Here is the recap from game week! Look through the top articles this week and be sure to check out the in-person coverage provided by ASG News.
Weekend: (7/9 – 7/10):
- Aaron Sanchez earns late All-Star spot, Blue Jays lose to Tigers (USA Today)
- All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game full of laughs (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- All-Star Scene & Heard: FanFest has something for everyone (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Anti-All-Stars: Picking MLB’s worst of the worst from the first half (Sports Illustrated)
- Artist steps to the plate with unique and colorful All-Star work (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- At FanFest, nothing but home runs (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Bartolo Colon headed to MLB All-Star Game, replacing Madison Bumgarner (Newsday)
- Belt, Saunders win last All-Star spots (Yahoo Sports)
- Blue Jays’ Michael Saunders wins final vote, earns All-Star spot (Sports Net)
- Blue Jays sending a fifth player to the All-Star Game as an injury replacement (CBS Sports)
- Dustin Pedroia fan vote: Red Sox second baseman finishes third in MLB All-Star Game vote (Mass Live)
- Here are the final 2016 All-Star game rosters (Yahoo Sports)
- Hunt Auctions puts baseball memorabilia up for bid (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Jays’ Michael Saunders voted into MLB All-Star Game (CBC Sports)
- Jose Quintana pleasantly surprised with late addition to All-Star team (Chicago Tribune)
- Michael Saunders, Brandon Belt win MLB’s All-Star Final Vote (CBS Sports)
- MLB All-Star Week’s FanFest Hits a Home Run (San Diego NBC 7)
- MLB FanFest Opens at San Diego Convention Center: All-Star Week (Coronado Patch)
- MLB found a way to make All-Star voting even worse than it already is (Business Insider)
- MLB Futures Game 2016 Results: Score, Highlights, Top Prospects and Reaction (Bleacher Report)
- One of the biggest 2016 MLB All-Star snubs finally gets his due (CBS Sports)
- The Pirates, Reds and Padres send injury replacements to the NL All-Star team (CBS Sports)
- Sad state of MLB All-Star Game, which stars used to care about (New York Post)
- Scherzer added to roster for MLB All-Star Game (Columbia Tribune)
- Sights and sounds from the 2016 MLB All-Star Game festivities in San Diego: Day 1 (Fox Sports)
- Sights and sounds from the 2016 MLB All-Star Game festivities in San Diego: Day 2 (Fox Sports)
- The five coolest things about the MLB All-Star Game FanFest (The Press-Enterprise)
- The Walkoff podcast: MLB All-Star Game – Tony Gwynn’s legacy, David Ortiz’s finale (USA Today)
- Yankees’ Joe Girardi had some beef with the MLB All-Star Game (NJ.com)
7/11:
- All-Stars reveal which childhood favorites they’d like to see in MLB Home Run Derby (CBS Sports)
- American League wins 2016 MLB All-Star Game: Five things to know (CBS Sports)
- Cooper and Steve Moss check in from MLB All-Star FanFest (NBC 7 WJHG)
- The Fun Index: Ranking the All-Stars based on how fun they are (ESPN)
- Heading Into All-Star Game, David Ortiz Leads MLB’s Top 20 Selling Jerseys (Forbes)
- Home Run Derby overtaking All-Star Game (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Majestic Outfitting Players and Fans at MLB All-Star Game (Fox Business)
- MLB All-Star Game 2016: AL catchers ready for challenge of catching knuckleball (CBS Sports)
- MLB All-Stars that have rocked their birthday suit for the Body issue (ESPN)
- MLB All-Stars to parade through San Diego (Fox 5)
- Starting lineups announced for MLB All-Star Game (Sports Illustrated)
- Playoff odds, biggest risers and fallers for all 30 MLB teams at All-Star break (CBS Sports)
- Preview: MLB All-Star Game in San Diego (Sun Sentinel)
- Would Baseball’s All-Time All-Star Team Go 162-0? (fivethrityeight)
- 2016 MLB All-Star Game: Chris Sale, Johnny Cueto named starting pitchers (SB Nation)
- 2016 MLB All-Star Game: Ranking the best local craft beers of Petco Park (CBS Sports)
- 2016 MLB All-Star Game Roster: Projecting Starting Lineups for Midsummer Classic (Bleacher Report)
7/12:
- All-Star Monday: From Syndergaard at FanFest to the Home Run Derby (Sports Illustrated Kids)
- Cole Hamels pitches in MLB All-Star Game after getting eight stitches on chin (Sporting News)
- The Latest: Dodgers, Giants get boos in All-Star intros (Fox Sports)
- The Latest: Hosmer, Perez lead 4-2 AL win in All-Star Game (USA Today)
- MLB All-Star Game 2016 live stream: Time, TV channel, lineups, how to watch online (AL.com)
- MLB All-Star Game: Picture-perfect weather to highlight 87th Midsummer Classic in San Diego (Accuweather)
- MLB All-Star Game: Bryce Harper says the game should be meaningless, outlaw the DH (Sporting News)
- The most and least expected (2016) All-Stars (ESPN)
- Nearly half the roster at this year’s MLB All-Star game is made up of players of color (The Undefeated)
- Noah Syndergaard isn’t happy his name is misspelled at All-Star FanFest (Sports Illustrated)
- SAN DIEGO: Three big takeaways from the MLB All-Star Game (Press Enterprise)
- Scott Boras drama? Cubs’ Jake Arrieta could sit out 2016 MLB All-Star Game (CBS Sports)
- 5 former Suns selected for 2016 MLB All-Star Game (News4Jax)
- 2016 MLB All-Star Game: Meet Michael Saunders, Canada’s favorite All-Star (CBS Sports)
- 2016 MLB All-Star Game: Starting lineups, time, TV schedule (USA Today)
- 2016 MLB All-Star Game: Two Padres get to stay home for ‘awesome’ experience (CBS Sports)
- 2016 MLB All-Star Game: What you need to know and 10 predictions ahead of the game (CBS Sports)
7/13:
- A qualified defense of having the MLB All-Star Game ‘count’ (USA Today)
- All-Star Diaz lives his dream, but strikes out in key spot (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- All-Star Game notes: David Ortiz, the most beloved All-Star, says goodbye A fitting end to a great All-Star career. (Fox Sports)
- All-Star Game ushered in baseball’s new era amid a farewell (Fox Sports)
- American League holds off National League to win All-Star Game (USA Today)
- American League wins MLB All-Star Game as Royals keep haunting Mets manager Terry Collins (NY Daily News)
- Bryant Homers in MLB All-Star Game (NBC San Diego)
- David Ortiz’s Career In All-Star Games (CBS Sports)
- Despite home runs going up, commissioner says baseballs are not juiced (Detroit Free Press)
- Five moments to remember from 2016 MLB All-Star Game (Sportsnet)
- Here’s the 2016 All-Star Red Carpet yearbook you didn’t even know you wanted (MLB)
- In With the New at the 2016 MLB All-Star Game (The Atlantic)
- Miami gearing up for 2017 MLB All-Star extravaganza; logo to be revealed this month (Sun-Sentinel)
- MLB All-Star Game: Batting title awards named to honor Tony Gwynn, Rod Carew (USA Today)
- MLB All-Star Game draws record low TV rating (USA Today)
- MLB All-Star Game: This time Daniel Murphy’s a true All-Star (Newsday)
- MLB All-Star Game 2016: live chat, lineups, updates (Cleveland.com)
- MLB All-Star Game 2016: Jays’ Michael Saunders supports singer’s ‘All Lives Matter’ message (Sporting News)
- MLB: Playoff push, trade talk, healing stars mark start of second half (Salt Lake Tribune)
- National League royally defeated in All-Star Game (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Retro brown-and-gold BP jerseys a hot seller at MLB All-Star FanFest (ESPN)
- Tenors Fire ‘All Lives Matter’ Singer at MLB All-Star Game (Rolling Stone)
- Watch David Ortiz’s Full Pre-Game Speech At His Final All-Star Game (CBS Boston)
- We asked some 2016 All-Stars to recall their very worst AIM screen names (MLB)
- Wed. A.M. Hot Clicks: Julia Evans; Scenes From MLB All-Star Game (Sports Illustrated)
7/14:
- Column: Steven Wright deserved to pitch in the All-Star Game (Today’s Knuckleball)
- Did David Ortiz commit a recruiting violation at the All-Star Game? (Fox Sports)
- Lindor, Lucroy represent Lake County in MLB All-Star game (Daily Commercial)
- Local boy earns spot as Major League Baseball National Youth Skills finalist (The Globe)
- MLB: All-Star Game TV ratings continue to plummet (The Salt Lake Tribune)
- MLB expected to investigate Ortiz’s comments about Encarnacion (SportsNet)
- The MLB All-Star Game: Why It’s Still A Huge Hit In 2016 (Crave)
- Piedmont Pride hits all-star break in good shape (The Herald)
- Red Sox acquire All-Star lefty Pomeranz from Padres (USA Today)
- Would shorter season help MLB players remain healthy? (The Star)
7/15:
- Bring Back the Old All-Star Game (Emerald City Swagger)
- The Cleveland Indians give Erik Gonzalez the call after a big All-Star Game (Minor League Ball)
- Gary’s Mailbag: Why were you tough on the MLB All-Star Game? (GRON 4)
- Live Wire: All-Star Game site tradition is broken (Fay Observer)
- MLB All-Star Game ratings hit a new low (NY Daily News)
- MLB All-Star Roundup, Part 1: Cameras, Graphics, and Sets (SVG News)
- MLB All-Stars to compete in 82nd NBC World Series (The Butler County Times-Gazette)
- MLB “looking into” whether David Ortiz broke tampering rules (ESPN)
- Padres’ Brown, gold fuel record FanFest sales (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Post-All Star game narratives for the second half of the MLB season (The Roar)
- Royals shine in All-Star Game (Newton Daily News)
- San Diego connections abound at 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in San Diego (The Star News)
- 2 debuts, 2 All-Stars, 6 division leaders, 9 DL trips for Alabama players in 2016 MLB season (AL.com)
- 5 All-Stars that could have a new home (Outside Pitch)