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Albany, NY – WAMC's Ian Pickus goes around the world of sports...
THE ALL-STAR SELECTIONS ARE OUT IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL .THE NEW YORK YANKEES SENDING FOUR STARTERS TO PHOENIX, INCLUDING ROBINSON CANO, ALEX RODRIGUEZ, DEREK JETER AND CURTIS GRANDERSON .RUSSELL MARTIN AND MARIANO RIVERA ALSO SELECTED BUT STARTER CC SABATHIA SOMEHOW LEFT OFF THE ROSTER. RED SOX SENDING ADRIAN GONZALEZ AND DAVID ORTIZ. METS' SHORT STOP JOSE REYES WILL START FOR THE SENIOR CIRCUIT.
THE METS GOT THE BETTER OF THE YANKEES 3-2 IN 10 INNINGS YESTERDAY TO SALVAGE A GAME OF THE SUBWAY SERIES YANKS' BLOWING A 2-1 LEAD WITH TWO OUTS AND TWO STRIKES IN THE NINTH .BOSTON NOW A GAME AND A HALF OUT RED SOX GETTING PAST HOUSTON 2-1 FOR THE SWEEP 11 STRIKEOUTS FOR JOSH BECKETT OVER EIGHT INNINGS.
INTERLEAGUE SCOREBOARD NOW CLIFF LEE WAS FINALLY BEATEN TORONTO COMING BACK TO BEAT PHILADELPHIA 7-4. THE ORIOLES 5, BRAVES 4. IT WAS THE TWINS OVER MILWAUKEE 9-7. TAMPA BAY GOT THREE HITS FROM JOHNNY DAMON AND BEAT THE CARDINALS 8-3. REDS 7, INDIANS 5 DETROIT DOUBLING UP SAN FRANCISCO 6-3 OAKLAND A 7-2 WINNER OVER ARIZONA. THE MARLINS TOPPED THE RANGERS 6-4 .ANGELS STOPPING THE DODGERS 3-1 IN THE FREEWAY SERIES. CUBBIES ESCAPING THE WHITE SOX 3-1.
MELKY CABRERA WAS 4-FOR-5 AS KC ROUTED COLORADO 16-8. IT WAS MARINERS 3, PADRES 1. AND THE PIRATES CRUISED PAST THE NATS 10-2.
AT WIMBLEDON, NoVAK DJOKOVICH HAS WON HIS THIRD GRAND SLAM THE SERB STOPPING RAFAEL NADAL IN FOUR SETS NADAL HAD WON 20 STRAIGHT SETS AT WIMBLEDON .DJOKOVICH IS NOW GUARENTEED TO TAKE OVER THE NUMBER ONE RANKING FROM NADAL .HE'S 48-1 THIS YEAR