MIC'D UP moments from the 2026 MLB All-Star Game! 🎙️ (Ft. Verlander, Cease, Harper, PCA, MORE!)

Justin, congratulations. Have you been able to sit back and kind of soak in everything this one, this 10th trip represents? Yeah, I'm sure I am trying my best, you know. I think Dylan Cease on the way over here asked me, does it ever get old? And I mean, it really doesn't, man. It doesn't matter if you're first or you're 10th, you know, or Mike's here for his 12th. It's unbelievable. But I think things have changed outside of baseball. You know, my family now, they're here and getting to experience that and meet these new young guys. I mean, a lot of first timers, you guys said it, and it's about the people here, you know, getting to meet new guys that you compete against. So I'm just soaking it all up, man. This is such an honor. Jeff, one side arms. What is it like to start an all-star game? I mean, man, yeah, it's up there with the World Series. I don't know. One A and one B. Also, you get out of your element, you know. You have to do all these. I walk by Dylan having to put this microphone on, getting ready, and you know, it's just things that you're not used to. So that kind of adds to the nerves. But it's definitely intense, for sure. As we promised, Dylan and Shay both mic'd up for us. Dylan, how are you feeling? Good. Really good. What's up? How are we doing? Finish them off. Back-to-back sliders to get sharper right there. You're going to want that ball. Let's go fastball down our way. Good start, Dylan. Thank you. Good spot right there. It's coming out good right now. I don't know where the radar guns are, but. It's coming out hot. What do you guys think right here? High fastball. Can't trust John Smoltz. That's true. I'm glad to break a legend. I trust your calls, too. I'm glad to break a legend. I think we'll go with that. How hard is that? 98. Nice. Boy, I got it. How about a three-strikeout first inning for NC? Dylan and Shay, we appreciate you guys. Thank you. Justin, 19 years ago, you pitched in your first All-Star game. Life's a lot different now, isn't it? We've got you and then the next generation of these hard-throwing catchers. Jacob Mizorowski and John Smoltz, of course, up here. John, I'm going to let you take it away as Trout comes up and takes a strike. Well, first and foremost, I could watch all three of them for the rest of my career, and I watched Justin my whole career. As you enter and now leave this game, what advice would you give to those two incredible young studs on the other side? I think, for me, just the ability to adapt. The game's going to continue to change your body. Just the ability to ebb and flow without the game's going to make adjustments against you. It allows you to go out. The wrestler of the Miz, how old are you? Are you still in the game? I'd love to meet the guy, but no. The offseason put a lot of work in in the weight room, and I think that was a big focus and running a little bit more in the season. So, I think it's all coming to show. To see you come off the ceiling this year and absolutely dominate. And this full season, what adjustments have you made? Obviously, you haven't missed a beat this year. Yeah, I appreciate that. Again, I think I found my identity a little bit towards the end of the back half of the season and kind of just took that into the offseason and kind of just been going from there. So, I'm confident in my stuff and the guys behind me. And then, Miz, everybody wants to know how in the world you throw that 100-foot ball. Best thing with our pitching coach is push that very heavily and kind of keeps you in sync through the mound. If you could take something from Justin Verlander for your own game, what would it be? I just told him in the break, I'd take the command. You can have all the pitches, but you can't locate it where you want to. It's not going to get you too far in this league. I challenged once. The catcher made a good frame, and it was not a strike. So, as a rookie, that's probably going to be the last time I challenge. We've got a shortstop miked up. Hello, Bobby. It's amazing getting an opportunity to play in the big leagues every day and can't take it for granted because you never know when it's time, when your time's done. And so, the game will keep being played after you're done, so you've got to enjoy it while you're here. That's a good change-up. I just love the game, you know, the preparation, the work that goes in before. Just get into a good routine at a young age and learn about the mental game. That's a huge piece, and there's that change-up right there. All right, let's see how this goes. Hopefully better than the first one. You enjoying yourself, this Philadelphia All-Star experience? It came out. We're good. We're good. Technology break. Got to love the game. Let's go. We're good. That's amazing poise. How about the derby last night? Amazing stare, huh? I guess I chose the wrong ear for this one to go in on. But, no, the derby was unreal last night. I'll tell you what, that environment was sick. What's up, y'all? This guy's disgusting, so let's see what happens, boys. You haven't done it yet, why not? That's a strike. Disgusting, guys. Sorry about that. John Schneider, the American League side of the Blue Jays. Dave Roberts, National League skipper, manager of the Dodgers. Last time you guys went head-to-head, it was a little more stressful. It's a little more chill of a day here, isn't it? This is much better. I can give Schneider a big old hug, and he gifted me a watch, and no stress. This is fantastic. Yeah, it's a little easier than seven games and a couple extra in a game. The hardest part is getting everyone in over here with Sheltie and DeMarlo, but, yeah, this is way better. Hold on, though. John got Doc a watch. Doc, what did you get John? Yeah, a big, fat hug. I got to give him credit where credit's due, too. Sheltie took care of it a little bit, too. It was via the American League to Doc. John, who have been the guys that have been a thrill for you to be around here as the all-star manager? Man, for my first time, it's been really cool. You know, obviously having Justin Verlander here in his last season, being around him, being around Mike Trout, you know, local dude, and kind of just it's so cool to get to know these guys as people as opposed to just opponents. Those two guys stand out for sure. We had about 12, 13 guys having a rounder in front of Chris Sayles' locker, and we were just chopping it up and just different guys just talking ball and, you know, going deep, and it was fun. And then there was another group of 10 doing the same thing, and I just kind of had everyone take a step back and look around the room and go, this is what the all-star game is all about. And let's not forget it. So, you know, Sal Stewart, Drake Baldwin, Chris Sayles, Ash Craft was great. Skeens was in the mix. I mean, there's so many guys that just want information and that just wanted to be a sponge. So I've had a great, probably one of my best experiences at an all-star game. Yeah, it's cool to see that, you know, when you get a lot of first-year guys here and then you get a guy like Verlander or Falco talking strategy too. You don't know how much of it is like a chess game when they're seeing each other later in the year, what they're throwing and stuff like that. But it's so cool to see what makes these guys tick, you know, the best of the best. It's pretty cool. I'll come back after the pitching change if you want, you know. Pete's getting everybody in right now, so I'll be right back. This has got to be the nicest, easiest removal of a pitcher in baseball history. We're showing a replay, John, of you taking Drew Rasmussen out. It looks like he's thanking you. Yeah, it was pretty cool. He knew we had three hitters. Him and Rush were college teammates, so Kevin Cash actually reached out to me and said if we could line it up and have them catch him, that'd be great. So we worked that out. And, you know, typical Tampa Bay Ray fashion, you missy walk somebody. But just said thank you for lining it up the way that we did. Hi, guys. The pitchers are really good. We always wish we had answers, but that's why we play 162 games is because they're just going to be days like this. You're comfortable in every center field. This one's a big one, but where's your favorite center field to play defense? Honestly, I love playing center at Dodger. It's just like it's a pretty simple layout, and I kind of got a little tripped up in center field there this year. But I think I've had some fun moments. I've had some fun moments in that outfield. So I'd say there Anaheim's great, St. Louis is great. Those three ballparks all take really good care of the grass and the playing surface. Your first trip there, right? Yeah, I had one. I had one. Actually, I haven't spoken in months about it, but that was to end the game on a – Oh, God. Talk about – I was more of a soccer – Did he hit that? Soccer and basketball guy. Big time, absolutely. My best friend growing up was a big – his family's from London, and I grew up a huge Chelsea fan because of them, and so naturally I kind of root for England. But, I mean, it was so fun watching the U.S., and then there were just so many fun little stories this tournament, so I had a blast, or I've been having a blast. I've got to see England do it. I love what Jude Bellingham's doing. Harry Kane's still leading that squad, so I think England can do it. They're big and physical, man.