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The 2000 All-Star Game was one of the few occurrences in which the manager of the host team also managed the home team of the game, as Bobby Cox had led the Braves to the World Series the previous year, earning the right to manage the National League. The result of the game was the American League defeating the National League by a score of 6 ...
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 2000 All-Star Game was one of the few occurrences in which the manager of the host team also managed the home team of the game, in this case, the National League (Bobby Cox had led the Braves to the World Series the previous year earning the right to manage the National League). The final score was 6–3 in favor of the American League.
The 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 73rd playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues that make up Major League Baseball.
The All-Star Futures Game is an annual baseball exhibition game hosted by Major League Baseball (MLB) in conjunction with the mid-summer MLB All-Star Game. A team of American League-affiliated prospects competes against a team of National League-affiliated prospects. From the inaugural 1999 event through 2018, teams of prospects from the United ...
Helton was invited to his first career Major League Baseball All-Star Game in 2000. [2] He also received National League Player of the Month honors for May and August. He finished fifth in voting for the MVP award . [ 21 ]
Jim Thome, the 1991 Eastern League MVP, became a five-time MLB All-Star and was enducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018. [16] Michael Cuddyer, the 2001 Eastern League MVP, was voted onto two MLB All-Star teams. [17] Through 1996, a Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award was given to the player with the best performance from each Double-A ...
The 2000 Major League Baseball season ended with the New York Yankees defeating the New York Mets in five games, for their third consecutive World Series title. [1] The 2000 World Series was known as the Subway Series because both fans and the two teams could take the subway to and from every game of the series. [2]