ROGERS SPORTSNET PRESENTS BASEBALL’S BEST IN THE MLB ANNUAL ALL-STAR GAME TUESDAY

All-Star coverage will also include Canadian broadcast exclusive of Monday’s Home Run Derby

TORONTO (July 7, 2011) – The Toronto Blue Jays’ Jose Bautista leads the American League against the National League in the 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m. (ET)/4:30 p.m. (PT) on Rogers Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet West and Sportsnet Pacific.

Sportsnet’s All-Star coverage will begin with the Canadian broadcast exclusive of the Home Run Derby on Monday, July 11 at 7:30 p.m. (ET)/4:30 p.m. (PT) on Rogers Sportsnet East, Sportsnet Ontario, Sportsnet West and Sportsnet Pacific.

Both Tuesday’s All-Star Game and Monday’s Home Run Derby will include a 30 minute pre-game show hosted by Jamie Campbell, who will be joined by MLB analyst Gregg Zaun, Sportsnet Connected reporter Barry Davis, and sportsnet.ca baseball insider Shi Davidi, live from Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

The pre-game shows will include a feature on the rise of Bautista from obscurity to the leading vote-getter in the history of the All-Star Game, as well as on-field interviews with Bautista, former Jay Roy Halladay and Jays’ manager John Farrell.

Sportsnet Radio – The FAN 590 will also broadcast the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby while Sportsnet Radio - The FAN 960 will broadcast the All-Star Game.

For even more coverage from the all-star festivities, sportsnet.ca will present the following:

· Ask Buck Martinez: Exclusive all-star themed blog will focus on his favourite mid-season classic memories as well as thoughts on current format.

·Blue Jays first-half roundtable: Shi Davidi, Michael Grange, Mike Wilner and Scott Carson look back at the Jays first half and what to expect in the second half.

·Top of the 49th blog: The derby slump: Fact or myth? We investigate the myth that the home run derby sends participants into a slump immediately afterwards.

·Home run derby live chat: Davidi will be chatting live, answering questions and giving analysis on the derby.

·Tuesday afternoon Skype chat: Live from Phoenix, Davidi will be looking back at the previous night's derby and set the scene for Tuesday's game.

For all the scores, highlights, breaking news and inside stories from MLB, tune in to Sportsnet Connected and visit www.sportsnet.ca. Big Names, Big Teams, Big League.

Rogers Sportsnet provides HD live-event coverage of the Toronto Blue Jays, Major League Baseball's 2011 World Series, NL and AL League Championships, MLB Divisionals, the 82nd Annual MLB All-Star Game, 2011 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby.                                            -END-