SEATTLE—Shohei Ohtani had an entire stadium asking him in unison to come to Seattle in free agency.
“Never experienced anything like that, but I definitely heard it,” the two-position star said through his interpreter. “But I was trying to focus on my at-bat.”
Ohtani was the biggest star of the All-Star Game on Tuesday night, July 11, even if his appearance was rather uneventful.
Ohtani struck out and walked in his two at-bats as the American League saw its nine-game win streak come to an end with a 3–2 loss to the National League.
But it was what happened while Ohtani was in the batters’ box that became notable….