Anderson to Start for AL

Garret Anderson will join Troy Glaus in the starting lineup for the All-Star game, giving the Angels two All-Star starters for the first time since Hall of Famers Rod Carew and Reggie Jackson in the 1984 game.

Anderson will replace Manny Ramirez of the Boston Red Sox, who withdrew because of a hamstring injury. American League players already had voted Anderson onto the All-Star team as a reserve. He is hitting .316, ranking second among AL outfielders with 78 runs batted in and third with 22 home runs.

For Anderson, the excitement of making his first All-Star game start and the gratitude toward his peers for selecting him is tempered by the fact that fans did not vote him into the lineup, even though he will start.

“I didn’t get voted in to start,” he said. “That doesn’t change.”

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The Detroit Tigers and Tampa Bay Devil Rays have expressed interest in acquiring Scott Schoeneweis and using him as a starting pitcher. The Angels would not be opposed to a trade that would accommodate his desire to return to starting, but the Tigers and Devil Rays apparently have little to offer that could help the Angels win now.

In any case, the Angels are not eager to trade their lone left-handed reliever, particularly at a time he has thrown 10 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings. When asked whether the Angels might placate Schoeneweis by trading him to a contender, a team official shot a puzzled glance and said, “We’re a contender.”

The Angels are not determined to make a trade before the July 31 deadline but would not mind adding a left-handed hitter to replace the injured Brad Fullmer.

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Art Howe has led teams to the playoffs three times but hasn’t won a postseason series. Dusty Baker has led teams to the playoffs three times, losing in the first round twice and losing to Mike Scioscia and the Angels in last year’s World Series.

Baker and Howe signed four-year contracts last winter, Baker for more than $14 million with the Chicago Cubs and Howe for $9.4 million with the New York Mets. The extension to which Scioscia agreed Saturday, binding him to the Angels through 2007, pays him less annually than Howe, let alone Baker.

“The real litmus test of an organization is if you can become a perennial contender,” said Scioscia, who led the Angels to their first playoff berth in 16 years. “Art accomplished that. Dusty accomplished that. Lou [Piniella] accomplished that. Bobby Cox has done more than that. I haven’t done it yet.”

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Shortstop David Eckstein, who sat out the last six games because of a bruised shoulder and strained neck and back, said he “definitely” plans to return when the Angels resume play Thursday. Eckstein worked out Sunday and said “there’s no pain” in the injured area.... Mickey Callaway’s rehabilitation assignment expires in nine days, meaning the Angels can no longer stash him at triple-A Salt Lake City. Barring injury to another player before then, the Angels have that long to decide whether to add him as a 12th pitcher or put him on waivers.... With no Southern California team interested in signing him as a starter and no other team meeting the $2-million to $3-million asking price for getting him to play far from his Newport Beach home, free agent and former Angel Chuck Finley has told friends he does not plan to play this season but has not ruled out resuming his career next season.