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MLB All-Star Game

Rob Manfred at a press conference

Rob Manfred considering much-needed change to MLB All-Star Game

MLB fans might finally get their wish with the uniforms at next year’s All-Star Game. For a fourth consecutive year, players and coaches at the All-Star Game on Tuesday night wore generic National League and American League uniforms. That is …

Paul Skenes ready to throw

NL’s plan for Paul Skenes at All-Star Game revealed

Baseball fans will likely only be getting a brief cameo from Paul Skenes at this week’s All-Star Game. Speaking with reporters on Monday, National League team manager Torey Lovullo revealed the plan for the Pittsburgh Pirates rookie phenom …

Albert Pujols looking on

Did AL pitcher admit to grooving fastballs to Albert Pujols in All-Star Game?

One pitcher apparently tried to extend Albert Pujols’ Home Run Derby to the next day. Oakland Athletics pitcher Paul Blackburn seemed to reveal to the media on Thursday that he intentionally grooved fastballs to Pujols during the MLB All-Star …

Framber Valdez pointing

Astros star responds to boos for team at All-Star Game

One Houston Astros player had something to say after being serenaded by the boo-birds at the All-Star Game. Astros All-Star pitcher Framber Valdez offered a response on Tuesday after he and his teammates got a chilly reception from the Dodger Stadium …

Rob Manfred looking ahead

MLB makes big rule change to All-Star Game

There is a chance that Monday’s Home Run Derby won’t be the only derby we see during the MLB All-Star break. The league and players agreed during the most recent CBA to a more exciting finish to the All-Star Game in the event of a tie. …

Rob Manfred at a press conference

New MLB labor agreement includes major change to All-Star Game

A number of notable changes to MLB rules and regulations are still being discovered as experts go through the league’s new collective bargaining agreement. One of the biggest will impact the annual All-Star Game, at least under certain …

Max Scherzer All-Star

MLB has no plans to abandon custom All-Star jerseys

Bad news for fans who didn’t like the special uniforms players wore during Tuesday night’s All-Star Game: they’ll be back in some form next year, too. The special uniforms proved controversial, with many fans voicing their dislike …

Hector Santiago glove

Report: MLB will skip foreign substance checks at All-Star Game

Major League Baseball’s foreign substance checks have gotten plenty of attention since they became part of the in-game routine, but for one night only, it sounds like some pitchers are going to get a free pass. According to Joel Sherman of the …

Rob Manfred at a press conference

MLB to move All-Star Game to Coors Field despite Colorado’s KKK history

MLB last week grandstanded politically and said they were moving the All-Star Game from Atlanta due to the state’s recently passed election integrity laws. There was an anti-Georgia media and politics-driven smear campaign over the bill, which …

Rob Manfred at a press conference

MLB moves All-Star Game out of Atlanta over new voting laws

The MLB All-Star Game was scheduled to be held in Atlanta this year, but the league announced on Friday that the event will be relocated. MLB commissioner Rob Manfred issued a statement announcing that the Midsummer Classic will be moved to a new …

Rob Manfred

Report: MLB unlikely to have All-Star Game in 2020

The Midsummer Classic could be one of the unfortunate casualties of a shortened MLB season. Bob Nightengale of USA TODAY Sports reported on Friday that having an All-Star Game in 2020 is unlikely but has not been ruled out. He also added that both …

Nelson Cruz stops All-Star Game for photo with Joe West (Video)

The 2017 MLB All-Star Game no longer counts for home field advantage in the World Series, and has subsequently been a bit more light-hearted than in previous seasons. That was made quite obvious in the top of the sixth inning, when Seattle Mariners …

Dak Prescott

Dak Prescott, Bryce Harper give each other props during All-Star Game

Bryce Harper is a big fan of Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys, and that respect is mutual. With the MLB All-Star Game returning to its long-held status as a simple exhibition game, Fox Sports was allowed more extensive access to the players on the …

Brad Mills uses shirtless cardboard cutout of Terry Francona as stand-in (Video)

Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona would have been at the helm of the American League All-Star team on Tuesday night, but a heart procedure meant he had to skip the game. Instead, Francona’s bench coach, Brad Mills, took charge of the …

Joe Girardi

Joe Girardi calls for re-entry rules, roster changes for MLB All-Star Game

Joe Girardi last managed in the MLB All-Star Game in 2010, and he has some gripes about the format. The Yankee manager believes that the rule that every team must be represented should be thrown out, with the 25 best players from each league on the …

Royals All-Stars

Royals fans trying to scam MLB All-Star voting?

At the start of the week, Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout was the only player not on the Kansas City Royals roster who was the leader at his position in the 2015 MLB All-Star Game voting for the American League. Now that millions of …

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