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After presenting the MVP Award at the 1998 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Selig was officially named Commissioner of Baseball. This is the only All-Star Game in which not a single pitcher walked a batter; appropriately, Braves closer Mark Wohlers was the final pitcher of the game. This was the second and final time Veterans Stadium hosted ...
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.
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The 1996 Major League Baseball season was the final season of league-only play before the beginning of interleague play the following season.The season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the defending champion Atlanta Braves in six games for the World Series title, the Yankees' first championship since 1978.
The 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 66th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 11, 1995, at The Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas, the home of the Texas Rangers of the ...
The game resulted in a 7–1 victory for the NL. This was the third time that the All-Star Game had been played in Philadelphia, though the first to be played in Veteran's Stadium. Both the 1943 and 1952 games were played in Philadelphia's Shibe Park with the then Philadelphia Athletics hosting in 1943 and the Phillies hosting in 1952. The All ...
Wins: Lefty Gomez 3; Losses: Mort Cooper, Whitey Ford, Dwight Gooden, Catfish Hunter, Claude Passeau, John Smoltz, Luis Tiant, Clayton Kershaw 2; Earned runs: Whitey ...
In the first World Series games played in the Bronx in 15 years, the Braves blew out the Yankees by a 12–1 score, and then prevailed in Game 2 by a 4–0 shutout thanks to a stellar pitching performance by Greg Maddux to go up 2–0 in the series headed back to Atlanta. However, the Yankees would take Game 3 by a 5–2 score to get on the ...