He's come a long way All-Star Game Vogelsong's next stop?

Of all the unlikely places that Ryan Vogelsong has been on his decade-long baseball journey – Nashville, Tenn.; Nishinomiya, Japan; Allentown, Pa.; Salt Lake City; Maracaibo, Venezuela – the most unlikely stop may come next month. Gene J. Puskar Associated Press file, 2011 Ryan Vogelsong, who joined the Giants' rotation in late April as a fill-in for the injured Barry Zito, merits All-Star consideration. Ryan Vogelsong hoped to rejoin the Giants, who traded him to the Pirates in 2001. "Growing up, I was a huge Cal Ripken fan. I had aspirations of being a Giant forever." Marcio Jose Sanchez Associated Press file, 2011