It’s the longest break of the Major League Baseball season, and we’re back with our All-Star Break Spectacular.

We put on our tuxedos and handed out awards from the first half of the season. Aaron Miles plays a much larger role than you might expect.

Then we look ahead to the 2nd half by each proposing a trade that seems like the kind of thing the Cardinals might actually do. Prepare to be… underwhelmed.

For Off-Day recommendations, Ben Humphrey recommends the Sports Illustrated article A Game of Speech…, focused on the work of interpreters in baseball. Ben Godar recommends They Say You’re Done…, about how the Giants coaching staff is motivating veterans like Brandon Crawford.

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