All-star game live

• Here they are. The most talented -- or, in some cases, the most popular -- players that Major League Baseball has to offer have convened at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City for the 83rd All-Star Game.
(Huffington Post)
• Major League Baseballs 83rd All-Star game is set in Kansas City with the National League team going for its third-consecutive win.
(USA Today)
• 7:43: Fox pregame Eric Karros says Mike Trout does everything in an effortless manner. 7:35: Erin Andrews debuts on Fox with some quick on-field interviews. No Fox fireworks or having Andrews arrive by parachute.
(USA Today)
• 7:50 PM (ET): Phillip Phillips — the reigning American Idol who is not a fan of the Philadelphia Phillies, Ive been informed — performed a tune before a moving tribute to the history of the Negro Leagues aired.
(YAHOO!)
• The 83rd MLB All-Star Game is under way. Keep this page open during the Midsummer Classic for live coverage. Im coming at you with highlights, analysis, postgame reaction, etc.
(Bleacherreport.com)
• Records were broken from coast to coast — 104 degrees in Washington, D.C., and hotter in Kansas City, where Major League Baseball was playing its annual All-Star game Tuesday night.
(Oregonian)
• The Home Run Derby and All-Star Game sold out their inventory of ads weeks ago, with the game pulling in ads at prices of about $1 million a minute.
(CNN Sports Illustrated)
• Preamble: A couple of little rants to start our live coverage of the 2012 All-Star Game. Lets begin with the Home Run Derby, which was won last night by Prince Fielder who hit 28 bombs en route to his second title.
(The Guardian)
• KANSAS CITY -- It typically takes Detroit Tigers right-hander Justin Verlander seven-plus innings before he starts to dial up his fastball and hit triple digits on the radar gun.
(MLive.com)
• Major League Baseballs 83rd All-Star game is set in Kansas City with the National League team going for its third-consecutive win.
(Courier-Journal)