MLB All-Star Game

BOSSIE: 4 years after being canceled, MLB All‑Star Game back in Atlanta

July 18, 2025 David N. Bossie

While Major League Baseball held its All-Star game at Truist Park in Atlanta on Tuesday, it must never be forgotten that the Midsummer Classic should have been played there four years ago as scheduled. In […]

Moving fast: Mason Miller emerges

August 8, 2024 Shawn Krest

The weekend before the All-Star Break, the Oakland A’s played the Philadelphia Phillies. Oakland has been one of the worst teams in MLB in recent years. If the baseball world has paid any attention to […]

Skenes gets rookie All-Star start

August 8, 2024 Shawn Krest

ARLINGTON, TEXAS—The MLB All-Star game changed its rules a few years ago, to make it easier for two-way players to showcase all of their skills. The rule was made to accommodate Shohei Ohtani, who pitched […]

From UNC to ASG: Zac Gallen gets All-Star Game start

July 11, 2023 Shawn Krest

SEATTLE — At some point this season, every major league player has had to answer questions about the impact of the new rules in baseball, including a pitch clock to speed up games. For Zac […]

Trea Turner makes first All-Star start on home field

July 20, 2022 Shawn Krest

For Trea Turner, being an All-Star is a family affair. “I just enjoy playing the game in general,” the former NC State standout said at the media day for his second straight All-Star appearance. “But […]

HARSANYI: Moving the MLB All-Star Game to Denver makes zero sense

April 17, 2021 David Harsanyi

Major League Baseball is moving its 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta, Georgia, to Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. This, says ESPN, is “in response to a new Georgia law that has civil rights groups concerned […]

Undersized Duke All-Star Marcus Stroman ignoring trade talk

July 10, 2019 Shawn Krest

CLEVELAND — It should come as no surprise to anyone who knows him, but Marcus Stroman is not backing down from trade rumors. “Would you like to pitch in the playoffs?” he asked reporters surrounding […]

Former Bull Kirby Yates takes long path to All-Star Game

July 10, 2019 Shawn Krest

CLEVELAND — Kirby Yates had a very simple plan for his career in 2017. “I didn’t want to suck,” he said. “I wanted to be better. Plain and simple.” Yates had earned a promotion to […]

Wall, Norman try their hand at All-Star Softball

July 18, 2018 Shawn Krest

WASHINGTON, D.C. — John Wall wasn’t sure what position he would play in the All-Star Celebrities and Legends Softball Game in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, but the Raleigh native and star point guard for the […]