When the National League All-Stars take the field Tuesday for the 90th All-Star game they will be facing one of the American League's best in Justin Verlander.
The Houston Astros and Texas Rangers had already put four on the All-Star team with Hunter Pence, George Springer, Michael Brantley and Alex Bregman all being named starters last week.
Now the Texas teams add five more players to the roster in reserve roles...
In the not so distant past baseball was for the common man. The blue collar fan could head to the game and get a light beer and a hot dog and not go into debt. That's been on a steady decline with the advent of dilly dogs, fowl poles and other outrageous delicacies at the diamond in the 00's...