DENVER — From the moment he was born in 1999, the year of his father’s first All-Star selection, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was bound to be noticed. When he signed with the Toronto Blue Jays at 16 years old, the spotlight burned brighter. “There was some hype around him, purely name-based,” said Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks, who played for Toronto when Guerrero turned pro. With a towering homer and a run-scoring grounder, Guerrero won an award that eluded his Hall of Fame father: most valuable player of the All-Star Game. The American League won, 5-2, for its eighth victory in a row and 20th in the last 24 All-Star Games.

Source: International New York Times July 14, 2021 07:30 UTC