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Public Gets an All-Star Ticket Snub

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Because Fenway Park has a capacity of only 33,871, and two-thirds of those seats are sold to season-ticket holders, the Boston Red Sox will not be selling tickets for the All-Star game to the public, the team announced Tuesday.

Said General Manager Dan Duquette: “Our first commitment is to our season-ticket holders. The remainder . . . must be given to major league baseball.”

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Left-hander Trevor Wilson, trying to win a job as San Francisco’s fifth starter, was given his outright release by the Giants.

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He gave up seven runs in 3 1/3 innings Sunday, and had a spring earned-run average of 12.86.

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