Wearing a microphone to communicate with the broadcast booth, Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah delivered one of the standout performances in the American League's win at the All-Star Game on Tuesday. (ShiDavidi)
LOS ANGELES — His main man Alejandro Kirk may have been behind the plate, but up 0-2 on Jeff McNeil and looking to strike out the side, a mic’d up“Backfoot slider, down and low,” the Hall of Famer requested.McNeil ended up wearing the pitch on his front foot, Manoah had to sheepishly check that the New York Mets second baseman was fine and then gear up to get Ronald Acuna Jr., which he did, to cap one hell of a debut flex in the 92nd All-Star Game.
Fittingly with the Midsummer Classic taking place in Hollywood’s backyard before a crowd of 52,518, the players let their guards down and cooed for the camera. “I was definitely swinging 100 per cent,” Ohtani said through interpreter Ippei Mizuhara. “Kershaw has really good command so I knew it was going to be right there, but I was going to swing at it regardless.”Letting him know what’s up, Kershaw promptly picked Ohtani off at first base and it was on.
“I knew him even before I started talking,” Guerrero, who went 0-for-2 and made a strong play on an errant Tim Anderson relay to complete a 4-6-3 double play in the first, said of Pujols through interpreter Hector Lebron. “He’s like a father to me and always gave me great advice. It was an honour.”
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