PHILADELPHIA — To play in Major League Baseball is already an elite club. If you took every big leaguer ever and put them in any MLB stadium — sorry, Sacramento! — they wouldn’t even fill it to capacity. Being an All-Star is extra elite, the kind of stuff millions of kids dream about, including the big leaguers who this week played in the Midsummer Classic at Citizens Bank Park.But what if their career paths had gone differently?The Athletic asked more than a dozen All-Stars what they thought they would be doing if they weren’t playing professional baseball. The answers offered a look into the players’ personalities, interests and backstories. (And, hey, with a work stoppage likely this offseason, it’s never a bad idea to think about those potential resumes.)Bryan Baker, Tampa Bay Rays: “I was studying to go to pharmacy school and be a pharmacist; that was my plan if this didn’t work out. The path is so different for me now — at this point, it might be psychology-based if I were to stop playing. Like, maybe a shrink. I was always super interested in school; my mom is a teacher, so I always had someone looking over my shoulder making sure I got good grades.”Louis Varland, Toronto Blue Jays: “A competitive fisherman, (Major League Fishing) Bass Pros Tour, you know? A tournament fisher. I’m not that good, but I do like to fish. I don’t have time to actually do the tournaments (right now), but maybe one day.”What tool would the All-Star Game players take from each other?Jayne Orenstein, Rebecca Tauber and moreLogan Webb, San Francisco Giants: “I always wanted to be a firefighter. I was going to Cal Poly — actually, one of my classes was going to be fire science. I had some close friends growing up that their dads were firefighters. I thought it was really cool. I wanted to do something that was meaningful, and I thought something like that would be.”Jacob Latz, Texas Rangers: “I’d like to start a restaurant or some type of health-related company, because I had health issues — gut issues — growing up, so I’m very into food and nutrition. I’d like to start a coffee and brunch spot and grow it and go from there. And if that business didn’t work out, maybe go back to school and do nutrition.”Chase Burns, Cincinnati Reds: “Either a video game streamer or in the Navy. I like playing video games a lot and try to bring some other players on there. My parents were both in the Navy. I was actually born in Naples, (Italy). They met on the ship, so that was always the backup plan.”CJ Abrams, Washington Nationals: “A trader, like stocks and stuff. (Would he wear a suit every day?) No, I’d do it at home from my computer. Like a day trader.”James Wood, Washington Nationals: “A security guard. Maybe basketball (Woods’ father played professionally overseas), but a security guard would be good. I feel like I could put on like 50 to 60 pounds. And I feel like I’d be pretty qualified.”Abrams, upon hearing about his 6-foot-6, 234-pound teammate’s answer: “Security guard? That surprises me. I think he can be a security guard just like that, right now.”Foster Griffin, Washington Nationals: “I’d like to just be a dad, a stay-at-home dad.”The Athletic: “What would your wife be doing then?”Foster: “She’d figure it out. (Laughs) Is that a bad answer? My dad was teaching professional in golf; he would give lessons. So I’d somehow like to stay in golf or sports as well.”Kyle Schwarber talks with Drake Baldwin before the All-Star Game. (Emilee Chinn / Getty Images)Kyle Schwarber, Philadelphia Phillies: “I would probably be coaching baseball somewhere.”Drake Baldwin, Atlanta Braves: “Hopefully be playing hockey. (Baldwin was a standout forward growing up.) Those are my two sports. I started college as a construction management major, so those were kind of my loves. If sports didn’t work, I would probably be doing something on the business side (of construction).”Byron Buxton, Minnesota Twins: “I would probably be a truck driver. I understand that very well. My dad was a truck driver. My dad did it for 15-20 years, so that’s literally what I thought I was going to do. Stay in a small town, not much to do. Some paper mills. A lot of my friends went back there.“Or a physical therapist. I actually paid attention in school, so when we did anatomy, I knew the body a little bit. So that would seem kind of a good fit, physical therapist.”Riley O’Brien, St. Louis Cardinals: I was a business major in college. I like the business side of things. I’m not sure (where) that would have led.”Chris Sale, Atlanta Braves: “I was so screwed (if baseball didn’t work out). I put all my eggs in one basket, and I don’t know if this is good advice or bad advice, but I had a coach tell me one time, ‘If you have a Plan B, you are probably going to do it. So stick to Plan A and go for it.’”