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[3] [4] Phoenix had never hosted the All-Star Game before; the last first-time host city was Denver, Colorado in 1998. [4] The game was the ninth straight All-Star Game to decide home-field advantage in the World Series. [5] Prior All-Star games had only used the designated hitter (DH) rule when in American League parks. [6]
Major League Baseball has held an All-Star Game nearly every year since 1933; no All-Star Game was held in 1945 or 2020, and two All-Star Games per year were held from 1959 to 1962. [1] The pitching staffs for the two leagues are determined by a ballot of current players and the commissioner of baseball , and the starting pitcher is designated ...
A second game was played for four seasons, from 1959 through 1962. The All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award was introduced in 1962 and the first recipient was Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2008 game featured the longest All-Star Game by time: 4 hours 50 minutes, and tied for innings at 15 with the 1967 game.
This will be Bochy's fifth All-Star Game as the manager, his first for the AL. He led the National League teams in the 1999, 2011, 2013 and 2015 games, when All-Star managers got to pick reserve players and pitchers. “We don’t have any say, and I wish I did. I enjoyed that,” Bochy said.
DENVER – William Contreras and Christian Yelich will start the All-Star Game for the National League, Major League Baseball announced Wednesday evening, marking the first time multiple Milwaukee ...
Wembanyama had mixed results in his first All-Star contets. He was 5 of 6 from the field but also committed five turnovers. Two G-League players, Mac McClung, the defending Slam Dunk champion ...
Matt Kemp was voted a starter for the All-Star game and would lead the league in home runs and RBI. One positive for the Dodgers amidst their increasingly forlorn season was when Matt Kemp and Clayton Kershaw were selected to represent the team at the All-Star Game. It would be the first all-star appearances for both of them. [128]
The starting lineups for the 2025 NBA All-Star Game were announced Thursday, led by Giannis Antetokounmpo, who received more than 4.4 million votes from fans, the most of any player. The leading ...