Marcell Ozuna reached into a cabinet above his locker, pulled out a pair of thick gold chains and placed them around his neck.
He also grabbed a pair of diamond-stud earrings, a bottle of moisturizer, which he massaged into his arms, and a bottle of cologne, which he spritzed onto his neck.
This post-game ritual is performed after every Marlins home game before Ozuna can be interviewed on camera, and it’s emblematic of how far he’s come.
Because for Ozuna, none of this was supposed to happen.
He wasn’t supposed to be an All-Star about to make his second-consecutive appearance in the midsummer classic at age 26, and maybe even start the game now that he’s received the third-most votes among National League outfielders as of Monday.