A la ronda semifinal accedieron dos cubanos y dos dominicanos, ellos Adolis García, quien pertenece a los Rangers de Texas y su compatriota Randy Arozarena, mientras que la otra semifinal fue totalmente dominicana, con Vladímir Guerrero Jr. Y Julio Rodríguez, a la final llegaron Arozarena y Guerrero Jr. Siendo este último el campeón de la edición del 2023, además de eso hace historia, ya es la primera que una competencia de jonrones es ganada por padre e hijo, en los inicios de los años 2000 fue su padre el campeón en la competencia que se efectuó en la ciudad de San Francisco, y en este 2023 le tocó a su hijo, que hace dos años atras fue el subcampeón, perdiendo contra Pete Alonso, cabe destacar que los Nacidos en República Dominicana se han llevado una buena cantidad de derbys, incluyendo los dos últimos.

Monday and Tuesday have been days of real celebration, both for fans and players of Major League Baseball, although we could say that this party started on the weekend, with the game of the future stars and celebrities, because retired athletes and celebrities from movies and music gather there, Monday was the traditional home run derby, there were the Latinos who stole the show, leaving the American-born out of any chance in the first round, one of the great favorites of this derby was Pete Alonso, but the child of the house Julio Rodriguez took 41 balls leaving out of the party the first baseman of the Mets.

Two Cubans and two Dominicans reached the semifinal round, Adolis García, who belongs to the Texas Rangers and his compatriot Randy Arozarena, while the other semifinal was totally Dominican, with Vladímir Guerrero Jr. and Julio Rodríguez, Arozarena and Guerrero Jr. reached the final. Being the latter the champion of the 2023 edition, besides that makes history, it is the first time that a home run competition is won by father and son, in the early 2000s was his father the champion in the competition that took place in the city of San Francisco, and in this 2023 it was his son's turn, who two years ago was the runner-up, losing to Pete Alonso, it is noteworthy that the Dominican born have taken a good amount of derbies, including the last two. 

Tuesday arrived and with it, the 93rd edition, the great figures of this season gathered early in the stadium of the Seattle Mariners, the T-Mobile Park witnessed a kind of red carpet, there the players selected for the mid-season classic were with their best suits, after the afternoon they left aside those clothes of great designers and uniforms, One with the uniform of the National League and others with those of the young circuit, which was light green with white pants, while those of their rivals was completely navy blue, between interviews and celebrations jumped to the field, the National League with three Venezuelans among its starters, that is 33% of the players who make up a line up, the rest were U.S. players.

Ronald Acuña comes as a starter for the second consecutive time, while Luis Arráez and Orlando Arcia debut in a starting line up, the latter two years ago seemed gone from baseball and his recovery has been such that he is in an all-star game and as a starter, being the most voted shortstop, Arráez was expected, since he is the bat leader and is flirting with hitting over 400 points, something that has not happened since a few years ago, when Hall of Famer Ted Williams hit for an average of 406, besides the 3 that started the game there was Elias Diaz waiting for his opportunity to enter the field.

Baseball is a sport that can give surprises, some pleasant and others not so many, for the Creole Elias Diaz surprises have been very pleasant in a span of 10 days, in my first place to receive the news from his manager that would be part of this edition of the All-Star game, news that made shed tears of happiness to the born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, on Monday he was seen as happy in the home run competition and yesterday when he received the opportunity to play he took full advantage of it, He hit the home run to give the victory to the team of the old circuit, because they were losing 2 runs for 1, but with that hit he managed to turn the scoreboard and give the definitive advantage to his team, and became the most valuable of this game, being only the second born in Venezuela to achieve it, the first and until yesterday the only one had been David Concepción where also with a home run he managed to win this award.

The triumph of the National League, was with a Venezuelan flavor, since the three little runs they made were thanks to the bats of the criollos Luis Arráez and Careta Díaz, it is a reason for joy for those of us who were born in the land of the Liberators of America, to see their players stand out in this so important and traditional classic for those who love baseball and especially the big leagues.

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