Miguel Cabrera smacked a first-inning homer over the left-field wall Tuesday, and it gave the American League All-Stars a three-run lead in an eventual 5-3 victory. It also put Cabrera on the home run ledger for the first time in nine career appearances in the Midsummer Classic.

There are only a few players who are transcendent figures, even if they might be too modest to admit it. Derek Jeter has been in that category for some time; not only for the quality of his play, not only for the five World Series he has helped the Yankees win, but for the way he has carried himself.

Adam Wainwright gave up three runs in the first inning of the National League’s 5-3 loss, but his performance on the mound wasn’t what the Cardinals’ ace most regretted about the All-Star Game, it was his poor choice of words after the fact that suggested he took it easy on Derek Jeter during the Yankee legend’s leadoff double.

While this night was clearly a celebration of Derek Jeter in his All-Star adieu, it doubled as a showcase for 22-year-old All-Star MVP Mike Trout, who has quickly established himself as the game’s top all-around talent.

Considering Max Scherzer kept calling his regular-season wins an overrated stat last year, it probably shouldn’t be a surprise that he wasn’t making a big deal about earning the victory in the 2014 All-Star Game.

From Chris Sale and Max Scherzer to Koji Uehara, Fernando Rodney and hometown hero Glen Perkins, the American League pitchers won one big matchup after another against the National League’s best hitters. In the end, it was enough to allow the AL to hang onto its 5-3 victory.

After he presented Angels outfielder Mike Trout with the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet, after he met retiring Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter outside the dugout for a final embrace, Commissioner Bud Selig took a few moments on Tuesday night to reflect.

Mike Trout delivered the go-ahead hit and the game’s first run, winning the All-Star MVP Award, but it was Derek Jeter who stole the show in his final Midsummer Classic. Jeter went 2-for-2 with a run scored to set the tone for the AL, which won home-field advantage in the World Series.

No player respects the battle more than Adam Wainwright. And so, he understands that he never should have grooved a couple of pitches to Derek Jeter, if indeed that’s what he did.

Reds closer Aroldis Chapman came up limping with a sore right hamstring after he covered first base on a groundout to end the bottom of the eighth inning in the National League’s 5-3 loss to the American League. As for his status when the second half begins Friday against the Yankees in New York, Chapman was not concerned.

Having waited decades to host another All-Star Game, the Reds and Cincinnati have been preparing for it even before they knew another would ever come. That preparation has jumped multiple levels this week during the 2014 All-Star Game at Target Field. Cincinnati, the next All-Star Game in July 2015 is all yours.

Mariners ace Felix Hernandez turned in a scoreless inning in his start for the American League, and Fernando Rodney added a strikeout while preserving the lead in the eighth during a 5-3 win in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game.

Mike Trout chose the Corvette Stingray Z51 over the Silverado as his vehicle of choice after winning the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet, with many of the remaining fans at Target Field offering their own input.

Before Derek Jeter went 2-for-2 in his 14th and final All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Target Field, the Yankees captain and baseball icon spoke to the American League squad before it took the field.

Thirty of the best educators in North America, representing every Major League Baseball team, were introduced along with players on the field and serenaded by Broadway star Idina Menzel before the start of Tuesday’s 85th All-Star Game at Target Field.

A star-studded game deserves a star-studded intro, and as usual, Major League Baseball didn’t disappoint as it rung in the 2014 All-Star Game with tasteful tributes Tuesday evening at Target Field.

A’s hurler Jeff Samardzija temporarily swapped allegiances during Tuesday’s All-Star Game introductions, electing to stand by his former National League peers who got him there in the first place.