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Thursday, July 6
Pro baseball, Cincinnati at Atlanta, (6:30 p.m., TBS/620 AM): The one-time NL West rivals begin a four-game series at the Ted.

Friday, July 7
Pro baseball, Chicago White Sox at Boston (7:30 p.m., ESPN): It's a weekend of Sox and violence at Fenway.

Saturday, July 8
Pro baseball, Mobile at Mississippi (7 p.m., Pearl, 930 AM): The M-Braves wrap up their home series with the Bay Bears. … Cotton State League baseball, Meridian at Capital City (1 p.m., 1240 AM): The Rangers and the Marauders wrap up the CSL season with a doubleheader.

Sunday, July 9
Pro soccer, World Cup, final (1 p.m. Ch. 16): Two teams of Euros battle for world soccer supremacy in Berlin.

Monday, July 10
Pro baseball, Southern League All-Star Game (7 p.m., Montgomery, Ala.): Pitcher Matt Wright will be the lone Mississippi Brave playing on the South team.

Tuesday, July 11
Pro baseball, All-Star Game (7 p.m., Ch. 34): Is this the year the NL stars finally beat the AL stars?

Wednesday, July 12
Pro baseball, Mississippi at Huntsville (7 p.m., Huntsville, Ala., 930 AM): The well-rested M-Braves open a series against the Stars.

The Slate is compiled by Doctor S, who will gladly pay you Tuesday for a glass of Southern Pecan today.