The MLB All-Star Game no longer means anything outside of being a fun showcase of the biggest stars in the game. You know, like every other sports does its All-Star games. That change gave Fox Sports the opportunity to get creative with the broadcast.

Notably, Joe Buck would interview players during Tuesday’s game as they were out in the field. His conversation with Bryce Harper was especially entertaining. At one point, Harper — who is a Cowboys fan — asked Buck for his thoughts on Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott.

Bryce Harper asks Joe Buck how Dak Prescott will do this year while he's playing in the #AllStarGame.#Cowboys pic.twitter.com/ttnH8MGUEl — Sports Funhouse (@SportsFunhouse) July 12, 2017

The exchange went like this:

Harper: I feel like I’m commentating like NFL Network with you right now. How do you think Dak’s gonna be this year?

Buck: I have not met a more impressive young player coming into the NFL in the time I have covered.



Harper: He’s fun to watch. Watching him on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays — him and Zeke, I mean, unbelievable. It’s a lot of fun.

Buck: It is.

I already know that the players probably would never agree to it, but with all the down time in baseball, it would be so great to make these in-game conversations a thing during meaningful games. Let us know what Harper is thinking during Game 3 of the NLDS in the sixth inning. Maybe he still has questions about the Cowboys. Who knows? But it would be amazing television.

Without the All-Star Game putting home-field advantage on the line, the players were noticeably more laid back and it was great. Still, let’s make these interviews a thing. It really was compelling TV.