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With the MLB All-Star Game happening this week, I wanted to take you on a ride back in time to two of my favorite All Star games: 1999 and 1983.

Your Saturday morning dose of New York Mets and MLB news, notes, and links.

The AL took the Midsummer Classic at Coors Field, with some help from a few Yankees.

12:24 AM UTC Shanthi Sepe-Chepuru The field for the 2023 T-Mobile Home Run Derby at T-Mobile Park in Seattle is set. Pete Alonso, Adolis Garc?a, Randy Arozarena, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Julio Rodr?guez, Mookie Betts, Adley Rutschman and Luis Robert Jr. have all officially joined the event, which is set for Monday at 8 p.m. ET

The New York Mets won in dramatic fashion Wednesday night, fighting back from their last strike to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks. Now the proud owners of a four-game winning streak, is it too early to get excited?

The A's have three picks on Day 1, including the sixth pick in the draft. Will this be the year they finally take a pitcher in Round 1?

OAKLAND -- A’s players and coaches gathered inside the home clubhouse at the Coliseum on Sunday morning prior to their series finale against the White Sox. The team meeting called by manager Mark Kotsay was to announce who will be representing the club in Seattle for this year’s All-Star Game.

Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani hit a 493-foot blast that marks the longest home run of his career and the longest home run of the 2023 MLB season.

Shohei Ohtani added another highlight to his amazing June with the longest home run of his major league career, becoming the ninth player to reach 30 homers in a season by July 1. It was only a solo shot, though, and not enough for the Los Angeles Angels to overcome a grand slam by Arizona's Lourdes Gurriel Jr. Gurriel's second-inning drive into the Angels' bullpen in left field was the decisive blow in the Diamondbacks' 6-2 victory Friday night.

Shohei Ohtani hit the longest home run of his major league career and became the ninth player to reach 30 homers in a season by July 1. Yet, it wasnt enough to overcome Lourdes Gurriel Jr.s grand slam in the second inning as the Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 Friday night.