１００マイルの球を投げ、５００フィートの打球を飛ばすまさに規格外の野球選手。

　7月13日（日本時間１４日午前８時半開始予定）の米大リーグのオールスター戦では，エンゼルスの大谷翔平投手は「１番ＤＨ兼投手」で先発出場。

　米球宴史上初めて、投打同時出場した試合で躍動し新たな伝説をつくった。１９３３年に初めて開催されたオールスター戦で投打同時の先発出場は初めて。日本選手の球宴での先発登板は９５年のナ・リーグの野茂英雄（ドジャース）以来、２６年ぶり２人目。大谷の投打同時起用のため、ＤＨ制を解除しなくても済む特別ルールを適用した。

　　
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

A very nonstandard baseball player who throws a 100-mile ball and hits a 500-foot ball.

In the US Major League Baseball All-Star Game on July 13 (scheduled to start at 8:30 am on the 14th of Japan time), Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani started as "No. 1 DH and pitcher".

For the first time in the history of the US ball banquet, he made a dynamic move in a game in which he played at the same time as throwing and created a new legend. This is the first time he has started in the All-Star Game, which was held for the first time in 1933, at the same time as the pitching. This is the second Japanese player to start pitching at a ball banquet for the first time in 26 years since Hideo Nomo (Dodgers) of the National League in 1995. Since Otani's throwing is used at the same time, a special rule has been applied that does not require the DH system to be lifted.