NL snaps all-star losing streak (CBC.ca)

Brian McCann's three-run double in the seventh inning gave the National League a 3-1 win in the 81st all-star game in Anaheim on Tuesday, ending the American League's 13-year unbeaten run.

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Yankees owner George Steinbrenner dies (CBC.ca)

George Steinbrenner, the controversial owner who resurrected the New York Yankees and turned the baseball team into a billion-dollar business, has died at age 80.

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Friedman: ‘The Boss’ kept everyone on edge (CBC.ca)

You didn't have to be Billy Martin, Reggie Jackson or Dave Winfield to face the wrath of the late New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner. He intimidated people and embarrassed fellow owners.

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Bautista clubs 2 homers for Blue Jays (CBC.ca)

In consecutive at-bats, Blue Jays right-fielder Jose Bautista took A. J. Burnett over the fence to lead Toronto to a 6-1 rout of the visiting New York Yankees on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.

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