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  For catchers, is best defense a good offense?

  Up for debate: Should All-Star backstops be selected for their potent bats or their slick gloves?

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  It'll be a Big Apple party

  John Franco and David Wright, along with fellow Mets legends Mookie Wilson and Edgardo Alfonzo, will take part in an array of events leading up to and throughout All-Star Week.

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  Mets excited for All-Star Game's return to Queens

  When the Mets learned that Citi Field will play host to a Midsummer Classic for the first time, nearly 50 years after the 1964 All-Star Game was held at Shea Stadium, the players couldn't have been happier about it.

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  Hosting All-Star Game uplifting for Mets owner Wilpon

  "I know Major League Baseball believes in the Wilpons and the Mets," said Fred Wilpon. "I have some great friendships in baseball. And you don't get those friendships because of your name. You get those friendships because you earn them."

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  National League makes it three in a row in 2012

  Pablo Sandoval hit a three-run triple during a National League-record five-run first in the 2012 All-Star Game in Kansas City, and MVP Melky Cabrera went deep as the Senior Circuit won its third straight Midsummer Classic.

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