MLB has gone to great lengths to keep fans informed about the 2025 All-Star Game. First, the league unveiled the two biggest vote-getters. Those two players — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani — were automatically named starters.

Ohtani was at the plate to open the top of the sixth inning as the Dodgers trailed 7–0. On a 3–2 count, Freddy Peralta threw a changeup that visibly missed low and inside. Barber called it strike three. Ohtani immediately protested, said something, then demonstrably shook his head on the way back to the dugout. It was a rare, justified, outburst.