 i'm larry hanskin and this is miami valley's morning news the all-star game tonight in texas will feature 32 first-time all-stars including national league starting pitcher pittsburgh rookie paul skeens and ellie de la cruz and hunter green to the reds now hall of fame writer hal mccoy sees de la cruz becoming a perennial all-star hopefully uh he's not a starter he gets in the game and gets on base and uh