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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.
Ninety-three All-Star Games have been played (including two games per year from 1959–1962), with the AL leading 47-44–2. The All-Star Game has seen several "eras" in which one league tended to dominate. From 1933 to 1949, the American League won 12 of the first 16. The National League dominated from 1950 to 1987, going 33–8–1.
Jarren Duran's first All-Star Game was a rousing success. The Boston Red Sox outfielder hit a go-ahead, two-run home run and was named All-Star MVP on Tuesday in a 5-3 AL win over the NL .
The Texas Rangers were awarded the game on November 17, 2022 by Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred.This was the second time that the Rangers hosted an All-Star Game in franchise history, having previously done so in 1995 at The Ballpark in Arlington, which was reconfigured and renamed Choctaw Stadium after the Rangers moved to Globe Life Field in 2020.
The game was played on July 19, [1] broadcast nationally by Fox, Fox Deportes, and ESPN Radio. The American League defeated the National League 3–2, for its ninth straight All-Star Game win. [5] [6] Coincidentally, the previous time Dodger Stadium hosted the game in 1980, that year's result gave the National League its ninth straight win as well.
The 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 86th edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game was played at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio on Tuesday, July 14. It was televised nationally on Fox. The American League All-Stars defeated the National League All-Stars by a score of 6–3.
The game marked the first time since 1962 that one league hosted consecutive All-Star Games, after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hosted the game in 2006. The game was the fifth straight All-Star Game to decide home-field advantage in the World Series. [1] The AL entered the game on a ten-game unbeaten streak (nine wins, with one tie in 2002).
It was the eighth consecutive All-Star Game victory for the AL. [1] The game was originally to be hosted in Atlanta at Truist Park. However, following the Georgia State Legislature's passage of the Election Integrity Act of 2021, the game was moved to Coors Field in Denver. The All-Star Game was the second to be played in Denver after the 1998 ...