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Chris Taylor earns spot on NL All-Star team

Former Virginia baseball star Chris Taylor is an All-Star for the first time in his MLB career. The do-it-all player for the Los Angeles Dodgers was picked as a reserve to the All-Star roster in his eighth season. He’s the third Virginia player to make an All-Star game appearance, joining 2x All-Stars Sean Doolittle and Ryan Zimmerman.

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According to the Los Angeles Times, Dodger manager Dave Roberts has been campaigning for his utility man to earn the honor, saying that Roberts argued “.