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St. Petersburg (Tampa Bay Rays) is the only current MLB city that has not yet hosted an All-Star Game. In addition to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Citizens Bank Park (Philadelphia Phillies), Truist Park (Atlanta Braves), and Yankee Stadium (New York Yankees) are the only current venues that have not yet hosted an All-Star Game. The ...
Rico Carty was the first player ever selected to an All-Star team as a write-in candidate by fans, in 1970, the first year that voting was given back to the fans. Steve Garvey was the second player ever selected to an All-Star team as a write-in candidate by fans, in 1974. He was later the Most Valuable Player of that game as well as the ...
Major League Baseball has held an All-Star Game nearly every year since 1933; no All-Star Game was held in 1945 or 2020, and two All-Star Games per year were held from 1959 to 1962. [1] The pitching staffs for the two leagues are determined by a ballot of current players and the commissioner of baseball, and the starting pitcher is designated ...
MLB has announced the full rosters for the upcoming 2024 All-Star Game in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images) (Sam Hodde via Getty Images) The Midsummer Classic is on July 16, less ...
The 12 teams in the 2024 MLB postseason are all settled after the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets each clinched spots by splitting the doubleheader they needed Monday to sort out the playoff race ...
In 1920, the inaugural season of the NFL, [b] 11 veterans of major-league baseball (including George Halas and Jim Thorpe) became the first athletes to accomplish the feat. Since 1970, only seven athletes have done so, including Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders. Jackson was the first athlete to be selected as an All-Star in both MLB and the NFL.
MLB playoff schedule: Bracket, dates, TV, teams on road to 2024 World Series. James H. Williams, USA TODAY. ... MLB PLAYOFF PICTURE: Wild card standings, latest 2024 division standings.
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).