Home Run Derby overtaking All-Star Game

Fans cheer for National League’s Todd Frazier, of the Cincinnati Reds, as he hits during the MLB All-Star baseball Home Run Derby, Monday, July 13, 2015, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) The Associated PressIt’s the son outshining the father, the Home Run Derby and its aging All-Star Game parent.

It’s our battered attention spans, ground by technology to indifferent nubs, stubbornly pried away from Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and Snapchat and YouTube to size up a home run or two — rather than the bigger commitment to follow baseball for hours.

Those cat videos don’t post themselves, after all.

The All-Star Game is built for your dad — or your dad’s dad — in eras with fewer…