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The Major League Baseball All-Star Week has arrived and will kick off on Monday night with the Home Run Derby live at Chavez Ravine.

For starters, know this: It would be supremely painful. That is the only part of this whole exercise that isn't debatable.

ARLINGTON, Texas — If you listened hard enough in the stunned silence of Globe Life Field, when the earsplitting music had subsided and most of the 26,494 fans watched as a 21-year-old phenomenon they will have to endure for years to come rounded the bases, that raspy, unforgettable baritone voice…

ARLINGTON, Texas — This is how win streaks turn from five to eight, and from 10 games to historical.

WASHINGTON — The circumstances weren’t ideal. The decision-making that went into the timing of it left them a little peeved. The repercussions likely won’t be felt so much on Thursday when they play the Rangers in Texas, but probably on Friday or Saturday because that’s how lack of sleep works.

Seattle’s 21-year-old rookie outfielder has 15 home runs on the year.

WASHINGTON — When the post-Angels brawl suspensions were first announced, and with the knowledge that appeals would probably shave off one game for each player and the Mariners could stagger them with only one player serving them at a time, there were still legitimates causes for concern.

WASHINGTON — After a severe thunderstorm that featured excessive rain and high winds pummeled Nationals Park about an hour before first pitch on Tuesday evening and with lightning and rain expected to remain in the area, the game between the Mariners and Nationals was postponed until Wednesday.

Let's flash back to June 19, which seems like another lifetime ago for the Mariners. The ballclub had just lost its fourth out of five games to the Angels at home — the second in a row by shutout. It was 10 games under .500, the season was in shambles,…