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NEW YORK -- Bartolo Colon and Max Scherzer are headed to the All-Star Game, picked as replacements for other pitchers originally selected to the National League team.Major League Baseball also announced Friday that Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Michael Saunders and San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt won the final two All-Star roster spots, elected by fans in online balloting.This is a proud moment for me and my family, Saunders said. Everyone knows that Canada takes care of their own. Im Canadian through and through. Just to feel that support, the best way I can describe, everyones been asking me, is I feel loved by this country. To see the support they gave me is very humbling.Saunders joins the American League team, while Belt gets a slot on the NL squad.Extremely excited, obviously. Its hard to put into words, Belt said. I just cant believe that Im an All-Star this year. Its pretty cool, especially when you step back and think about how many fans voted and how many times they voted, how many messages that I got of how their thumbs were numb. Its pretty overwhelming to think about.The 43-year-old Colon was chosen to replace Madison Bumgarner in Tuesdays showcase in San Diego because the Giants ace is scheduled to pitch Sunday against Arizona.A fan favorite with the New York Mets, Colon is 7-4 with a 3.28 ERA. He was picked by his own manager -- Terry Collins of the Mets will lead the NL team.It means a lot, especially for someone my age, Colon said through a translator. It surprised me a lot.In one of the most stunning and charming moments of the season, Colon homered in San Diego in early May, becoming the oldest player to hit his first major league home run.The hefty right-hander said the All-Star nod was very meaningful to him because hes in the final stages of his career. He said hed like to pitch one more season in the majors if healthy.When I asked him if he wanted to go the All-Star Game, he said yes. He didnt say, hey, I need to rest, Im 43 years old. Im shot. He said, `Thank you, Id like to go. So hes going to go, Collins said, drawing laughs.Scherzer will substitute for Washington Nationals teammate Stephen Strasburg, who came off the disabled list this week and wont pitch in the All-Star Game as a precaution. Strasburg, who is from San Diego, plans to attend the game, the Nationals said.Max was excited. Never seen a veteran guy as elated as he, to be a part of the All-Star Game, Washington manager Dusty Baker said. I think hes a good representative to show people what a privilege and an honor it is to go.Strasburg started Friday night against the New York Mets, his second outing since coming off the DL. He returned from an upper back strain Sunday against Cincinnati.Because of Stephens injury that he just came off of, being on three days rest, it would have cost him time again with us, Baker said. So Im just glad that hes going, especially in his hometown. But theres a lot of risk for Stephen since he just came off the DL and you dont know how hes going to come through this game tonight. So everybody decided itd be better that he doesnt start or pitch.---AP freelance writers Ian Harrison in Toronto and Mike Wagaman in San Francisco contributed to this report.Discount Shoes Stores . A lawyer for MLB, Matthew Menchel, confirmed Wednesday the league dropped its case against Biogenesis of America, its owner Anthony Bosch and several other individuals. The lawsuit had accused Biogenesis and Bosch of conspiring with players to violate their contracts by providing them with banned performance-enhancing substances. 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Hazard cut in from the left and scored with a swerving right-footed shot for ninth goal of the season, which proved to be enough for the victory despite Chelseas forwards again lacking a cutting edge up front.Daniil Kvyat feels his drive to 15th was the maximum he could have hoped for in Germany and two steps forward after his devastating end of qualifying a day earlier.Kvyat looked a broken figure on Saturday after qualifying 19th at Hockenheim, saying his current career slump seemed never ending. The Russian driver has scored just two points since being demoted from Red Bull to Toro Rosso ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.On Sunday a solid drive saw him recover to 15th, one place behind teammate Carlos Sainz. That result came after receiving words of encouragement on the grid from both Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko and team boss Christian Horner.Speaking about his race, Kvyat said: I felt that many people who know me saw I was not myself these last few weeks, also Christian. I dont need anyone to be sorry for me or anything but I think everyone has these points in life. For sure, [qualifying] was a low poinnt.dddddddddddd But already I felt like I took not one but two steps forward.When asked if he felt he had got the best from the car, he replied: Exactly, I felt I got absolutely the maximum out of it. It was positive on that note. Nothing could have been done better today from outside, so its quite positive.Kvyay says the key to his positive drive was not dwelling too much on what had happened in qualifying and letting his racing instincts take over.[I did] nothing special, just went to the car and did my job, really not thinking about too much or over-analysing. Just did my usual job, just drove on my instincts and it paid off quite well. I think thats how we continue that approach for now, its been working good and it should be much better from the second half of the season. ' ' '