The Brewers’ Prince Fielder won the 2009 All-Star Game Home Run Derby, outslugging the Rangers’ Nelson Cruz 6-5 in the championship …

The Angels third baseman joins the AL squad after an infected finger sidelines Tampa Bay’s Evan Longoria.

Having spent much of his seven-year big league career as a super utility player, starting at six different positions and sometimes jumping from the infield to the outfield and back in the same game, Chone Figgins is used to adjusting on the fly.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Prince Fielder’s approach at the plate is perfect for the Home Run Derby.

USA TODAY’s Bob Nightengale checks in with some of the Arch City’s favorite sons:

ST. LOUIS — If he’d played in Boston, he would’ve been Ted Williams. In New York, maybe Joe DiMaggio. In Brooklyn, who knows what song they might’ve written about him?

The new sculpture garden offers a mixture of highbrow art, quiet spaces for reflection and fountains where visitors can cool …

All-Star notes

CHICAGO, July 13 (UPI) — Ryan Ludwick hit a a pair of two-run home runs Sunday to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-2 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader with the Chicago Cubs.

MILWAUKEE, July 7 (UPI) — Adam Wainwright pitched 8 1/3 shutout innings Tuesday to pace the St. Louis Cards to a 5-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers.

lbert Pujols will be in a familiar spot when St. Louis hosts the 80th All-Star game. Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield is…