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John Tudor in 1985 — the last time Minnesota hosted the All-Stars. "Aside from having the ability to win two World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals, I think this has to be one of the highlights of my baseball career to this point," Wainwright said. "One of the coolest things I can say I did is to start a big league All-Star game." Kershaw understood Matheny's decision. "If I'm him, I'm probably going to pick Adam, too. It's his guy and he had the best half," Kershaw said. Hernandez, the first Ven- ezuela pitcher to start for the All-Stars, also has ster- ling credentials: an 11-2 re- cord with a 2.12 ERA. He described his task pretty simply: "Just throw zeros out there and get my team to win. That's all I got to do," he said. Back in the great pitch- ing era of the 1960s, the game was different. Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Bob Gibson and Juan Marichal expected to finish what they started. Now, flame-throwers come out of the bullpen in the middle of games. "You're not getting three, four at-bats off of the starter unless you're in trouble and you're losing the game," said Baltimore's Matt Weiters, elected as a starting catcher but side- lined following elbow sur- gery. "I think for a while it was trying to get the starter out of the game so you can get to that fifth, sixth, seventh-inning guy. And now those fifth, sixth, seventh-inning guys are throwing upper 90s with a good breaking ball." In addition to pitchers, the spotlight will be on New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter. The shortstop, who turned 40 last month, is playing his final season and was selected for his 14th All-Star game. Yankees closer Mariano Rivera got an emotional sendoff last year, the All- Stars giving him a solo bow. When Rivera entered in the eighth inning all other players left him the field to himself. Cal Ripken Jr. was given a tribute at the start of the 2001 game at Seattle's Safeco Field when Alex Ro- driguez told Ripken just before the first pitch to switch positions and move from third base to short- stop, where the Baltimore star spent most of his ca- reer. The 40-year-old Rip- ken then homered in the third inning. And two years ago, At- lanta's Chipper Jones was feted with a standing ova- tion at Kauffman Stadium when he pinch hit in the sixth inning and singled. What will Jeter's All- Star finale be like? "I don't go into things with expectations," he said. "I'm looking forward to playing the game. I've pretty much stopped it right there." Preview FROMPAGE1 "From there I went to Puerto Rico and when I came back here, I had to come back because we didn't have no money and my mother said, 'You've got to go back and send me money, we don't have money to eat,"' he said. That was a common sentiment then, and is of- ten still the case nearly 60 years later. Both of these longtime baseball men are en- couraged to see so many young players from Latin America now arriving in the United States with better English skills, thanks in large part to all 30 major league orga- nizations putting more emphasis into such train- ing through academies in the Dominican and Ven- ezuela. There also are English classes offered to young players during spring training and into extended spring, plus through the various levels of the minor leagues. Every big league club now has an academy in the Dominican. "Of course, we didn't have those opportuni- ties," said Alou, who man- aged the Expos and Giants. "Usually, when we came, we were a little older than what the average kid is now. We had played more baseball." "We were more mature, but we didn't know Eng- lish and we didn't know the racial problems. We didn't know American cul- ture. We didn't know about the food. Now the kids that come over, they have been exposed to Amer- ica because the American coaches go to the acade- mies," he said. Progress FROM PAGE 1 Admission is $10 and children 5 and younger get in free. Tickets can be purchased at both Moun- tain Mike's Pizza locations in Chico, Hust Brothers automotive in Oroville, and two places in Willows — Round Table Pizza and Willow Walk Floral Shop. Tickets can be purchased at the gate as well. As in years, past pro- ceeds from the games go to the Lake McCumber Di- abetic Camp for children. "It's a great cause. These kids, obviously they need help," said Biggs running back Nathan Callaway, also in attendance Wednesday. "We can help them out." The South's 11-man squad will be at Feather River College in Quincy for its slate of practices. The North, which includes five players from Corning, Hamilton and Orland, will be at Shasta College. Teams are separated into North and South sides and include players from north of Sacramento to the Oregon border. Se- niors were eligible to be se- lected by this year's partic- ipating coaches as long as they graduated and were nominated by their high school coaches. In the 11-man game, Winters' Daniel Ward heads the South as part of the first year the Warriors will participate in the game after not being included, as the school is located outside of the boundaries of the Lions 4C-1 District. But the school competes in the Northern Section along with a majority of the eligible schools. The South includes four players from Marysville, River Val- ley and Yuba City, schools which are not in the sec- tion. In addition to Anderson and Machado, two of the central figures helping the Bobcats make their 10th NSCIF D-I final in 11 sea- sons last fall, local players on the South also include: Pleasant Valley's Tyler Sti- mac, Las Plumas' Ron- nie Osby, Oroville's Kory Stenberg, Gridley's Em- ery Haddy, Durham's Ry- ley Southam and Willows' Chris Walter. Ward coached Winters to a Division III champion- ship this year. The North's side will also have a 2013 section winner in West Valley's Greg Grandell, af- ter he led the Eagles to the D-II title. This is the third time Grandell has coached in the game. He's 1-1 so far. Orland's Victor Raigoza and Kavi Ram, Corning's Calvin Abel and Thomas Lowe, and Hamilton's Aus- tin Burbank will give the North a southern feel to it. Ram was another late ad- dition, but one Grandell ex- pected. "We wanted Ram the whole time," said Gran- dell, who expressed enthu- siasm for all five of the area contingent on his squad. "We're real excited to get him." For more information, go to lionsallstarfootball- norcal.com. ConnectwithSports Writer Joseph Shufel- berger at 896-7774. Par- adise Post Sports Editor Jeff Larson contributed to this report. Lions FROM PAGE 1 MLBBASEBALL All-Star Game, Nat. League vs. Am. League: 4:30p.m.,20. WNBA BASKETBALL Los Angeles at Indiana: 5p.m., ESPN2. Washington at Phoenix: 7p.m., ESPN2. CYCLING Tour de France Stage 11Besançon - Oyonnax: 5a.m., NBCSN. On the air Scoreboard MLB NATIONALLEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB LosAngeles 54 43 .557 _ San Francisco 52 43 .547 1 San Diego 41 54 .432 12 Colorado 40 55 .421 13 Arizona 40 56 .417 131/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Milwaukee 53 43 .552 _ St. Louis 52 44 .542 1 Cincinnati 51 44 .537 11/2 Pittsburgh 49 46 .516 31/2 Chicago 40 54 .426 12 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Washington 51 42 .548 _ Atlanta 52 43 .547 _ New York 45 50 .474 7 Miami 44 50 .468 71/2 Philadelphia 42 53 .442 10 Sunday's games N.Y. Mets 9, Miami 1 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 3 Washington 10, Philadelphia 3 Milwaukee 11, St. Louis 2 Atlanta 10, Chicago Cubs 7 San Francisco 8, Arizona 4 Minnesota 13, Colorado 5 L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0 Monday's games No games scheduled Tuesday's games All-Star Game at Minneapolis, MN, 5 p.m. Wednesday's games No games scheduled MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oakland 59 36 .621 _ Los Angeles 57 37 .606 11/2 Seattle 51 44 .537 8 Houston 40 56 .417 191/2 Texas 38 57 .400 21 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 53 38 .582 _ Kansas City 48 46 .511 61/2 Cleveland 47 47 .500 71/2 Chicago 45 51 .469 101/2 Minnesota 44 50 .468 101/2 EAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Baltimore 52 42 .553 _ Toronto 49 47 .510 4 New York 47 47 .500 5 Tampa Bay 44 53 .454 91/2 Boston 43 52 .453 91/2 Sunday's games Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0 Boston 11, Houston 0 Kansas City 5, Detroit 2 L.A. Angels 10, Texas 7 Minnesota 13, Colorado 5 Oakland 4, Seattle 1 Baltimore 3, N.Y. Yankees 1, 5 innings Monday's games No games scheduled Tuesday's games All-Star Game at Minneapolis, MN, 5 p.m. Wednesday's games No games scheduled Cycling TOUR DE FRANCE RESULTS Monday At Plancher-Les-Mines, France 10th Stage 1. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, 4 hours, 27 minutes, 26 seconds. 2. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ.fr, 15 seconds behind. 3. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, :20. 4. Jean-Christophe Peraud, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time. 5. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, :22. 6. Tejay van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time. 7. Richie Porte, Australia, Sky, :25. 8. Leopold Konig, Czech Republic, NetApp-Endura, :50. 9. Joaquin Rodriguez, Spain, Katusha, :52. 10. Mikel Nieve, Spain, Sky, :54. 11. Daniel Navarro, Spain, Cofidis, 1:04. 12. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, 1:06. 13. Rui Costa, Portugal, Lampre-Merida, same time. 14. John Gadret, France, Movistar, 1:08. 15. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, Trek Factory Racing, same time. 16. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Trek Factory Racing, same time. 17. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, 1:16. 18 . C hr is toph er H or ne r, U ni te d S ta te s, Lampre-Merida, 1:21. 19. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, 1:23. 20. Simon Spilak, Slovenia, Katusha, 1:26. Also 24. Michal Kwiatkowski, Poland, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step, 2:13. 25. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana, 2:47. 28. Pierre Rolland, France, Europcar, 4:14. 33. Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto Belisol, 4:46. 47. Peter Stetina, United States, BMC Racing, 10:12. 48. Andrew Talansky, United States, Garmin-Sharp, same time. 54. Ben King, United States, Garmin- Sharp, 14:08. 97. Alex Howes, United States, Garmin- Sharp, 22:41. 143. Matthew Busche, United States, Trek Factory Racing, 31:25. 168. Danny Pate, United States, Sky, 32:29. 169. Cheng Ji, China, Giant-Shimano, same time. OVERALL STANDINGS (After 10 stages) 1. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Astana, 42 hours, 33 minutes, 38 seconds. 2. Richie Porte, Australia, Sky, 2:23. 3. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar, 2:47. 4. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 3:01. 5. Tony Gallopin, France, Lotto Belisol, 3:12. 6. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ.fr, 3:47. 7. Tejay van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 3:56. 8. Jean-Christophe Peraud, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 3:57. 9. Rui Costa, Portugal, Lampre-Merida, 3:58. 10. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, 4:08. 11. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, 4:18. 12. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Astana, 4:31. 13. Michal Kwiatkowski, Poland, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step, 4:39. 14. Geraint Thomas, Britain, Sky, 5:17. 15. Mikel Nieve, Spain, Sky, 6:03. 16. Pierre Rolland, France, Europcar, 6:47. 17. Christopher Horner, United States, Lampre-Merida, 7:33. 18. Cyril Gautier, France, Europcar, 7:36. 19. Laurens ten Dam, Netherlands, Belkin Pro Cycling, 7:42. 20. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, Trek Factory Racing, 8:01. Also 26. Andrew Talansky, United States, Garmin-Sharp, 14:44. 68. Peter Stetina, United States, BMC Racing, 58:22. 83. Benjamin King, United States, Garmin-Sharp, 1:06:09. 128. Alex Howes, United States, Garmin- Sharp, 1:08:24. 157. Matthew Busche, United States, Trek Factory Racing, 1:47:06. 163. Danny Pate, United States, Sky, 1:50:59. 178. Cheng Ji, China, Giant-Shimano, 2:21:01. Basketball WNBA WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Phoenix 16 3 .842 — Minnesota 16 6 .727 11/2 San Antonio 11 11 .500 61/2 Sparks 9 11 .450 71/2 Seattle 9 14 .391 9 Tulsa 7 14 .333 10 EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB Atlanta 15 5 .750 — Indiana 10 11 .476 51/2 Washington 9 12 .429 61/2 Connecticut 9 13 .409 7 Chicago 8 13 .381 71/2 New York 7 13 .350 8 Sunday's games Sparks 90, Connecticut 64 Minnesota 77, Seattle 60 Phoenix 90, San Antonio 61 Atlanta 81, Chicago 79, OT Monday's games No games scheduled Tu esd ay 's g am es Connecticut at Seattle, noon Sparks at Indiana, 5 p.m. Washington at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Wednesday's games Atlanta at New York, 8 a.m. Tulsa at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Golf WORLD GOLF RANKING 1. Adam Scott AUS 8.86 2. Henrik Stenson SWE 7.88 3. Justin Rose ENG 7.34 4. Bubba Watson USA 6.90 5. Matt Kuchar USA 6.73 6. Jason Day AUS 6.46 7. Tiger Woods USA 6.36 8. Rory McIlroy NIR 6.30 9. Sergio Garcia ESP 6.13 10. Jordan Spieth USA 5.90 11. Jim Furyk USA 5.45 12. Martin Kaymer GER 5.45 13. Phil Mickelson USA 5.23 14. Zach Johnson USA 5.11 15. Hideki Matsuyama JPN 4.89 16. Dustin Johnson USA 4.87 17. Graeme McDowell NIR 4.62 18. Jimmy Walker USA 4.18 19. Steve Stricker USA 4.14 20. Luke Donald ENG 3.98 21. Jason Dufner USA 3.89 22. Keegan Bradley USA 3.87 23. Victor Dubuisson FRA 3.81 24. Thomas Bjorn DEN 3.78 25. Rickie Fowler USA 3.75 26. Charl Schwartzel SAF 3.74 27. Ian Poulter ENG 3.67 28. Miguel Angel Jimenez ESP 3.66 29. Webb Simpson USA 3.65 30. Patrick Reed USA 3.56 31. Jamie Donaldson WAL 3.45 32. Lee Westwood ENG 3.30 33. Stephen Gallacher SCO 3.27 34. Thongchai Jaidee THA 3.27 35. Brandt Snedeker USA 3.21 36. Graham DeLaet CAN 3.20 37. Bill Haas USA 3.16 38. Kevin Na USA 3.07 39. Kevin Streelman USA 3.01 40. Ryan Moore USA 2.93 41. Brendon Todd USA 2.87 42. Jonas Blixt SWE 2.79 43. Francesco Molinari ITA 2.73 44. Chris Kirk USA 2.69 45. Joost Luiten NED 2.68 46. Hunter Mahan USA 2.68 47. Mikko Ilonen FIN 2.64 48. Harris English USA 2.62 49. Matt Every USA 2.59 50. Gary Woodland USA 2.56 51. Matt Jones AUS 2.51 52. Louis Oosthuizen SAF 2.50 53. Billy Horschel USA 2.46 54. Kevin Stadler USA 2.45 55. Angel Cabrera ARG 2.41 56. John Senden AUS 2.39 57. Russell Henley USA 2.32 58. Ernie Els SAF 2.27 59. Pablo Larrazabal ESP 2.25 60. Ryan Palmer USA 2.22 61. Koumei Oda JPN 2.16 62. Marc Leishman AUS 2.14 63. J.B. Holmes USA 2.13 64. Charley Hoffman USA 2.11 65. Richard Sterne SAF 2.09 66. Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano ESP 2.07 67. Bernd Wiesberger AUT 2.07 68. Shane Lowry IRL 2.06 69. Matteo Manassero ITA 2.05 70. Brian Harman USA 2.03 71. K.J. Choi KOR 1.99 72. George Coetzee SAF 1.95 73. Rafael Cabrera-Bello ESP 1.93 74. Erik Compton USA 1.87 75. Charles Howell III USA 1.85 Motorsports NASCAR SPRINT CUP MILES LED LEADERS Through July 13 1. Brad Keselowski, 1,208.45 2. Kevin Harvick, 1,181.98 3. Jimmie Johnson, 1,138.39 4. Joey Logano, 699.60 5. Kyle Busch, 398.24 6. Jeff Gordon, 386.91 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 368.39 8. Matt Kenseth, 307.88 9. Greg Biffle, 213.08 10. Kurt Busch, 204.08 11. Tony Stewart, 180.50 12. Carl Edwards, 146.77 13. Denny Hamlin, 140.81 14. Jamie McMurray, 109.74 15. Paul Menard, 108.10 16. Kasey Kahne, 79.95 17. Clint Bowyer, 73.12 18. AJ Allmendinger, 72.68 19. Brian Vickers, 61.44 20. Aric Almirola, 49.00 21. Kyle Larson, 36.31 22. Marcos Ambrose, 29.50 23. Justin Allgaier, 25.00 24. Landon Cassill, 23.91 25. David Ragan, 23.53 26. Trevor Bayne, 20.96 26. Danica Patrick, 20.96 28. David Gilliland, 19.16 29. Reed Sorenson, 16.16 30. Ryan Newman, 14.66 31. Casey Mears, 10.48 32. Michael Waltrip, 10.00 33. Austin Dillon, 6.50 34. Michael Annett, 5.00 35. Michael McDowell, 2.66 36. Joe Nemechek, 2.00 36. David Reutimann, 2.00 38. Travis Kvapil, 1.28 Tennis WTA COLLECTOR SWEDISH OPEN RESULTS Monday At Bastad Tennis Stadiun Bastad, Sweden Purse: $250,000 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles First Round Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, def. Irina- Camelia Begu, Romania, 6-1, 4-2, retired. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, def. Rebecca Peterson, Sweden, 6-4, 6-4. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, def. Mariana Duque-Marino, Colombia, 6-3, 6-4. Grace Min, United States, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (2), Russia, 6-0, 6-4. ATP WORLD TOUR BET-AT-HOME OPEN RESULTS Monday At Rothenbaum Sport GmbH Hamburg, Germany Purse: $1.8 million (WT500) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles First Round Benoit Paire, France, def. Andrey Gol- ubev, Kazakhstan, 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (4). Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, def. Kenny de Schepper, France, 6-3, 6-2. Gastao Elias, Portugal, def. Albert Mon- tanes, Spain, 6-4, 6-3. Dominic Thiem, Austria, def. Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-0. Pablo Andujar, Spain, def. Mate Delic, Croatia, 6-4, 6-2. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def. Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-2, 6-2. Tobias Kamke, Germany, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Daniel Gimeno-Traver, Spain, def. Tey- muraz Gabashvili, Russia, 6-2, 6-3. Filip Krajinovic, Serbia, def. Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, 1-6, 7-5, 6-2. Dustin Brown, Germany, def. Pablo Car- reno Busta, Spain, 7-6 (5), 6-3. Doubles First Round Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (4), Australia, def. Martin Emmrich and Christopher Kas, Germany, 6-3, 6-4. Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (3), Spain, def. Andre Begemann and Alexan- der Zverev, Germany, 7-6 (4), 6-4. WTA BNP PARIBAS ISTANBUL CUP RESULTS Monday At Koza World of Sports Istanbul Purse: $250,000 (Intl.) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles First Round Bojana Jovanovski (7), Serbia, def. Ali- son Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 1-6, 6-4, 7-5. Elina Svitolina (4), Ukraine, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4. Klara Koukalova (3), Czech Republic, def. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4. Doubles First Round Olga Kalashnikova, Georgia, and Paula Kania, Poland, def. Lyudmyla and Nadiia Kichenok, Ukraine, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 10-8. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, and Fran- cesca Schiavone, Italy, def. Patricia Mayr-Achleitner, Austria, and Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3. Janette Husarova, Slovakia, and Klaudia Jans-Ignacik (4), Poland, def. Melis Sezer and Ipek Soylu, Turkey, 2-6, 6-1, 12-10. ATP WORLD TOUR CLARO OPEN RESULTS Eds: Completes Monday At Centro de Alto Rendimiento Bogota, Colombia Purse: $727,000 (WT250) Surface: Clay-Outdoor Singles First Round Alex Kuznetsov, United States, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Farrukh Dustov, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-3. Guido Pella, Argentina, def. Eduardo Struvay, Colombia, 6-3, 6-4. Doubles First Round Sanchai and Sonchat Ratiwatana, Thai- land, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, and Jimmy Wang, Taiwan, 6-7 (4), 7-5, 10-8. Transactions ATHLETICS Court OF Arbitration FOR Sport: Reduced the 18-month doping bans for Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson to six months. BASEBALL American League Houston Astros: Optioned RHP David Martinez to Oklahoma City (PCL). National League Arizona Diamondbacks: Recalled RHP Trevor Cahill from Reno (PCL). Optioned RHP Mike Bolsinger to Reno. Miami Marlins: Sent RHP A.J. Ramos to Jacksonville (SL) for a rehab assign- ment. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA: Named Eric Hutcherson senior vice president, human resources. Chicago Bulls: Traded F Greg Smith to the Dallas Mavericks for the right to F Tadija Dragicevic. Traded F Anthony Randolph, cash considerations and two future second-round draft picks for the rights to F Milovan Rakovic. Detroit Pistons: Signed G Jodie Meeks to a multiyear contract. Miami Heat: Signed F Josh McRoberts and G Mario Chalmers. FOOTBALL Canadian Football League Edmonton Eskimos: Signed DB Alonzo Lawrence to the practice roster. Winnipeg Blue Bombers: Added WR Ta- veon Rogers and QB Mason Mills to the practice roster. Released RB Will Ford. HOCKEY National Hockey League Carolina Hurricanes: Agreed to terms with RW Justin Shugg on a one-year, two-way contract. Chicago Blackhawks: Named Kevin Dineen assistant coach. Dallas Stars: Signed D Julius Honka to a three-year entry-level contract. American Hockey League Grand Rapids Griffins: Re-signed D Bren- nan Evans to a one-year contract. COLLEGE Appalachian State: Named Bryan Bender director of men's basketball operations. Baruch: Named Viktoriya Mikhelzon and Tracy Dimaculangan women's assistant cross country coaches. Detroit: Named Chris Kolon men's lacrosse coach. Georgia: Dismissed F Brandon Morris from the men's basketball team follow- ing his arrest on a marijuana charge. Houston Baptist: Named Jordan Jeffers men's and women's assistant golf coach. Marshall: Signed football coach Doc Hol- liday to a two-year contract extension through the 2017 season. Post (Conn.): Announced the resignation of baseball coach AJ McNamara. Pro- moted associate head baseball coach Ray Ricker to head coach. Radford: Named Riley Butler men's as- sistant soccer coach. Rowan: Named Dustin Dimit men's cross country and track & field coach, and Derick Adamson women's cross country and track and field coach. Saint Anselm: Named Phil Rowe associ- ate director of athletics. SMU: Announced basketball G Em- manuel Mudiay will pursue profes- sional basketball opportunities overseas instead of playing for SMU. Utep: Named Sara Plourde softball pitching coach. Odds GLANTZ-CULVER LINE For July 15 Major League Baseball All-Star Game At Minneapolis Favorite Line Underdog American League -105/-105 National League 10 times in the first round, keeping the fans in the sec- ond deck above left field on their toes, and Stanton hit six. That was all, though. After a long wait for his next turn, Stanton put up a zero in the semifinals and let Frazier advance with only one. Oh, but Stanton's six were beauties. One landed in the third deck above left field, about a half-dozen rows shy of the very top of the ball- park. Another reached the second deck above the center field batter's eye, a place never touched by a ball during an actual game here. Stanton has been credited with three of the 15 longest home runs in the majors this year, including the second- farthest at 484 feet. Bautista, the AL cap- tain, has 11 home runs in 14 regular-season games here, the most by any vis- iting player. That's only one less than Twins corner- stone Joe Mauer, who has played 284 career games at Target Field. Cespedes, who beat A's teammate Josh Donald- son in a tiebreaker after each finished with three in the first round, breezed by Baltimore's Adam Jones in the second round. Frazier topped NL captain Troy Tulowitzki on the other side. Colorado's Justin Mor- neau, the fan favorite af- ter 10-plus years and four All-Star games for the host Twins, was eliminated in the first round. Morneau returned to his roots, and so did the event itself, considering the inau- gural contest was held at the Metrodome before the 1985 All-Star game. Ad- mission then was a mere $2, slightly less than the $200-and-up price tags on the derby these days. The original form was actu- ally a 1960s-era television show, featuring sluggers like Harmon Killebrew of the Twins. Delayed 54 minutes by light rain on an unseason- ably cool night — even for Minnesota — with a start- time temperature of 59 de- grees, the contest began with a rainbow protrud- ing from the clouds be- yond left-center field that framed this limestone-en- cased ballpark that opened in 2010. Frazier went first, and while he went deep twice, he didn't quite reach the rainbow. Neither did Twins second baseman Brian Dozier, the smallest of the participants who had the backing of the crowd with chants of his last name dur- ing his two-homer round. "Even my brother he said he got chills," said Dozier, one of seven first-time par- ticipants. His brother, Clay, was his pitcher. The loudest roars were for Morneau, naturally, in his return to the place he called home until be- ing traded last summer. An easy pick for Tulowit- zki, Morneau checked the weather forecast as soon as he woke up to gauge the wind direction. The only left-hander in the event his year, Morneau's third derby appearance brought the fans to their feet with AC/DC's "Thun- derstruck" blaring in the background. HR Derby FROM PAGE 1 | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2014 2 B