Ronald Blum, Associated Press
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Adri谩n Beltr茅, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer have been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame while Billy Wagner and Gary Sheffield fell short. Helton, making his sixth ballot appearance, got 307 votes for 79.7%, 18 more than the needed 289 for 75% after falling 11 votes short last year. -
Elias D铆az may be the most unlikely All-Star MVP. Just 3 1/2 years after Pittsburgh failed to offer a contract and allowed him to become a free agent, his go-ahead, two-run homer off F茅lix Bautista in the eighth inning lifted the National League over the American 3-2.
