Hours later, Stephanie was standing on the infield grass at Truist Park as her son, Major League Baseball’s home run leader and the unlikely face of this All-Star Week, celebrated an emphatic victory in the 2025 Home Run Derby.

Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh enters the Derby as the favorite, with his MLB-leading 38 home runs at the All-Star break just one short of Barry Bonds' first-half mark from 2001 – the year he went on to set the single-season home run record.