Plus: Elly steals EVERY base -- in 3 pitches
The best thing about the All-Star Game is right there in the name: Everybody's a star. There isn't a player you'll watch on Tuesday night who isn't one of the best players in baseball right now. That's why they're there.
But some are obviously bigger stars than others. So let's rank them all -- or at least the top 50.
Now, every fan has his or her own criteria. Will Leitch's is a highly subjective amalgam of several factors: How each player has played in the first half this year, how he's played in his career and how much he wants to watch him play right now -- which, after all, is why we have an All-Star Game in the first place. |
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More than 200 kids took BP, fielded grounders and played catch at the Muckleshoot Tribal School near Seattle as part of a Nike Diamond N7 Camp aimed at providing sports and educational opportunities for local Native American and Indigenous youth. |
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Red Sox top prospect Marcelo Mayer hasn't played a big league game at Fenway Park yet, but he had actual dirt from the stadium as part of the cleats he wore at the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. |
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With the T-Mobile Home Run Derby returning to Seattle for the first time in 22 years, it seemed like the perfect time to discuss the ins and outs of the competition with the only person to win it three times: Mariners legend Ken Griffey Jr. |
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Bob Kendrick of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and Kerry Yo Nakagawa of the Nisei Baseball Research Project met up to swap stories of discrimination and triumph in a panel discussion. |
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The Kid Mero shoots pool with Luis Castillo before discussing the finest life from atop one of the Emerald City's most iconic landmarks. |
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Who is the only player to lead the AL/NL in triples and home runs in the same season? |
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