Two of the most common criticisms of MLB are that the league doesn’t know how to market its stars and that the All-Star Game is a dull, pointless affair. Well, last night’s All-Star Game took steps to solve both of those problems.
Throughout the broadcast, the FOX crew did in-game interviews with mic’d up players on the field, and they were fantastic. None was better, though, than Freddie Freeman wearing a wire as Justin Verlander struck him out in the first inning. Freeman’s running commentary of the at-bat and his back-and-forth with Verlander was an absolute delight.
Other players to wear a mic during the game included Francisco Lindor, Christian Yelich, Cody Bellinger and Alex Bregman.