The American League and National League meet up in the 82nd Major League All-Star Game Tuesday night at Chase Field

American League vs National League

Philadelphia Phillies SP Roy Halladay is set to make his second career start in the 82nd All-Star Game

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The Atlanta Braves have the opportunity to finish off a four-game sweep of the Colorado Rockies Thursday afternoon at Turner Field

Colorado Rockies at Atlanta Braves

Atlanta Braves 2B Dan Uggla is starting to swing the bat

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The Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves leave interleague play behind and open a four-game series Monday night at Turner Field

Colorado Rockies at Atlanta Braves

Colorado Rockies OF Carlos Gonzalez will likely miss Monday's contest with a wrist injury

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The San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs continue their four-game set underneath the lights Wednesday at Wrigley Field

San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs

San Francisco Giants SP Tim Lincecum is 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA in three career starts at Wrigley Field

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The Cincinnati Reds and San Francisco Giants will play the series finale of a weekend series Sunday night at AT&T Park

Cincinnati Reds at San Francisco Giants

San Francisco has alternated wins and losses in SP Jonathan Sanchez's last 10 starts

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How to be successful betting on the MLB All-Star game.  The top players in the MLB face off in the All-Star game at Angel Stadium Tuesday. The league’s motto for the annual clash of the nation’s best baseball players is “This one counts”, referring to the winning league receiving home field advantage in the World Series.

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The Senior Circuit is primed to breakthrough with its power pitching staff and end the Junior Circuit’s dominance in the Midsummer Classic.

National League at American League

It’s been well-documented that the National League has failed to capture a victory in the Midsummer Classic since 1996, even though the last four contests have been decided by a single run.  Ever since the game was changed to hand the victor home-field advantage in the World Series, the National League has failed to deliver as well.  “The priority is to win the ballgame,” Philadelphia Phillies and National League manager Charlie Manuel said.  “That’s why we are here.”  All the talk about the Senior Circuit is centered on the pitching staff, with Florida starter Josh Johnson, Philadelphia ace Roy Halladay and San Francisco’s two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum set to come out of the pen.

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We are in the midst of interleague play in baseball. For the next couple of weeks all but one game will involve a National League team playing one from the American League, with the rules of the home team being enforced. I absolutely hate interleague play. Baseball is a game of beautiful traditions, and one that should be completely and absolutely above shameful gimmicks like interleague plays. Seeing things like the two Chicago teams or the two New York squads play is mildly amusing, but it isn’t worth all of the disruption and meaningless matchups that the rest of interleague play creates for us. Those classic matchups become less and less compelling each time they are played as well – a subway series World Series wouldn’t be the novelty it was last time we saw it now that the teams play every year. If I had my way I would not only end interleague play immediately, but also purge the records of every one of the stupid games that has ever been played.

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