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Baseball’s $700 million man is proving to be worth every bit of his contract, as Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani has been named to the starters for the 2024 All-Star Game. The game is set for Tuesday, July 16 at 8 p.m. ET at Globe Life Field, home of the Texas Rangers. …

“Baseball is a game for fathers and sons,” someone once said. Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw learned that again tonight when he rose to leave his All-Star Game press conference and a member of the media told him, “Clayton, I think there’s a kid who’s trying to ask you [something].” "Oh, dude, sorry," Kershaw said as…

Major League Baseball hit another home run tonight. As it did last year with Kevin Costner’s appearance at the Field of Dreams game in Iowa, the league brought in a Hollywood heavy hitter to add a little televised magic to the All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium. Just before players took the field, Denzel Washington…

Bryan Cranston’s Walter White once said, “I am the one who knocks.” On Saturday at Dodger Stadium, Cranston was indeed the one knocked, getting hit by a line drive during the All-Star Celebrity Softball game warmups. The event was part of Major League Baseball’s festivities leading up to Tuesday night’s All-Star game…

Major League Baseball announced today that the 2021 All-Star Game will be hosted this summer by the Colorado Rockies at Denver’s Coors Field. The decision comes following last week’s MLB announcement that the game and draft would be relocated from Atlanta due to Georgia’s newly passed restrictive voting law. The game…

It’s been a week of bad news for Los Angeles as coronavirus cases spike and new restrictions were imposed, and now comes news that the first Major Baseball All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium since the Carter Administration has been canceled. This will be the first time in 75 years that MLB won’t field its Midsummer…

Tuesday’s primetime TV schedule featured returns, premieres and the MLB All-Star Game on Fox. The latter hit a 1.7 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 7.07 million viewers in fast affiliate ratings, making it the night’s top-rated program. Still, the baseball showcase was off from last year’s 2.1 rating and…

Tuesday’s MLB All-Star Game clocked a 2.0 rating in the demo and 8.34 million viewers. These stats are less reliable than usual given that the game aired live across the country. More reliable data will be out later.  But – horserace. So, last night’s fast stats are down compared to last year’s MLB All-Star Game…

NBC and Fox shared Tuesday’s primetime demo ratings win, with a 2.2 rating apiece. But NBC led Fox by nearly 2 million total viewers, with reality competition series – most notably America's Got Talent (12.3 million viewers, 2.2 demo rating) from 8-10 PM. Fox, meanwhile, broadcast the MLB All-Star Game in that block…

The American League claimed victory in the MLB All-Star Game (2.0.8) on Fox last night for a fourth year in a row. But NBC’s America's Got Talent (2.3/9) took the primetime prizes. Although down 15% among adults 18-49 from last week's season high, AGT was Tuesday’s top-rated and, with 11.17 million tuning in…

There was a lot of competition in the field last night on primetime and the winners split the spoils. The 86th MLB All-Star Game (2.8/10) saw the American League beat the National League 6-3, Angels' center Mike Trout snagged the MVP the second year in a row and an honored Pete Rose get a huge roar from the packed…

Pete Rose was greeted with a standing ovation when he was introduced on the field tonight at the MLB All Star Game in Cincinnati, but TV fans in many parts of the country weren’t able to watch. In another one of those retransmission consent fee disputes between station owner groups — in this case Media General — and…