Good morning to all but especially to … KYLE SCHWARBER AND THE NATIONAL LEAGUE ALL-STARS. The National League made MLB All-Star Game history when it pulled off a wild victor

Baseball’s All-Star Game, which featured the contest’s first swing-off to determine the winner, averaged 7,185,000 viewers on Fox, according to Nielsen.

Pirates star pitcher Paul Skenes, who has just four wins this season despite leading MLB with a 2.01 ERA, will start for the National League. Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal starts for the American League, and he ranks top-five in pitching wins (10), ERA (2.23) and strikeouts (153).

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred defended his decision to include rookie Jacob Misiorowski on the National League All-Star team despite him making only five starts, noting "the excitement that was going to be generated" and "the fan interest in seeing this guy,

MLB All-Star Game is set for Tuesday night at Truist Park, home of the Atlanta Braves. We already knew that Paul Skenes of the Pittsburgh Pirates will be the starting pitcher for the National League and that reigning American League Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal of the Detroit Tigers will be his counterpart.

MLB has been experimenting with the automated ball-strike system in the minor leagues since 2019 and will use it in an All-Star Game for the first time Tuesday.

White Sox pitcher Shane Smith sat down with a plate of grub, looked around at his American League All-Star teammates and thought: “Is this really happening?” It mi