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In those backyard ball games in North Texas years ago, Bobby Witt Jr. and his buddies growing up in Colleyville imagined they were playing for the Texas Rangers. Now in his third season with the Kansas City Royals, the 24-year-old Bobby Jr. will play a big league home game in Arlington for the first time on Tuesday night as a member of the American League All-Star team, in the ninety-fourth edition of MLB’s Midsummer Classic, at Globe Life Field.“Just being an All-Star is an honor,” Bobby Jr. said. “First one being in the hometown is just incredible. I grew up going to the stadium across the street, grew up being a Rangers fan. It kind of gives me goose bumps just talking about it. My…

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