Marte Named an All-Star, MLB Moves to London and More

Baseball takes its show to London this weekend, and while the travel is onerous and disrupts the flow of a season, Yankees and Red Sox players seem to be enjoying it. Their social media feeds certainly seem to think so, anyway. Elsewhere on Thursday, starters for the All-Star Game in Cleveland were announced, with a couple of surprises —and great reactions from players. We also had two sets of back-to-back home runs at (where else?) Coors Field and a Mike Trout feel-good special.

The Red Sox and Yankees will play in the home of the West Ham United soccer club. First, on Thursday, they got to be tourists.

Take me out to the ball game…@Yankees #LondonSeries #PinstripePride pic.twitter.com/MVl38g3Skn

— MLB London (@mlblondonseries) June 28, 2019

Exhilarated to watch the game I’ve lived and loved for so long through the eyes of a new generation of fans! London, you’ve been amazing so far. Can’t wait for the #LondonSeries this Saturday and Sunday with FOX and ESPN. pic.twitter.com/dHeSf51LZI

— Alex Rodriguez (@AROD) June 28, 2019

You can check “double-decker bus ride” off the London bucket list! #LondonSeries pic.twitter.com/bI5KmUiHlm

— Red Sox (@RedSox) June 28, 2019

Being an All-Star is still a special honor for players, especially when it’s their first time. Peep the reaction from the Diamondbacks’ Ketel Marte.

 

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Dios primero que todo no tengo palabra para agradecerle a cada uno de ustedes prneste momento tan especial en mi vida gracia a Dios los fanatico a mi familia a mi esposa @elisa_guerrero09 a mis hijos gracia a Dios a cumplido mi sueño de ser una estrella de nizao gracia a Dios y a mi bella y hermosa madre gracia a todo

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Bendecido y agradecido / blessed and grateful 🙏🏽🔥🎩 #ElMago https://t.co/ZhwafRO9tg

— Javier Báez (@javy23baez) June 28, 2019

It was a Coors Field special in Denver, with the Dodgers hitting two sets of back-to-back home runs and still needing a four-run rally in the ninth to subdue the Rockies, 12-9.

Back-to-back again? Déjà blue. pic.twitter.com/AnRDLAFjOq

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 28, 2019

Mike Trout makes us smile, too.

If you got a ball from @miketrout, you wouldn’t stop smiling either. pic.twitter.com/IY1w2Xzgeq

— MLB (@MLB) June 28, 2019