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All-Star Game gets lowest-ever ratings

Thu, 07/15/2010 - 09:39 by Pankaj Damin

Los Angeles -- The 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game garnered the lowest television ratings in the exhibition's history, The Nielsen Company said Wednesday.

The television ratings firm said Tuesday's contest, which was televised by Fox, earned a 7.5 household rating and an average of 12.1 million viewers, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The game was mostly a pitcher's duel and featured little offense, save for a three-run double by Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann.

The National League won the game 3-1, breaking an All-Star Game losing streak stretching back to 1996.

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All-Star protesters target Arizona law

Wed, 07/14/2010 - 09:21 by Pankaj Damin

Anaheim, Calif. -- Several hundred protesters gathered outside Tuesday's 2010 All-Star Game to urge Major League Baseball to move next year's contest from Phoenix.

The protesters, many of them Hispanic, waved flags and handed out pamphlets outside Angels Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., targeting a controversial Arizona immigration law set to take effect July 29 and calling on Major League Baseball to move the 2011 All-Star Game, The New York Times reported.

The new legislation requires police to check on the immigration status of anyone stopped for a suspected offense if they have "reasonable suspicion" they might be illegal immigrants.

Jiminez, Price get All-Star starts

Tue, 07/13/2010 - 00:33 by Pankaj Damin

Anaheim, Calif. -- Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez and Tamp Bay's David Price, who lead their respective leagues in wins, were selected starting pitchers for Tuesday's All-Star Game.

Jimenez, a right-hander, is 15-1 with a 2.20 earned run average in 18 starts for the Rockies. No other pitcher has more than 12 wins.

Price, a left-hander, is 12-4 with a 2.42 ERA in 17 starts. He is tied with the New York Yankees' CC Sabathia for the American League lead in victories.

Philadelphia Manager Charlie Manuel, who will lead the National League team, and New York Manager Joe Girardi, who will handle the American League All-Stars, also announced their lineups for Tuesday.

Lincecum, Halladay to start All-Star Game

Mon, 07/13/2009 - 22:08 by surajdogra

St. Louis -- San Francisco's Tim Lincecum and Toronto's Roy Halladay were announced Monday as the starting pitchers for Tuesday's All-Star Game in St. Louis.

Lincecum, who won the 2008 Cy Young Award, will try to help the National League win the All-Star Game for the first time since 1996.

He is 10-2 this season with a 2.33 earned run average this season and he leads the
National League with 149 strikeouts. It is Lincecum's second All-Star team selection in three seasons in the major leagues.