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The first All-Star Game was held as part of the 1933 World's Fair at Comiskey Park and was the brainchild of Arch Ward, then sports editor for the Chicago Tribune. [1] Initially intended to be a one-time event, its great success resulted in making the game an annual event, with some years (1959–1962) having two All-Star Games.
USSSA took over the Space Coast Stadium complex from the Washington Nationals baseball club. The complex is a new $50 million state-of-the-art multi-purpose complex with 15 multi-purpose, all-turf fields and a new 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m 2) building which houses the USSSA National Hall of Fame and Sports Museum.
NCAA conferences: Division I, Division II, Division III, and the College World Series (Div. I, Div. II, Div. III) NAIA conferences, including the NAIA Baseball World Series; National Club Baseball Association (NCBA) conferences; National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) conferences; List of Collegiate Summer Baseball Leagues
Previous World Series Locations. Year Host City 2015 Orlando, Florida 2014 Las Vegas, Nevada 2013 Portland, Oregon 2012 San Diego, California 2011
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.
The city of Douglasville is the county seat of and largest city in Douglas County, Georgia, United States. [4] As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 34,650, up from 30,961 in 2010 [5] and 20,065 in 2000. Douglasville is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Atlanta and is part of the Atlanta metro area.
1996: 1996 World Series ; 1997: 1997 NBA Finals ; 1998: September 8, 1998 Cardinals/Cubs baseball game in which Mark McGwire hit his 62nd home run of the season. 1999: 1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game ; 2000: 2000 World Series ; 2001: 2001 World Series ; 2002: 2002 Winter Olympics
Three teams have won the World Series in the same year their stadium hosted the All-Star Game: the 1939 New York Yankees, the 1959 Los Angeles Dodgers, and the 1977 New York Yankees. [ 6 ] The venues traditionally alternated between the American and National Leagues every year, with an AL team hosting in an odd-numbered year and an NL club ...