Shohei Ohtani shows why he's MLB's best player with All-Star Game home run

Kyle Madson

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Shohei Ohtani shows why he's MLB's best player with All-Star Game home run image

Shohei Ohtani didn't need to participate in the Home Run Derby to send one into the seats during the MLB All-Star festivities. His three-run homer in the third inning of Tuesday night's All-Star Game put an exclamation point on his claim to the 'best player in baseball' crown. 

Red Sox starter Tanner Houck pitched the third inning and allowed a couple base runners to get on ahead of Ohtani. That was his first mistake. 

He followed that mistake by getting in a 2-0 hole against the National League MVP favorite. Then he hung a splitter at 89 MPH in the bottom of the zone on the inner half and Ohtani crushed it for a three-run home run that put the NL ahead 3-0. 

It was his first ever home run in an All-Star Game.

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Kyle Madson neither likes writing about himself nor writing in the third person. Nevertheless, he persists. While Kyle has spent most of his writing career covering the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and San Francisco 49ers, he’s never lost the love of baseball that has resided in the deepest recesses of his soul since he began playing T-ball at 4 years old (no matter how hard John Fisher has tried). Aside from writing, Kyle also hosts a radio show, the Insiders, with James Ham on ESPN 1320 in Sacramento. When he’s not being a sports dork, Kyle loves being a normal dork and traveling, visiting museums, diving further into K-Pop fandom (#SKZ) and hanging out with his wife and cats. Don’t follow him on Twitter or Instagram at @KyleAMadson.