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Dodgers' Matt Kemp, Kenley Jansen selected to National League All-Star team

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The first hint came when Matt Kemp reported to spring training 40 pounds lighter and unencumbered by the shoulder, hamstring, knee and ankle injuries that slowed him in recent years. The next came when Kemp, the 33-year-old outfielder acquired from Atlanta in December, stepped into the batting cage.

"It was the bat speed, the way the ball came off the bat, the sound it made," Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "You know

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