 In baseball, we have reached the all-star break. The first half of the season coming to a close on Sunday. The Phillies were the top team over the first half with a 62-34 record, although they were beaten up on Sunday by the A's 18-3. Oakland hitting eight home runs. Lawrence Butler hit three of them. But Philadelphia still has an eight-and-a-half game lead on Atlanta for first in the NL East. Orioles hold a one-game lead on the Yankees atop the AL East thanks to a 6-5 win over New York on Sunday. Baltimore snapping a five-game skid.