ARLINGTON, Texas —
Shohei Ohtani declined the opportunity to participate in this week’s Home Run Derby. But the Dodgers slugger didn’t leave All-Star week in Texas without a memorable big fly.
In the third inning of Major League Baseball’s 94th All-Star Game on Tuesday night at Globe Life Field, Ohtani wowed the 39,343-person crowd the best way he knows how: smoking a no-doubt, 400-foot home run halfway up the right-field stands before the American League’s eventual 5-3 win over the National League.
The blast was Ohtani’s first career home run in the Midsummer Classic, coming in his fourth All-Star Game appearance and first as a member of the Dodgers.