Sports News of the Day (7/4)

MLB: For anyone who has not seen the All-Star Starters list; here they are:

National League: Catcher-Brian McCann (ATL Braves), First Base-Prince Fielder (Milwaukee Brewers), Second Base- Rickie Weeks (Milwaukee Brewers), Third Base- Placido Polanco (Philadelphia Phillies), Shortstop-Jose Reyes (New York Mets),  Outfield- Ryan Bruan (Milwaukee Brewers), Lance Berkman (St. Louis Cardinals), Matt Kemp (Los Angeles Dodgers)

American League: Catcher-Alex Avila (Detroit Tigers), First Base-Adrian Gonzalez (Boston Red Sox), Second Base-Robinson Cano (New York Yankees), Third Base-Alex Rodriguez (New York Yankees), Shortstop-Derek Jeter (New York Yankees), Outfield: Jose Bautista (Toronto Blue Jays), Curtis Granderson (New York Yankees), Josh Hamilton (Texas Rangers), Designated Hitter- David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox)
Pitchers and Reserves will be listed tomorrow.

The number one pick of the 2010 MLB Draft, 18 year-old Bryce Harper, has been promoted to the Washington National's Double A Team, the Harrisburg Senators. For the Single A Hagerstown Suns, Harper hit 14 home runs, 46 RBIs, 19 stolen bases, with a stellar batting average of .318. I do not expect to see Harper in a Washington Nationals uniform this year, but I would be shocked if he was not in Syracuse to play for the Chiefs in Triple A by the end of the year.
  
 The Cincinnati Reds took a loss against the St. Louis Cardinals 1-0 today at Busch Stadium in St. Louis in the first of a three game series.
  Rookie Mark Hamilton, was brought in the eighth inning to pinch hit for Cardinals' pitcher Chris Carpenter and hit an in-field single that brought in the only run of the game.
   Colby Rasmus went 2-3 for St. Louis, while Matt Holiday went 0-2. First baseman Albert Pujols could possibly return to the Cardinals' line-up come Tuesday night.
   The Reds' Joey Votto went 3-4, while Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce went a combined 0-8. Bruce has been on a slump recently, and needs to pick up his play for the Reds to be successful.
  Carpenter (4-7) took the win for St. Louis; pitching eight innings, giving up six hits while striking out three. Fernando Salas recorded his 15th save of the year.
   Johnny Cueto (5-3) took the loss for Cincinnati; pitching eight innings, giving up one run off six hits.
   Game two of this series is at 7:15 PM tomorrow night at Busch Stadium with the pitching match-up expected to be Edinson Volquez (CIN, 5-3) vs Jaime Garcia (STL, 7-3).

Hot Dog News: Joey Chestnut won the Nathan's Hot Dog Contest at Coney Island in New York City, New York, for the fifth time. Chestnut ate 62 hot dogs, however, the bigger news was that Takeru Kobayashi, who did not participate this year due to contract issues, broke the world record Chestnut once had by eating 69 hot dogs in another part of New York City.