>> reporter: not only is santana patient at the plate but patient working with the younger players this off size own took miguel franco under his wings, and lockers here in camp are side by side, at the request of santana, who is trying to help franco take his game to the next level. with the phillies in clearwater, jeff skversky, for channel six "action news". >>> when i was a kiddy always loved all-star saturday night. more recently i could take it or leave it because i didn't have anyone to root for. well, not anymore. >> from the philadelphia 76ers , joel embiid. >> joel embiid making his all-star weekend debut, he is in the spotlight. sixers star will take part in the skills challenge tonight which is an obstacle course that includes dribbling and three-point shooting. tomorrow he will start with the team step, and last night he played nine minutes for world team in the rising stars challenge. >> first of all, i'm excited to be here. i feel like i'm here.

. >> not only is santana patient at the plate, but patient with the younger players. anco under his wing. their lockers are side by side at the request of santana. jeff skversky channel6 "action news." >> when i was a kid i loved all star saturday night. more recently i could take it or leave it because i didn't have anyone to root for. no more. >> joel embiid. >> love seeing the process, making his challenge debut aside from the fact that he forgot to take his tag off his shorts, had trouble with his passing, but made toyota the second round where despite cheating, you could tell he was having fun happy to be part of the weekend. >> this is my first type of environment. everybody told me it was going to be fun. kind of overwhelming, but i love this type of setting. i love to have fun and i'm glad to be here. hiewrly thsurely the first of m. >> i love him. >> castle is next. for melissa magee, jamie apody, jeff skversky and the entire "action news" team, i'm walter perez. have a great night. see you back here tomorrow. ♪ ♪ new tv, new speakers, netflix. this is going t