all-star game

Though the game started out slowly, an onslaught of late inning scoring saw the AL squad slug it's way past the NL, 8-6, in 10 innings Tuesday night.

With the NBA's All-Star weekend firmly in the rear-view mirror, let's take a look at how the members of the Boston Celtics, who represented the team, fared.

With the MLB All-Star Game set for Tuesday night, both the American and National League managers, Brad Mills (Coaching in place of Terry Francona) and Joe Maddon, have named their starters and starting lineups for the midsummer classic.

Mike Trout flashed the skill that puts him at the front of baseball's new generation, just moments after four of the all-time greats had just walked off the field. Trout became the first player in 38 years to homer leading off an All-Star Game, then became the first player to take home the Midsummer Classic's MVP award two years in row...

"The Toddfather" has a new title. Todd Frazier - Little League World Series star, Frank Sinatra aficionado - is baseball's new King of Swing. The Jersey boy who never seems to get rattled waited until his very last swing - three times, no less - to win the All-Star Home Run Derby in his home ballpark on Monday night...

Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper won't participate in the All-Star Home Run Derby because his father isn't available to pitch to him. The Home Run Derby will be held Monday, the day before the All-Star Game in Cincinnati. Harper was the leading vote-getter in fan balloting for NL starters and began play Monday tied for second in the majors with 25 homers...

The Boston Red Sox have signed closer Koji Uehara for two more years. The All-Star reliever will earn $18 million through 2016. Uehara joined the Red Sox in 2013 and earned the closer's role midway through the season. He was a key part of the team that won the franchise's third World Series in 10 years, striking out Matt Carpenter for the final out in Game 6 on this date last year...

The American League shut out the National League 3-0 last night at Citi Field in NYC, Boston's Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz went 0 for 2. Pedroia got in the game early when Robinson Cano was hit in the knee. Pedroia lined to right and struck out...

Jose Bautista, J.J. Hardy and Jason Kipnis each drove in runs, and the American League beat the National League, 3-0, in the 2013 MLB All-Star Game at Citi Field in New York.

Oakland's Yoenis Cespedes is this year's Home Run Derby Champion. The A's outfielder beat Washington's Bryce Harper 9 to 8 in the final. Red Sox DH David Ortiz will bat sixth for the American League tonight in the 84th All Star Game at Citi Field in NY...