Athletics slugger Brent Rooker shut down a fan who criticized him for giving his child a bottle during the 2025 Home Run Derby. Rooker, 30, was seen on the ESPN broadcast feeding his 11-month old daughter, Blake Eloise, after he hit in the Derby. One fan appeared to take issue with that.

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).

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The American League's Tarik Skubal earned a strikeout of Manny Machado under the automated ball-strike challenge system, which was in use at All-Star Game.