Voting at mlb.com for the last two All-Star Game rosters spots rages on until 7 p.m. Wednesday, and Chicago has a stake in the outcome of both races.
AL Player / Team
Lew Ford, MIN
Travis Hafner, CLE
Paul Konerko, SOX
Hideki Matsui, NYY
Frank Thomas, SOX
NL Player / Team
Bobby Abreu, PHI
Steve Finley, ARI
Jason Kendall, PIT
Juan Pierre, FLA
Aramis Ramirez, CUBS
Blowing in the wind
When Eric Gagne’s record streak of consecutive saves ended at 84, it parked him well ahead of the other durable relievers of note:
SV / Pitcher / Team / Span
54 Tom Gordon Boston, 1998-99
41 Rod Beck San Francisco, 1993-95
41 Trevor Hoffman San Diego, 1997-98
40 Dennis Eckersley Oakland, 1991-92
On a Larkin
Reds shortstop Barry Larkin has asked the Reds to cancel his retirement ceremonies planned for the final weekend of the season. “Right now, I would like to leave my options as a player open for
2005,” the 12-time All-Star said in a statement Tuesday.
![The Arlington Heights Village Board granted developers of the planned Arlington 425 project in downtown Arlington Heights another construction-related extension – making this at least the second one – even as financing for the work has still not been secured. The mixed-use development, planned for 225 W. Campbell St., has been in the works for five years. “We’re looking to get it going,” Stephen Messutta, general counsel for Norwood Builders of Park Ridge, told the board at the April 15 meeting. The developer requested a zoning extension for the proposed redevelopment on the longtime empty land parcel located just steps […]](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2023/05/09/E6SSECNLL5F4JLRU4GG4CNMQ2A.jpg?w=535 "The Arlington Heights Village Board granted developers of the planned Arlington 425 project in downtown Arlington Heights another construction-related extension – making this at least the second one – even as financing for the work has still not been secured. The mixed-use development, planned for 225 W. Campbell St., has been in the works for five years. “We’re looking to get it going,” Stephen Messutta, general counsel for Norwood Builders of Park Ridge, told the board at the April 15 meeting. The developer requested a zoning extension for the proposed redevelopment on the longtime empty land parcel located just steps […]")