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All-Star Game still stuck in the middle

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Monday, July 13, 2009

ST. LOUIS -- Phillies manager Charlie Manuel has been to one All-Star Game in his career, as a coach for the American League squad in 2002. Things began auspiciously when Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki sent his teammates bounding up the dugout steps with the most profane and rousing pep talk since John Belushi declared war on the Vernon Wormer regime. "I remember Ichiro saying in broken English, 'Let's go whip somebody's ass,'" Manuel said. "That might sound corny or whatever, but when you go ...

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