It’s regarded as one of baseball’s best parks, and Target Field will be on full display Tuesday night when the game’s best players take the field for the 85th annual All-Star Game. “It’s a big moment,” said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. “It’s a big thing for us. It’s well-deserved. A lot of people have put a lot of work in here at the stadium.”

For the best players in both leagues, Tuesday’s All-Star Game at Target Field (watch on FOX) will be their chance to exchange a few words and salute retiring Yankees captain Derek Jeter.

A Minnesotan through and through, Glen Perkins is eager and grateful for the chance to appear as an All-Star before a hometown crowd.

Raymond Beasley V knows a thing or two about breaking barriers. Beasley, a rising sixth-grader from Brentwood, Calif., has been through more in his 10 years of life than most of us could even dream of.

Derek Jeter’s greatness wasn’t in rising to the occasion, but in being great every single day. Years from now, that may be what we tell fans who’ll know him only by video clips and World Series highlights.

Anthony Rizzo was as wide-eyed as anyone experiencing All-Star Game activities for the first time. But the joy he felt on Monday was matched by Starlin Castro, his Cubs teammate.

With the help of Major League Baseball, the Twins and the Pohlad Family Foundation, the Jerry Gamble Boys & Girls Club has been completely renovated. Commissioner Bud Selig was on hand Monday to formally dedicate an activities center that now features room for baseball, basketball, volleyball and the performing arts.

Eight national champions of the 2014 Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit & Run competition were crowned Monday at Target Field in Minneapolis as part of Gatorade All-Star Workout Day.

MLB recently made public its partnership with Athlete Ally, a non-profit organization on a mission to educate and activate athletic communities to eliminate homophobia and transphobia in sports and to champion LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) equality. Yogi Berra, behind the support of his museum and learning center, is an ambassador of Athlete Ally, and now another famous Yankee, former manager Joe Torre, has also offered his public endorsement.

Clayton Kershaw would love to start an All-Star Game, but the fact that he was passed up the past two seasons doesn’t faze him in the least, as the left-hander is focused on the Dodgers’ pursuit of a World Series title.

David Price said on Monday that he doesn’t know where he’ll be playing come July 31, the non-waiver Trade Deadline, but places such as New York, L.A. and Chicago came up during a media session leading up to the All-Star Game.

It might seem a no-brainer for American League All-Star manager John Farrell to put the ball in Koji Uehara’s right hand should his team have the lead going into the ninth inning on Tuesday night.

Though their careers have overlapped for nine seasons, Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright have never crossed paths on the field. That will change on Tuesday in a moment that may be the most highly anticipated of this year’s All-Star Game.

Mariners ace Felix Hernandez will be the American League’s starting pitcher at Target Field in the All-Star Game on Tuesday.

The American League’s high-powered starting lineup for Tuesday’s All-Star Game is set, and fans won’t have to wait long to see Derek Jeter step into the box.

The Cardinals lost one All-Star Game starter when Yadier Molina suffered a thumb injury last week but gained another on Monday when Mike Matheny, manager of the National League squad, announced that he had chosen Adam Wainwright to be his All-Star starting pitcher.

National League All-Star manager Mike Matheny’s lineup, which features the top votegetters at each position, starts with defending NL MVP and center fielder Andrew McCutchen at the top. McCutchen earned the nod to play center over Milwaukee’s Carlos Gomez, who will shift to left field for this game.