Just in case Javier Baez decides to do something special off Chris Sale in the first inning tonight... here’s an interesting factoid:
Leadoff Home Runs in #AllStarGame history
1934 Frankie Frisch
1942 Lou Boudreau
1965 Willie Mays
1977 Joe Morgan
1989 Bo Jackson
2015 Mike Trout— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) July 17, 2018And a note: Even though this game is at Nationals Park, the American League is the “home” team. The leagues no longer alternate as host sites, but they do still alternate as the “home” team, and the N.