Giancarlo Stanton of Yankees Wins All-Star MVP Award in Hometown

“Even for two at-bats,” he said, “just try to drive down here, get a ticket off the street and come try to see what they can do.”

If he got there in time for batting practice, Stanton and his father, Mike, would station themselves at either corner of the left field bleachers, for maximum coverage of incoming treasures. His All-Star teammates could tell how much it meant to Stanton to start in left field on Tuesday.

“Just him talking about it a little bit, he was like, ‘I sat a few rows from that spot,’ when he was little,” said Buxton, who started in center. “It’s one of those things you couldn’t be happier for him, just being able to do what he did.”

The Yankees’ Aaron Judge, who started in right field, said Stanton told him on their flight to Los Angeles that he would go deep on Tuesday. The two former Home Run Derby champions staged a friendly duel in batting practice here, and Stanton won.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/sports/baseball/stanton-all-star-yankees-dodgers.html