Lookout Linkage, 7/9/15

Good morning everyone! Let's get right to it...

• Check out this story on Evelyn Jones, the 108-year-old Mariners fan who will throw out the first pitch on Saturday.
• The MLB All-Star Game starters were recently announced...
• ...and so were the reserves.
• Craig Calcaterra breaks down the snubs and the most surprising picks for the game.
• Meanwhile, Grant Brisbee lists the ten best current players who have never made an All-Star appearance.
• For those of you who love prospects, Ted Berg takes a look at the most interesting ones playing in this year's Futures Game.
• Eno Sarris at Fangraphs wonders if A's leadoff man Billy Burns should stop switch-hitting.
• Some students at the University of Toronto have created a pitching machine that throws knuckleballs.
• The Tigers are currently at a crossroads, writes Jeff Sullivan.
• Chase Utley lost his starting job with the Phillies.
• Jon Lester was finally able to collect his first career base hit.
• Athletics Nation looks back on the offseason moves made by the A's.
• Tony Blengino notes that hitters can have success making soft contact, listing the best hitters of all time with that skillset.
• Roy Halladay got not one, but two speeding tickets in a single day.