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MIAMI — One of the highlights of every All-Star Game is FanFest, the fan-centric exposition that trots out ballplayers present and past, new merchandise and interactive exhibits. This year’s edition took place at the Miami Beach Convention Center, and as usual you could find a steady stream of former ballplayers’ autographing and glad-handing and the full complement of swag tied to this year’s Midsummer Classic (including 2017 All-Star Game fidget…

MIAMI — On the afternoon of the 88th All-Star Game, there are issues with baseball, and they’re inescapable. Want four seats, all in a row, for Tuesday night’s showcase at Marlins Park? They’re available, because the game is not yet sold out, a jaw-dropping revelation that could seem damning both to Miami as a baseball market and baseball as a marketer of itself. But here, too, is a 6-foot-7, 282-pound…

10:49 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Bud Selig absorbed a lot of flak over the years for attaching home-field advantage in the World Series to the outcome of the All-Star Game. Columnists (like me) didn’t like it, players didn’t like it, executives didn’t like it and when the latest round of labor talks played out, the union asked for the elimination of the feature —…

We spent a day with first-year Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay as the youngest coach in the NFL attempts to make his mark on his team at a recent minicamp. Welcome to Baseball Week. As training camp approaches and baseball takes a break for its mid-summer classic, The MMQB presents a week of stories on the crossover between hardball and football. I recently wrote about the…

Here is a conversation between Charlotte Wilder and Grant Brisbee as they sat at the Home Run Derby and marveled at the dingers. Both of them came to the same realization that this event is truly marvelous at the same time, and rather than write two articles, figured they’d work through their excitement and thoughts together. Grant Brisbee: HELL YEAH, DINGERS! Charlotte Wilder: I am beyond excited for the dingers,…

Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print comment Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge is the kind of player “who can become the face of the game.” The rookie rises: Aaron Judge meets the hype with Home Run Derby power show The Yankees’ star slugger walked into Miami with every eye at Marlins Park and beyond on him. Instead of folding under the…

x Embed x Share CLOSE While becoming an All-Star is a great honor, what a player does in the game could leave a lasting impact on his legacy. USA TODAY Sports Aaron Judge leads the majors with 30 home runs at the All-Star break.(Photo: Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports) MIAMI — In time, the gathering of young talent at this 88th All-Star Game might be remembered as one of the finest…

We spent a day with first-year Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay as the youngest coach in the NFL attempts to make his mark on his team at a recent minicamp. Welcome to Baseball Week. As training camp approaches and baseball takes a break for its mid-summer classic, The MMQB presents a week of stories on the crossover between hardball and football. I recently wrote about the…

x Embed x Share CLOSE While becoming an All-Star is a great honor, what a player does in the game could leave a lasting impact on his legacy. USA TODAY Sports Aaron Judge leads the majors with 30 home runs at the All-Star break.(Photo: Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports) MIAMI — In time, the gathering of young talent at this 88th All-Star Game might be remembered as one of the finest…

Could Charlotte one day land a Major League Baseball team? Speaking at an All-Star Game town hall meeting in Miami Monday night, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said the league is holding off on adding expansion teams until after the Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays get new ballparks. But he named Charlotte as a possible expansion city. “The mayor of Montreal has been very vocal about bringing baseball back to…

Aaron Judge is America’s dinger sweetheart right now — just an absolute tater moose — and he spent the entire 2017 Home Run Derby sending home runs into the abyss, saving us from the problems those rogue baseballs would have caused us if they were allowed to live among us. Judge is an earthquake of a man. He won the Home Run Derby with long, long, long home runs, and…

If the 2018 season represents a rainbow, there are many, many pots of gold waiting at the end of it. So goes the conventional wisdom that has settled over the major leagues, and here at the All-Star game. The greatest free-agent class in major league history is coming, and with it the greatest wave of spending. Bryce Harper is the star of the class, and $400 million is considered an…

Aaron Judge is 7 feet, 4 inches tall and 372 pounds. He was born to a lighthouse keeper and a fisherman and grew up carrying small boulders up hills to build character and find additional sources of fiber. It was he who, while on vacation, noticed a leak in a Dutch dam and kept his finger in it until the villagers could come repair the hole. Everyone he has ever…

x Embed x Share CLOSE While becoming an All-Star is a great honor, what a player does in the game could leave a lasting impact on his legacy. USA TODAY Sports Aaron Judge leads the majors with 30 home runs at the All-Star break.(Photo: Steve Mitchell, USA TODAY Sports) MIAMI — In time, the gathering of young talent at this 88th All-Star Game might be remembered as one of the finest…

If the 2018 season represents a rainbow, there are many, many pots of gold waiting at the end of it. So goes the conventional wisdom that has settled over the major leagues, and here at the All-Star game. The greatest free-agent class in major league history is coming, and with it the greatest wave of spending. Bryce Harper is the star of the class, and $400 million is considered an…

JUDY WOODRUFF: Professional baseball has reached the midpoint of its season, and it’s turning out to be a most compelling year. Many of the game’s best players are in Miami for the next couple of nights for the midsummer classic, the All-Star Game. Things kick off tonight with the Home Run Derby. Jeffrey Brown takes it from there. JEFFREY BROWN: Another at bat, another home run. Balls are flying out…

Reyes, by many measures, is having an awful year. Of the 164 players who qualify for the batting title, only two have a lower batting average on balls hit in play than Reyes does. And the Cubs briefly demoted one of those two players, Kyle Schwarber, to the minor leagues to work on his hitting. So why has Reyes been so bad when he makes contact? Examining the angle at…

MIAMI — The Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers appear unbeatable. The Chicago Cubs appear lost in a post-World Series fog. The Washington Nationals need a closer, the New York Yankees a first baseman, the New York Mets a wrecking ball. Bryce Harper is great again. Aaron Judge is a phenomenon. Mike Trout is hurt (but on his way back). Max Scherzer may be the best pitcher in baseball at…

JUDY WOODRUFF: Professional baseball has reached the midpoint of its season, and it’s turning out to be a most compelling year. Many of the game’s best players are in Miami for the next couple of nights for the midsummer classic, the All-Star Game. Things kick off tonight with the Home Run Derby. Jeffrey Brown takes it from there. JEFFREY BROWN: Another at bat, another home run. Balls are flying out…

If the 2018 season represents a rainbow, there are many, many pots of gold waiting at the end of it. So goes the conventional wisdom that has settled over the major leagues, and here at the All-Star game. The greatest free-agent class in major league history is coming, and with it the greatest wave of spending. Bryce Harper is the star of the class, and $400 million is considered an…