We're only a week away from the 2021 MLB All-Star festivities.
After the league was forced to cancel the event last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Midsummer Classic is making a triumphant return from Denver's Coors Field. Two-way phenom Shohei Ohtani will be the main attraction in this year's event. The Los Angeles Angels pitcher and designated hitter will become the first Japanese-born player to participate in the Home Run Derby, as well as the first player named an All-Star as a position player and pitcher.
And if his performance in Friday night's game against the Baltimore Orioles (two homers to take the league lead with 30 on the season and stole a base to score the go-ahead run from second on a single) is any indication of what he might do in the All-Star Game, then we're in for some memorable moments.