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MLB Debuts Automated Ball-Strike System, Aaron Tribute and Classic Uniforms for 2025 All-Star Week

Interactive on-field engagements heighten fan involvement during internationally broadcast All-Star Week.

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Truist Park in Atlanta will host the 2025 MLB All-Star game.

Overview

  • The Midsummer Classic will debut the Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, giving pitchers, catchers and hitters two on-field challenges.
  • MLB will honor Hank Aaron’s 715th home run with a projection-mapping and pyrotechnics presentation at Truist Park.
  • Select All-Stars will wear two-way microphones to converse live with FOX announcers Joe Davis and John Smoltz during the game.
  • Players will don their regular-season jerseys as the fourth-inning Stand Up To Cancer placard moment returns and Braves legends Chipper Jones, Andruw Jones and Andrés Galarraga throw ceremonial first pitches.
  • All-Star Week’s July 11-15 schedule features the Home Run Derby, Futures Game, celebrity softball, HBCU Swingman Classic and the MLB Draft across national and international broadcast partners.