From servers slinging out orders to sluggers launching dingers, the Battery served up nothing but heat Monday during the 2025 MLB Home Run Derby.

Neil Paine dug into the data to see which of the HR Derby contestants are built to hit dingers in Truist Park. The results may surprise you.

On game day, park entrances will open at 5 p.m., with the first pitch scheduled for around 8 p.m. There will be several events Tuesday leading up to the 95th edition of the Midsummer Classic, so it will be very congested around the stadium, The Battery commercial district and the Cobb Galleria Centre.

ATLANTA — Fans packed Truist Park and The Battery Monday night for the MLB Home Run Derby. Nate Barkin and his father came from Canada to see eight of baseball's hottest hitters compete against each other. "I'm so excited, I can't believe this," Barkin said.

He'll be there again in July, when MLB, Truist Park and The Battery host the All-Star Game. Clearly, Manfred was right. Truist Park is a model for ballpark development.

Major League Baseball honored late Hall of Famer Hank Aaron by recreating his record-breaking 715th career home run through the use of projection mapping and custom pyrotechnics. The lights went

ATLANTA — When Cal Raleigh steps to the plate for his first swing at the Home Run Derby, his past, present and future coalesce. Pitching is his father Todd, the former Western Carolina and Tennessee coach, the man who dragged young Cal along to practices and batboy opportunities and built a workout facility at their North Carolina home.

Shohei Ohtani for the National League and Aaron Judge for the American League lead the star-studded lineups for the 2025 MLB All-Star Game, which is scheduled for July 9 at Atlanta's Truist Park. , Sp