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WASHINGTON -- After the millions of ballots from fans around the country were tabulated, Washington Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy missed out on being the NLs starter in the All-Star Game by the a mere 88 votes.The final tally was 3,013,407 for Chicagos Ben Zobrist and 3,013,319 for Murphy, the NL batting average leader.Murphy insisted he wasnt disappointed. Rather, he was thankful to be headed to the All-Star Game for a second time.Being an All-Star is humbling. Im excited for it, Murphy said Tuesday night. Ben Zobrist is the starter. It sounds like hes having a fantastic year and is well deserving.Murphy signed a three-year deal in January with Washington after starring for the rival New York Mets in the 2015 playoffs. He is batting .349 with 14 homers and 56 RBI for the NL East-leading Nationals.He will be joined in San Diego next week by teammates Stephen Strasburg, Wilson Ramos and Bryce Harper.It should be a lot of fun, Murphy said. Hopefully we can get home-field advantage in the World Series.Murphy made the NL squad in 2014 and got one at-bat. Thats not what he remembers most about the event.My biggest takeaway was there were a lot of good players there, he said. The thing I want to take away the most this time is that its an opportunity with four days off away from baseball to pour back into my family. Because once we get done with this, we hopefully go through October. Air Max Plus Canada Sale . -- Quarterback Will Finch threw for 252 yards and three touchdowns, and Yannick Harou rushed in two scores as the No. Air Max Plus Free Shipping .com) - The game was all punts and field goals before Kodi Whitfields catch. http://www.cheapairmaxpluscanada.com/ .com) - The Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks both take aim at their first wins of the season on Saturday, as the Canucks open their home slate at Rogers Arena. Wholesale Air Max Plus Canada . Ivanovic was leading 7-5, 1-0 when Hantuchova withdrew after falling 0-40 behind in the second game. The match started slowly for Ivanovic, who surrendered her first two serves as Hantuchova took a 5-3 lead. Cheap Air Max Plus Canada . Mats Zuccarello and Derek Stepan scored shootout goals, and backup goalie Cam Talbot earned his second win in two nights as the Rangers shook off a late tying tally and beat the Maple Leafs 2-1 Monday night. MADRID -- The Spanish soccer federation on Wednesday fined Valencia 1,500 euros ($1,600) after water bottles were thrown at Barcelona players celebrating a goal in a Spanish league game last weekend.The federation also warned Valencia that it may close its Mestalla Stadium if similar incidents happen again.In its ruling, the federations competition committee condemned the attitude of the Barcelona players who turned to the stands to celebrate after Lionel Messis late winner on Saturday, but said nothing justifies a violent reaction by fans.It also criticized the exaggerated reaction of some Barcelona players after a bottle hit Neymar and Luis Suarez, and said that their actions exposed them to ridicule. The federation also praised Valencia for quickly idenntifying the fan who threw the bottle.ddddddddddddBarcelona reacted quickly to the criticism to its players, saying that the accusations made by the committee were condemnable and abusive.The committee turns the victims into the guilty parties, Barcelona said in a statement. Barcelona players reacted by expressing their indignation for what they had to go through.The Catalan club said the committee should have limited its analysis to the facts instead of making unfair assumptions that are not within its scope.It said that from now on it expects the committee to analyze the team celebrations after every goal is scored in La Liga. ' ' '