It wasn't exactly a sigh of relief, but you can bet the Dodgers are happy that All-Star Matt Kemp confirmed the results they expected on Tuesday. A day after his semi-controversial appearance in the Home Run Derby after missing the past several weeks with a strained hamstring, Kemp says he physically came through the Derby just fine. ... ...more

The expected pitching lineups for both the American and the National Leagues in tonight's 83rd All-Star Game in Kansas City, Mo. ... ...more

As the Angels' Mike Trout and the Nationals' Bryce Harper prepare to make their All-Star Game debuts, the feeling in Kansas City is that they are right at home already ... and that this is the first of many. ... ...more

Boy, that Tony La Russa sure is a killjoy. In naming Matt Cain to start Tuesday night, La Russa, the National League manager, sucked the air right out of easily the best human-interest story here: The prospect of 37-year-old knuckleballer R.A. Dickey on the mound when the 83rd All-Star Game begins. ... ...more

Already down Joey Votto (knee) and Scott Rolen (back), the Reds watched rookie shortstop Zack Cozart take a fastball to the head in Monday's 8-2 win and apparently came away not too much the worse for the wear. Cozart was diagnosed with a mild concussion. ... ...more

Reds slugger Joey Votto sat out a second consecutive game with a sore left knee Monday. And though both Votto and the Reds are confident that the first baseman will not be disabled, lingering soreness could become a tremendous source of irony for Cincinnati. ...more

Amid flaring tempers and snubbed All-Stars, Reds manager Dusty Baker is stone-cold accurate about one thing. 'A snub like that looks bad,' Baker said. ...more

LOS ANGELES -- Mets catcher Josh Thole will not be going to next week's All-Star Game, but his catcher's glove is headed to Kansas City anyway. ... ...more

This is how bad things are going for the formerly first-place Dodgers: At this point, Carlos Lee is looking like the potential second coming of Duke Snider. ... ...more

Jim Thome can only bring good things to the Orioles, who are in need of a bat and looking at every conceivable option to parlay their shockingly good start into a summer-long ride. ... ...more