Only All-Star pitchers Francisco Rodriguez and Ervin Santana, who were excused from Thursday's team workout, were among the missing this afternoon at Angel Stadium.

Even All-Star, and new dad, Joe Saunders made the scene to talk about his New York experience -- and five-day-old daughter, Matea.

"Adorable'' was the word Saunders used to describe Matea.

"Once-in-a-lifetime'' is the way Saunders described his All-Star experience in the last year of Yankee Stadium, with a trip to Monument Park, a chance to see the new Yankee Stadium next door and a visit with Hall-of-Famers like lefty Whitey Ford, and his Yankees battery-mate Yogi Berra.

The pair may have been in their prime nearly five decades ago and long before Saunders was born, were still his "heroes,'' he said.
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