Cody Bellinger stars at MLB All-Star game, wins MVP award

With his father – former big leaguer Clay Bellinger – in attendance, the New York Yankees player earned MVP honours.Cody Bellinger had a night for the ages.His young daughters sat next to him and his father watched from the back of the room as he spoke about winning Major League Baseball’s (MLB) All-Star Game’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4‘Football is for everyone’: Djed Spence and the Three Lions’ Muslim momentlist 2 of 4England and Argentina set for their first meeting in a World Cup semifinallist 3 of 4Photos: Spain ends Mbappe and France’s World Cup dream to reach finallist 4 of 4VIDEO: Spain defeats France to reach FIFA World Cup finalend of list“Just being able to hang out and watching him win an award, it’s pretty cool,” former Yankee Clay Bellinger said after his son’s two-run single in the first inning off Cristopher Sanchez started the American League to a 4-0 win on Tuesday night.Cody re-signed with the Yankees last winter for a $162.5m, five-year deal and he has been a key part of the offence. He was hitting .280 through mid-June before a slump dropped his average to .254 heading into the All-Star break. Bellinger hasn’t homered in a month.“Baseball is the craziest game in the world. It really is. Sometimes it’s unexplainable,” he said. “Going into the break, I actually was feeling pretty good. I felt like I was on the right track.”Clay Bellinger was an outfielder and infielder for the Yankees from 1999 to 2001, winning a pair of World Series titles, and then finished his big league career with the Anaheim Angels in 2002.Cody was five years old when his father won his second World Series title. Clay never imagined the player Cody would turn into.“I knew he was good, but not this good,” Clay said.Bellinger hits a two-run single during the first inning for the All-Star Game [Kyle Ross/Imagn Images via Reuters]‘Took a long time to get back’Cody became the fourth Yankees player to win the All-Star Game MVP after Derek Jeter (2000), Mariano Rivera (2013) and Giancarlo Stanton (2022).