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2011 MLB All-Star Game Preview

The MLB All-Star Game for 2011 is filled with plenty of great young talent that will shine on the field. Although the game is been marred with veterans that have decided not to play, there is still plenty of reasons to watch. First of all you can bet on the big game and online sportsbook, Skybook is your place to bet on the midsummer’s classic. With odds and props for the big game, they are your one-stop shop for betting on the All-Star Game. If the 82nd Major League All-Star Game were to have a slogan, it might be "Prior experience not required." A whopping 34 of the 68 players for Tuesday night's game at Chase Field are participating in the All-Star festivities for the first time, bringing a freshness and energy to the event, which begins at 8 ET on FOX. Familiar names that have dotted All-Star rosters for years -- like Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki and Mariano Rivera on the American League side and National Leaguers Albert Pujols, Chipper Jones and David Wright -- are not playing in this year's game, opening the door for a new wave of baseball talent. Exciting young players like Rickie Weeks, Jay Bruce, Matt Kemp and Andrew McCutchen will be making their first appearances for the NL, while Michael Pineda, Asdrubal Cabrera and Matt Wieters are among those debuting for the AL. Some of the first-timers were voted in by the fans like Weeks and Kemp, while others served as injury replacements or were named to fill in for pitchers who started Sunday and, therefore, were ineligible to pitch in the Midsummer Classic. The original 68 players selected for the game has morphed into a record 83. All the changes have made for plenty of roster shuffling and have left clubhouse attendants on both sides scrambling to find extra lockers. The AL has 18 players who are eligible to play Tuesday and are getting their first taste of the All-Star experience, while the NL has 16. Washington is charged with trying to get the AL back on the winning side of the ledger after the NL prevailed, 3-1, last year -- the Senior Circuit's first win since 1996. To do that, the AL will rely on a power-laden lineup that includes a three-through-seven combination of Adrian Gonzalez, Jose Bautista, Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre and David Ortiz. The lineup is so stacked, it has Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano, who won the Home Run Derby with 32 homers -- including a record 12 in the final round -- in the No. 8 spot. That will be the difference that the American League needs to win this game. Look for the A.L. to beat the National League and secure home field advantage for the playoffs. Play on the American League