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The 1965 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 36th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on July 13, 1965, at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington, Minnesota, home of the Minnesota Twins of the American ...
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 ...
In June, the first Major League Baseball draft was held in New York City. Teams chose players in reverse order of the previous season's standings, with picks alternating between American League and National League teams. [1] With the first pick of the 1965 MLB draft, the Kansas City Athletics took Rick Monday, an outfielder from Arizona State ...
Richert was also an All-Star during both seasons. [12] [13] In the 1965 All-Star game, he pitched two scoreless innings, and struck out Willie Mays and Willie Stargell. [3] He was the losing pitcher in the 1966 game, giving up a single to former Dodgers teammate Maury Wills, which scored Tim McCarver for the winning run in the 10th inning. [3] [14]
NBC Television, which already has the TV rights to the World Series and the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, takes over the Saturday-afternoon and holiday Game of the Week when ABC declines to renew its option. NBC and MLB agree to a three-year $30.6 million contract that will include all 20 teams, and the "Peacock network" will retain the ...
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and contested between the all-stars from the American League (AL) and National League (NL).
Jokić is a literal handful of assists away from joining Oscar Robertson and his new running buddy Russell Westbrook as the only players in NBA history to average a 30-point triple-double.He ...
The 1965 Los Angeles Dodgers finished the regular-season with a 97–65 record, which earned them the NL pennant by two games over their arch-rivals, the San Francisco Giants. The Dodgers went on to win the World Series in seven games over the Minnesota Twins .