Tarik Skubal views the strike zone differently than robot umpires. “I have this thing where I think everything is a strike until the umpire calls it a ball,” Detroit’s AL Cy Young Award winner said ahead of his start for the American League in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game. MLB has been experimenting with the automated…
Seattle Mariners catcher and recent 2025 Home Run Derby winner Cal Raleigh agreed to play for the U.S. team at next year’s World Baseball Classic, joining captain Aaron Judge, Paul Skenes and Bobby Witt Jr. USA Baseball announced the decision Monday before Raleigh participated in the Home Run Derby. The 28-year-old entered the All-Star break…
ATLANTA — A viral clip made the rounds earlier this month of Cal Raleigh as a child dreaming of one day winning the Home Run Derby. On Monday night in Atlanta, he made that a reality. With his father, Todd, throwing to him and his little brother, Todd Jr., catching, Raleigh became the first catcher…
Logan O’Hoppe ripped a 470-foot home run that gave the Los Angeles Angels a 2-0 lead over the Oakland Athletics. <
Four years of return visits to Atlanta have prepared Freddie Freeman for another Tuesday night, this time as the starting first baseman for the National League in the All-Star Game. Freeman, now in his fourth season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, played his first 12 seasons in Atlanta. He makes no effort to hide his…
Tampa Bay Rays’ Jonathan Aranda smacked a 467-foot two-run home run vs. Baltimore Orioles. <
2025 MLB All-Star Game: Riley Greene talks Tigers’ success with ‘MLB on FOX’ crew | FOX Sports Video Details Detroit Tigers’ Riley Greene joined the “MLB on FOX” crew ahead of the 2025 MLB All-Star Game. 2 HOURS AGO・mlb・5:23 <
National League All-Star manager Dave Roberts said adding Milwaukee Brewers rookie right-hander Jacob Misiorowski despite complaints from some players over his inclusion instead of other players. Misiorowski has pitched in only five games, a record low for an All-Star, creating a debate between those who say the game is for the most deserving players and…
Doug McIntyre Soccer Journalist EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It’s hard to cut through the clutter in America’s greatest metropolis, but one of soccer’s biggest summer events did take a super-sized bite out of the Big Apple. Passengers streamed off planes at LaGuardia Airport wearing Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain jerseys. Outside the swanky midtown Manhattan hotels…
Dave Roberts and Aaron Boone could be sitting on a beach somewhere during the All-Star break, but instead they’re solving the Midsummer Classic’s biggest conundrum: who’s going to pitch and when? “It’s funny, what happens a lot is everyone wants to be an All-Star, especially the pitchers,” Roberts said. “And then when it comes to…
