“I didn’t really have the nerves, I guess, going up there this time,” said Buxton, who is now 2-for-4 with a home run and a double in his two All-Star Games. “My first at-bat, I felt good but got jammed a little bit” and lined out to left field in the seventh inning, after subbing in for starting center fielder Javier Báez of Detroit in the fifth. “The second one, I just said, don’t overthink. Have a quality at-bat and get us going, so that was a lot of fun.”
The day began with another fun activity, too, Buxton said. MLB stages a red-carpet welcome to the ballpark, and players are encouraged to dress as though they are attending a gala event.
Buxton won raves with a deep teal suit in Los Angeles in 2022, and he made a striking impression this time, too.
The Twins’ Byron Buxton arrives on the red carpet before the All-Star Game on Tuesday in Atlanta. (Mike Stewart/The Associated Press)
Head to toe in pink — with his wife, Lindsey, and his three sons in matching outfits.
“Brix and Blaze wanted to do pink. They said it was a happy color,” Buxton said. “They wanted to wear pink or maybe neon green, something really bright. I don’t argue with it.”
Ryan was less flashy, but just as classy, in a casual off-white suit, with his fiancée, Clare Stonich, accompanying him in a two-piece bright white dress.