Struggles Continue for NL in Loss

The American League topped the National League 4-3 in the 2009 MLB All Star Game to win home-field advantage in the World Series, the AL's 12th straight ASG victory. The Junior Circuit had the early advantage, scoring twice in the first inning off the Giant's Tim Lincecum. The NL responded though, scoring three runs in the second off Toronto's Roy Halladay to take the lead, capped by Milwaukee's Prince Fielder, who hit an RBI-double. The Dodgers' Chad Billingsley surrendered the lead in the fifth, giving up a double to Minnesota's Joe Mauer that scored the Yankee's Derek Jeter. San Diego's Heath Bell then gave up a triple to Curtis Granderson of Detroit, and Baltimore's Adam Jones hit a sacrafice-fly to knock Granderson home. Tampa Bay's Carl Crawford robbed Brad Hawpe of the Rockies of a home run that would have tied the game, and his superb defense earned him the All Star MVP award. The Dodgers' Orlando Hudson entered the game as a replacement, and went 1-for-2 with a stolen base.

A-Rod Admitts Steroid Use

Major League Baseball's most prolific star has just admitted to using performance-enhancing substances. Alex Rodriguez, the New York Yankees' third baseman, came clean after an online article from Sports Illustrated said Rodriguez tested positive in an anonymous drug test in 2003. The test was performed in order to see if rules should be put in place to restrict the use of steroids, HGH, and other performance enhancers. Rodriguez explains he took the substances from 2001-03 due to pressure after signing with the Texas Rangers. In 2003 he won the AL MVP award after hitting .298 with 47 home runs and 118 RBI's. He has collected 553 total homers in his career with Seattle, Texas, and New York. In 2003 there were no official rules against the use of performance enhancers, and so Rodriguez will not be punished.