As I did earlier with a "corrected" 2025 Topps Heritage card for Juan Soto, showing him with the Yankees and having an All-Star on his card, I went ahead and dug up the ORIGINAL 2024 Heritage card for all-world Shohei Ohtani, from the design Topps was originally going to put out there had he not signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the initial advertising for the set:
Topps
simply took this image, airbrushed the correct uniform, and TOOK AWAY
the All-Star designation to create their as-issued Dodgers version.
This
of course pissed off those of us who want the FULL all-star teams
designated on their base-cards to build out sets (just like the Soto
dilemma a year later).
I do remember Topps' first advertising
for the 2024 Heritage set showed this Ohtani Angels version, then
quickly changed once he signed with the Dodgers.
Since he was
the American League All-Star DH in the 2023 game, he should have had
this card with the All-Star designation, them maybe an update Dodger
version (harking back to the Hank Aaron treatment in 1975).
So I hope this helps clear up the "missing" A.L. All-Star in the Heritage set!
