In addition to baseball writers, a number of other figures made their views on the topic known, including football broadcasters Troy Aikman and Terry Bradshaw, basketball reporter Stephen A. Smith, and even prominent politicians such as Rudy Giuliani and Mitch McConnell.
1. julija je zaigral na svoji prvi Tekmi vseh zvezd, na njej pa so se mu pridružili še soigralci Gio Gonzalez, Ian Desmond in Bryce Harper.