MLB News: Allstar Voting Ends Tomorrow…

All-Star game fixtures are a thing of the past.  Read this intriguing article to see what I mean.  Oh yeah, and get those votes in before tomorrow.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080630&content_id=3033588&vkey=allstar2008&fext=.jsp

Allstar Game 2008

Things are tightening up as we slowly approach this summer’s MLB All-Star Game.  Votes have been pouring in at a faster rate than almost ever before.  The 100 millionth vote was just recently recieved.  Check here to stay up to date on all thing All-Star Game: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2008/index.jsp

Cubs Players Chasing History

25 year old Soto maybe the first NL rookie catcher to start at the Allstar game.  Read more about this here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080528&content_id=2786521&vkey=allstar2008&fext=.jsp.

Hal Bodley Interview Phillies CEO

What’s the merit of instant replay in baseball?  Find out the Phillies’ CEO take on it here as Hal Bodley interviews him: http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?mid=200805272782067.

Jesse Litsch Pitches A Shutout

Jesse Litsch pitched a shutout against the Royals Saturday afternoon.  This lead to a 6-0 victory which pulled Toronto above .500 for the first time in a month.  Read more about this here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080524&content_id=2760671&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb.

MLB News: 5-23-08

Doug Davis of the Arizona Diamondbacks is set for his return tonight after cancer surgery.  He looks to start.  Read more about Davis’ story here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080522&content_id=2752035&vkey=news_ari&fext=.jsp&c_id=ari.

Jon Lester’s No Hitter Victory

Left-hander Jon Lester became the 18th Boston Red Sox pitcher to have a no-hitter game.  Read more about this incredible feat here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080519&content_id=2731480&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos.

Chipper Jones On Pace For .400

Chipper Jones is well on his way to being the first person to hit .400 since Ted Williams over 67 years ago.  Read more about it here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080519&content_id=2730317&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb.

Johnson Searching For 288th

Randy Johnson has a 10-7 career record against the Tigers and is looking to close in on number 288 today.  Randy Johnson is the starter for Arizona.

Alfonso Soriano Knocks Them Out Of The Park

Soriano hit two for runs and lead four in to win it 7-4 against the Pirates.  This is the tenth consecutive win for the Cubs over the Pirates.  Read more about this game here: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080516&content_id=2711221&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb.

Brewer sign Braun for $45 Million

The Milwaukee Brewers inked a deal with Braun to play through 2015 for an astounding $45 million dollars.  This is a historic signing in that it set a record for players who are not arbitration-eligible.