD CAREW, PUDGE RODRIGUEZ AND KEN GRIFFEY JR.
CARDINALS ARE ENJOYING THE MLB ALL STAR BREAK AND DON’T PLAY AGAIN UNTIL FRIDAY NIGHT, AT HOME AGAINST ARIZONA.
- RED BIRDS ARE 44-44, 24-18 AT HOME, 20-26 ON THE ROAD
- THE CARDS HAVE OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS BY 2 RUNS THIS SEASON, SCORING 393 AND GIVING UP 391
- THE RED BIRDS ARE 4-6 IN THEIR LAST 10 GAMES
- THE CARDS ARE 2 GAMES OUT OF FIRST PLACE, TRAILING THE CUBS AND BREWERS IN THE DIVISION STANDINGS
- THE RED BIRDS OPEN A 6 GAME HOMESTAND ON FRIDAY, WITH 3 GAME SERIES AGAINST BOTH ARIZONA AND PITTSBURGH
ROYALS ALL-STAR BREAK HAS THEM OFF UNTIL FRIDAY WHEN THEY WELCOME THE DETROIT TIGERS TO THE ‘K’.
- THE ROYALS ARE 30-61 ON THE SEASON, 16-28 AT HOME, 14-33 ON THE ROAD
- OPPONENTS HAVE OUTSCORED THE ROYALS BY 90 RUNS SO FAR THIS SEASON. KC HAS SCORED 382 AND GIVEN UP 472
- ROYALS ARE 2-8 IN THEIR LAST 10 GAMES
- THE BLUE CREW OPEN A 7 GAME HOMESTAND FRIDAY AGAINST THE TIGERS. THEY WILL HAVE 3 GAMES AGAINST DETROIT, AND 4 AGAINST THE W.SOX ON THE HOMESTAND
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS ARE GEARING UP FOR TRAINING CAMP IN ST. JOE’S.
- CHIEFS ROOKIES HEAD TO TRAINING CAMP JULY 23RD, THE FULL TEAM IS SCHEDULED TO REPORT ON THE 26TH
- THE FIRST PRESEASON GAME IS AUGUST 10TH AGAINST CINCI
- CHIEFS PLAY THE BENGALS, STEELERS, NINERS & PACKERS IN THE PRESEASON