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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.
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.
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.
Dodgers star Freddie Freeman says he'll be a "100% go" when the World Series begins Friday night. Jack Flaherty will start that game for L.A.
Perez, the Royals’ nine-time All-Star catcher and a likely future Hall of Famer, received the Roberto Clemente Award Monday night in a Yankee Stadium ceremony before Game 3 of the World Series.
Derek Jeter is the only player to win the All-Star Game MVP and World Series MVP in the same season, doing so in 2000. Among prior MVP winners who are no longer active players, only five won the award in what turned out to be their only All-Star Game appearance; LaMarr Hoyt, Bo Jackson, J. D. Drew, Melky Cabrera, and Eric Hosmer.
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.
Adolis Garcia smacked a home run in the bottom of the 11th to carry the Texas Rangers to a thrilling 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks in the opening game of the 2023 World Series at Globe ...