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NEW YORK -- New York Mets right-hander Bartolo Colon is an All-Star at age 43.Colon was named to the squad Friday by National League manager Terry Collins as a replacement for Madison Bumgarner, who is unavailable because he will pitch Sunday for the San Francisco Giants.Colon called the selection a surprise. He also revealed that he intends to pitch only one more season.It means a lot, especially for someone my age, Colon said through an interpreter. It surprised me a lot. Theres a lot of great ballplayers around the league, and I wasnt expecting this.Colon joins Yoenis Cespedes, Noah Syndergaard and Jeurys Familia as the Mets All-Star representatives. The Mets contingent heading to this All-Star Game is the teams largest since 2009, when David Wright, Francisco Rodriguez, Johan Santana and Carlos Beltran represented the club.Colon becomes the oldest All-Star since Mariano Rivera in 2013. If he gets to bat, which isnt likely, he would become the oldest player to hit in an All-Star Game since Carlton Fisk in 1991.Colon said he has no interest in hitting in the game.No, no. I pray to God it doesnt happen, he said.Colon returns to the scene of one of his greatest feats: San Diegos Petco Park. He became the oldest player in major league history to hit his first homer when he took James Shields deep there on May 7.Colon is 7-4 with a 3.28 ERA in 18 appearances (17 starts) this season. MLB Jerseys Outlet . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. Cheap MLB Jerseys Nike 2020 . Breaking three of his own world records on his way to winning in Paris, Chan silenced the critics and left the audiences standing in appreciation and awe. https://www.mlbjerseyschina.us/ . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. Fake Nike MLB Jerseys .C. -- When North Carolina freshman Ryan Switzer reported to training camp in August he was a little miffed to learn he was third on the depth chart at punt returner. Cheap MLB Jerseys Authentic . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. RIO DE JANEIRO -- European Olympic head Patrick Hickey of Ireland is spending the closing days of the Rio Games in a prison after his arrest in a ticket-scalping scandal, authorities said Friday.The 71-year-old International Olympic Committee executive was denied bail after his legal team argued unsuccessfully that he was being detained illegally following his early-morning arrest Wednesday at his hotel.Police only began questioning Hickey on Thursday because he was hospitalized for a day with chest pains following his arrest. Hickey has now been transferred to the sprawling Bangu prison complex in Rio, a police statement said. Hickeys Brazilian lawyers did not respond to an email seeking comment.Hickey has temporarily stepped down from his IOC duties, including his post on the ruling executive board and heading the influential umbrella group for Europes Olympic bodies.The former judo athlete is facing charges of conspiracy, ticket scalping and ambush marketing after Brazilian authorities alleged he was part of a plot to make $3 million by illegally selling Rio Games tickets above face value.Police said Irelands Olympic body helped transfer tickets to an unauthorized vendor who would set high fees and disguise the transaction as a hospitality package.The Olympic Council of Ireland board said it will not commment Hickeys criminal case, adding that he is receiving his own legal advice and is entitled to natural justice and due process.ddddddddddddHickey built his power base through judo, going on to lead the Irish Olympic team at the 1988 and 1992 Games before being elected to the IOC in 1995. He joined the executive board four years ago.The OCI has halted the earlier internal investigation established by Hickey before his arrest and set up an independent one. The Dublin-based organization said it will cooperate fully with a non-statutory government inquiry at home into the scandal.Rio police made their first arrests in the investigation last week when Kevin James Mallon, from the British hospitality provider THG, was held in Rio. Authorities have also issued warrants for four more executives at the company.Some Irish tickets for the Olympics opening ceremony with a face value of $1,400 were sold for $8,000, police said.The board of the Olympic Council of Ireland regrets that recent events in Brazil have overshadowed the many great performances of Team Ireland at the Rio Olympic Games, the organization said.---Rob Harris at www.twitter.com/RobHarris and www.facebook.com/RobHarrisReports ' ' '