DENVER (AP) — As five dozen All-Stars sat outside Coors Field ahead of the All-Star Game, they looked forward to the Greatest Sho on Earth. He competed in Monday night’s Home Derby and will start on the mound for the American League in Tuesday night’s All-Star Game and hit leadoff as the designated hitter. “I was actually not expecting to be chosen as a pitcher at all,” Ohtani said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. Shohei Ohtani, of the Los Angeles Angeles, laughs after being named the American League's starting pitcher for the MLB All-Star baseball game, Monday, July 12, 2021, in Denver. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading...“Dylan Bundy hit a home run off of me my senior year of high school in my last pitching performance,” he said of his future Orioles teammate.

Source: thestar July 12, 2021 23:03 UTC