As Major League Baseball leaves Seattle following All-Star Week, a lasting gift remains in South Seattle to continue the week’s legacy forever. As part of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Week Celebrations, they broke ground on the renovation of the baseball fields at Rainier Playfield. This project is part of MLB’s #LegacyFields Legacy Initiative, which seeks to create lasting impact within All-Star host cities.

While three Seattle Mariners players were selected to the 2023 All-Star game being hosted in their home ballpark, only two of them were able to see any game action during the 93rd Midsummer Classic in the history of MLB.

During the 2023 MLB All-Star game in Seattle, during the two plate appearances that Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani had, fans in the stands at T-Mobile Park loudly chanted “COME TO SEATTLE,” making it clear that they wanted to see the Japanese superstar in a Mariners uniform.

In the 93rd MLB All-Star game of all-time, the National League team was able to secure victory over the American League for the first time in their last nine attempts, behind Elias Diaz’s homer in the eighth inning.

The 2023 Home Run Derby sadly didn’t feature the Seattle storybook ending of Julio Rodriguez winning the crown in his own ballpark, making history along the way before falling to Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr in the semifinal round. Like every year, the derby was a great opportunity to see some of the young and bright stars of the game showcase their power, with a few surprises mixed into this years event.

The Railspur Public Art Alley in Pioneer Square is the place to go to see some of Seattle’s hottest up and coming visual artists display their baseball-themed work during All-Star Week. We stopped by to check in with Shakore Nelson to hear about what makes the alley so special.

It was a historic day in the Emerald City as the first-ever Swingman Classic took over T-Mobile park on Friday and brought Seattle’s Black community to the stadium for a celebration of Black joy, baseball, and HBCUs. The game brought 50 of the best HBCU baseball players from around the country to Seattle to showcase their talents, while an HBCU college fair took place in the concourse.

With their three selections within the first round of the MLB Draft on All-Star Sunday taking place at Lumen Field, the Seattle Mariners opted to go with “risky” selections of high schoolers that have boat loads of upside if developed properly. Seattle is banking on being able to do that, hoping that this draft is a big step for their future.

In the Celebrity Softball game during MLB All-Star Saturday, it was the stars that hailed from Seattle who shone the brightest. During the second event of the day at T-Mobile Park, there was plenty of offense to witness, with some bad defense and fun moments mixed in.

In the 2023 MLB Futures game, Seattle Mariners prospects Harry Ford and Jonatan Clase had relatively quiet games at the plate while showing of some defensive tools in the limited action that they were able to see in the ballpark that they one day hope to call home.

A historic night at T-Mobile Park kicked off MLB All-Star Week 2023, as the first ever HBCU Swingman Classic saw the American League defeat the National League, an HBCU college fair, a drum line, dance routine, and so much more. A night that the 15,000+ strong crowd will remember forever has set the foundation for an event that will now take place annually wherever the MLB’s Midsummer Classic goes.

The afternoon before the first ever HBCU Swingman Classic at T-Mobile Park that kicks off All-Star Weekend, the 50 players and their coaches hit up Husky Ballpark on the University of Washington campus to get a workout in and take part in some media engagements.

To kick off festivities for All-Star week 2023, the third ever Midsummer Classic that the Mariners and Seattle will be hosting, beloved former-pitcher Felix Hernandez raised a flag of the All-Star game logo atop the iconic Space Needle.

Young Seattle Mariners centerfielder Julio Rodriguez will head to his second consecutive All-Star game, joining the American League roster as an Injury Replacement player for Houston Astros outfielder Yordan Alvarez. While a rough start to the season made it seem impossible for Julio to be here, his upturn over the Spring and now Summer gets him into a second Midsummer Classic.

Young Seattle Mariners right-hander George Kirby will head to his first career All-Star game, joining the American League roster as an Injury Replacement player for Tampa Bay Rays starter Shane McClanahan. Replacement or not, Kirby has earned this nod.

The Seattle Mariners have their All-Star game representative, and ace pitcher Luis Castillo gets the nod to representee the team in the Midsummer Classic that they will be hosting.

Seattle Mariners centerfielder Julio Rodriguez announced today, June 23rd, 2023, that he will participate in his second consecutive Home Run derby which will take place in his own home ballpark of T-Mobile Park.

If you’ve been looking for a Black College homecoming vibe in Seattle, this is it. The first-ever #SwingmanClassic is coming to T-Mobile Park on July 7th at 7 pm, featuring 50 of the best #HBCU baseball players from around the country.

The first ever HBCU Swingman Classic, a new annual event during MLB All-Star Week, will make it's debut at T-Mobile Park in Seattle as Ken Griffey Jr and a host of other MLB veterans joining the project to coach and lend their knowledge

Yesterday, at T-Mobile Park, the Mariners hosted a press conference to unveil the 2023 All-Star Legacy Initiative, which aims to make a long term impact on the Seattle Community. The effort aims to support the “sustainable growth of youth baseball and softball”, as well as supporting historically underserved community college students in their journey of education.