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2008 MLB ALL-STAR GAME

Ben Sheets (10-3, 2.85) @ Cliff Lee (12-2, 2.31)
Yankee Stadium (Bronx, NY)
8:00 PM EDT, FOX

SS Hanley Ramirez	RF Ichiro Suzuki
2B Chase Utley	SS Derek Jeter
1B Lance Berkman	CF Josh Hamilton
DH Albert Pujols	3B Alex Rodriguez
3B Chipper Jones	LF Manny Ramirez
RF Matt Holliday	DH Milton Bradley
LF Ryan Braun	1B Kevin Youkilis
CF Kosuke Fukudome	C Joe Mauer
C Geovany Soto	2B Dustin Pedroia

GAME NOTES: On paper, this may finally be the NL’s year. They’ve got a loaded lineup and I’d be more confident with Ben Sheets taking the hill than Cliff Lee. Still, with a possible combination of K-Rod-Nathan-Papelbon-Rivera to end the game and posing a clear bullpen advantage, I’ll take the AL to win a nailbiter with a late RBI that propels them to yet another All-Star Game victory and gives the Red Sox home field in the World Series.