Baseball: Ohtani tops All-Star fan vote, to start as NL's designated hitter

Shohei Ohtani on Thursday became the first player named to the National League's starting lineup for the July 14 All-Star Game after leading all Major League Baseball players in the first phase of fan voting.Ohtani topped the fan ballot for the first time with 3,341,257 votes and will start his sixth straight All-Star Game at designated hitter.Ernie Clement of the Toronto Blue Jays will start at second base for the American League after leading all AL players with 3,232,932 votes.Since 2022, the top vote-getters in each league after the first phase earn automatic selection as a starter in t…READ FULL ARTICLE