From the time I was a kid and up until some point in the 1990s, I enjoyed the All-Star Game for how its double switches made keeping an accurate scorecard a constant challenge. But I cannot remember the last ASG I watched and scored.
My interest in this mid-season exhibition game has been non-existent for a while, as interleague play destroyed the concept of two separate leagues competing against each other. But when Shohei Ohtani was announced as both the American League starting pitcher and leadoff batter for the 2021 ASG, I was intrigued.
Ohtani leads MLB in home runs (33), slugging percentage (.