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Weaver's dominance yet to be noticed

The Angels' budding ace and AL strikeout leader has yet to make a national splash

Updated: July 7, 2010, 2:29 AM ET
By Mark Saxon | ESPNLosAngeles.com

CHICAGO -- Forget for a minute whether Jered Weaver should be an All-Star. The parameters these days make some of the build-up to the Mid-Summer Classic about as exciting as reading through your credit-card agreement.

Guys who pitch Sunday aren't eligible to compete in the game, but they are eligible to be on the roster. Nobody will know for sure who those guys are until they throw a pitch Sunday. Weaver will replace a guy who can't pitch, even though he can't pitch.

He isn't ...

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