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Jimmie Johnson joined an elite club on Saturday night.

One of them pulled off the race track with a flat tire before he even reached the green flag. One of them wasn’t supposed to compete in the event. And yet A.J. Allmendinger and Bobby Labonte found themselves in the Sprint All-Star Race on Saturday night, though they took very different routes to get there.

Admittedly, Sprint Cup drivers haven’t raced in heavy traffic since Tickets mandated shorter side skirts for the cars, but in the All-Star Race practice and qualifying Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway, most drivers felt little or no difference in the way their cars performed.

Bobby Labonte has won the 2012 Sprint Fan Vote and is in the field for the Sprint All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Brian France, chairman and CEO of Tickets, said Saturday that he is pleased with the direction the 2012 season has taken.

From bullpen follies to injuries to key starters, the New York Mets have conquered many challenges early in the 2012 season. But the loss of star third baseman David Wright to illness on Saturday, May 19 was too much to overcome for the scrappy team.

TORONTO — As good as Brandon Morrow was on Saturday in pitching a three-hit shutout as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Mets 2-0, he still needed a couple of defensive gems from right-fielder Jose Bautista.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Alex Cobb overcame early struggles and ended up with a most impressive performance.

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