00:01This is a celebration of the sport.
00:03You were part of a bunch of these.
00:04It never ceases to be special.
00:06It's the best All-Star game of any sport, in my opinion.
00:09And at a halfway point or a little over, the guys get to see each other for the first time
00:14together.
00:15It's the greatest All-Star feeling.
00:17Everyone who's here can't wait to experience it all.
00:20I can't wait to call it.
00:22But today is a special day.
00:24It's Miss Rachel Robinson's 100th birthday.
00:31So, on the count of three, I want everybody here to say, Happy Birthday, Rachel.
00:38One, two, three.
00:41Happy Birthday, Rachel.
00:45A ceremonial first pitch thrown by a man who has a mania named after him.
00:51Fernando Valenzuela in 1981.
00:55Rookie of the Year, Cy Young winner, and half a decade plus straight of All-Star games.
01:02You look at the numbers, and it's pretty special what he's able to do.
01:07And look, like I said, as he's gotten older, he doesn't throw as hard, but he's pitching as good as
01:11he ever has.
01:12And this has got to be an incredible rush here at home.
01:15He knows it's only going to be one inning, but still, come on, this is perfect timing.
01:20First pitch, first swing.
01:22That's it.
01:23That sounds like fun.
01:26Good luck.
01:28Off we go.
01:29First pitch swinging.
01:30Flair of a base hit into center.
01:31Otani even told him through Tom Verducci, first pitch swing.
01:35And he did, and he broke his bat, but he's got a base hit.
01:37All right, Aaron Judge, there's a lot of good stuff on this guy.
01:40Thirty-three home runs to lead baseball.
01:43Otani Abor with a leadoff hit.
01:45Kershaw to Judge.
01:46After a toss over, he picked him up!
01:54Kershaw erases Otani.
01:57And now Kershaw comes back home, and Judge strikes out swinging on a filthy slider from Kershaw.
02:03Two gone.
02:03Here comes Kershaw.
02:05Ground ball to short.
02:06Trey Turner goes the short way and ends the inning.
02:10Scored his first inning for Clayton Kershaw.
02:12Off and rolling in this All-Star game.
02:14So Acuna in scoring position.
02:16Mookie Betts comes to the plate.
02:17It's 3-1.
02:19It is grounded up the middle.
02:20Base hit center field.
02:22Acuna heads home, and Mookie Betts has the National League in front.
02:27That's swatted up the middle.
02:29Spear with a backhand by Jimenez.
02:31What a play!
02:32The turn two!
02:34Jimenez-Anderson on to first.
02:36A sparkling double play.
02:38Wow, that last big hop right there.
02:412-0 on Goldschmidt.
02:42He's better than ever.
02:43I mean, if you're handing out an MVP for the first half, it'd probably be him.
02:47That ball is crunched to left center field.
02:50Paul Goldschmidt hits it out!
02:522-0 National League!
02:54And so his monster season doesn't take a break here at the All-Star Game.
02:59It's 2-0, Alec.
03:01How you doing?
03:02I'm good.
03:02I'm good.
03:02I'm good.
03:02Here we go.
03:04Here we go!
03:05There's one!
03:07That was perfect, man.
03:10There we go!
03:10There's two!
03:11He caught it!
03:12Pretty, pretty good.
03:14John, what do you want?
03:15Back foot slider.
03:16Down and low.
03:16Oh, you're sexy.
03:17Here we go.
03:18No?
03:18Yeah.
03:21That's on Smoltzy.
03:22It was back foot.
03:23I mean, you executed it.
03:25Right down the middle, but we'll take it.
03:27Three-pun teams.
03:28Let's go!
03:30Alec, congratulations.
03:31Thank you for doing this.
03:33Yeah, you're the best, man.
03:34Stanton and Judge have stayed healthy in the numbers together,
03:37putting up 50-some-plus home runs.
03:39That ball is hammered to left center field.
03:42Goodbye!
03:43Two-run shot!
03:45Tie game!
03:47Right up to where he used to sit as a kid coming to games here at Dodger Stadium.
03:52And it's going to be exactly what I just said.
03:54We're going to see this replay.
03:56He doesn't move.
03:57It's all upper body balance.
03:59You hit off your legs, no doubt.
04:02But he got a rare two-strike pitch in the middle of the zone.
04:07Special blend of skills this guy has for his healthy and Buxton.
04:13Byron Buxton tattoos this ball to left field.
04:16And this one is out of here!
04:20Back-to-back home runs for the American League.
04:25Well, this is what the AL can do.
04:27They can flex their muscle.
04:29That National League lead came and went in a hurry.
04:35They got a couple innings worth, but that's it.
04:38And the party's in the AL dugout right now.
04:41New pitcher into the game for the AL.
04:43Well, Liam Hendricks fly to center field.
04:49Yes!
04:49Julio's got it.
04:51Come on!
04:52There you go, Liam.
04:54Don't throw the ball away!
04:56Julio!
04:58Julio!
04:59Give me the ball!
05:00Give me the ball!
05:03I need to keep it!
05:07Nice!
05:09I get everything I can again.
05:10I got to kick this one.
05:11I didn't get a strikeout this time.
05:12I ruined my streak.
05:13And Emmanuel Class A comes on to pitch.
05:15Well, if you're hitting, you better be short and quick to the ball because you're going to see movement and
05:19velocity on this cutter.
05:21This one-two pitch to Jay Cronenworth.
05:23Got him!
05:25Class A strikes out the side in the ninth inning.
05:28And the American League wins the All-Star game for the ninth consecutive season.
05:33Well, they put on a display of arms after getting down 2-0.
05:36I mean, they just shut him down.
05:39And now the on-the-field MVP.
05:42When the Galaxy of Stars came to L.A., one shone brighter than all the rest.
05:47From Notre Dame High School, the Ted Williams MVP Award winner, Giancarlo Stanton.
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