If Major League Baseball is going to take money from sportsbooks and its commissioner is going to talk about how gambling will help the game, what happened on Monday night was unacceptable.
The Home Run Derby may be good, clean fun to some, but millions of dollars are also bet on it. Caesars told Action Network more money was bet on the Home Run Derby Monday night than the actual All-Star Game itself. PointsBet said as much money is bet on the Derby as all the events on NBA All-Star Saturday Night (Dunk, 3-Point and Skills).