CLEVELAND — The night began at Progressive Field with knee-jerk boos for anyone wearing a Yankees or Cubs uniform.
By the time the 2019 All-Star Game concluded Tuesday, however, the Yankees had nearly stolen the show.
Indians pitcher Shane Bieber, who struck out the side in the fifth inning of the American League’s 4-3 victory over the National League, earned Most Valuable Player honors. Yet the boxscore will show that a pair of Yankees, Masahiro Tanaka and Aroldis Chapman, earned the win and the save, respectively. And those who attended saw CC Sabathia, drafted and developed by the Indians and who was here as only an honorary member, get standing ovations to both open and close the festivities.