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Peavy, Haren All-Star Starters

Posted Jul 10, 07 8:10 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – It's officially California's All-Star Game: San Diego's Jake Peavy will take the mound for the NL tonight, while Jim Leyland has tapped Oakland's Dan Haren to start for his AL squad. Leyland, who passed over his own Justin Verlander, admits it came down to venue; the AL-manager wants to give the Frisco crowd a bay-area name.

But Haren's nothing to shake a stick at: The righty is 10-3 with an AL-best 2.30 ERA. An injured Peavy posted ugly numbers last year, but is 9-3 at the break with a 2.19 ERA, the second best in the NL. Neither young hurler seems intimidated by an studded line-up. "I'll challenge him," says the 26-year-old Haren of hometown favorite Barry Bonds, whose AT&T Park will host tonight at 8 p.m. ET.

Source Sports Illustrated

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San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds follows through on his 700th career home run swing off San Diego Padres' Jake Peavy in the third inning in this Sept. 17, 2004 file photo, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben...   (Associated Press)
San Diego Padres starter Jake Peavy pitches in the first inning against the Florida Marlins in their baseball game in San Diego, Thursday July 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)   (Associated Press)
Oakland Athletics' Dan Haren pitches to the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., in this June 20, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)   (Associated Press)
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