MLB.com Midday launched in April 2006 along with The Daily Rewind as MLB.com

MLB.com

MLB.com is the official site of Major League Baseball and is overseen by Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. . MLB.com is a source of baseball-related information, including baseball news, statistics, and sports columns...

's new programming for 2006. MLB.com Midday is hosted by Casey Stern

Casey Stern

Casey Stern was a former contestant on ESPN's reality series Dream Job. At the time he was an executive recruiter. Casey currently is a host on Sirius XM radio's MLB Home Plate on XM channel 175 and Sirius 210. He recently departed MLB.com's BaseballChannel.tv, formerly MLB Radio where he was...

 and has featured numerous players from around baseball, such as David Wright

David Wright (baseball player)

David Wright is an American baseball player, who plays third base for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.He was drafted by the Mets in 2001, and made his Major League debut in 2004. Wright is a five-time All-Star, and won the Gold Glove Award and the Silver Slugger Award in 2007 and 2008...

, Matt Holliday

Matt Holliday

Matthew Thomas Holliday , nicknamed "Big Daddy", is an American Major League Baseball left fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. Holliday was originally drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the seventh round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft.Holliday is a five-time All-Star and Silver Slugger...

, and Jim Leyritz

Jim Leyritz

James Joseph Leyritz is a former catcher and infielder in Major League Baseball.-Early years:Leyritz attended Turpin High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, Middle Georgia Jr...

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MLB.com Midday also features regular segments such as A Closer Look, A Pause For Brotherly Love (hosted by Heiss the Fan; B-Rad On The Street, Going Pro with Justin Upton

Justin Upton

Justin Irvin Upton is a National Major League Baseball right fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks....

, and a regular feature hosted by Phife Dowg. In 2006 there was a section called Monkey in the Middle which had seen Cory Schwartz and Mike Siano of Fantasy 411

Fantasy 411

The Fantasy 411 is an Major League Baseball radio and television broadcast on MLB.com. The hosts are primarily Mike Siano, Cory Schwartz, Casey Stern, Fantasy Sports Guru Broadway CJ Reo and Zach Simon with occasional contributions from Vinny Micucci, Brandon Costa, Will Carroll and Joe Sheehan of...

 talk about the Fantasy baseball

Fantasy baseball

Fantasy baseball is a game where participants manage an imaginary roster of real Major League baseball players. The participants compete against one another using those players' real life statistics to score points...

as well as playing Fair or Foul. Fair or Foul still continues in 2007.