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The game marked the first time since 1962 that one league hosted consecutive All-Star Games, after Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, hosted the game in 2006. The game was the fifth straight All-Star Game to decide home-field advantage in the World Series. [1] The AL entered the game on a ten-game unbeaten streak (nine wins, with one tie in 2002).
The 2007 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 18, 2007, during the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2006–07 season.It was the 56th edition of the NBA All-Star Game, and was played at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada.
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 Among prior MVP winners who are no longer active players, only five won the award in what turned out to be their only All-Star Game appearance; LaMarr Hoyt, Bo Jackson, J. D. Drew, Melky Cabrera, and Eric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.
World Series MVP – Mike Lowell (Boston Red Sox) ALCS MVP – Josh Beckett (Boston Red Sox) NLCS MVP – Matt Holliday (Colorado Rockies) All-Star Game, July 10 at AT&T Park – American League, 5–4; Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners), MVP State Farm Insurance Home Run Derby, July 9 – Vladimir Guerrero (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim)
The All-Star Game MVP Award debuted in 1962, and 40 years later, it was named for Hall of Famer Ted Williams. While all of the winners obviously are All-Stars, some have been Williams-caliber ...
2007: Josh Beckett. [135] 2013: Koji Uehara. [136] 2018: Jackie Bradley Jr. [137] All-Star Game MVP Note: This was re-named the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award in 2002. Carl Yastrzemski was the first Red Sox player to be made the All-Star Game's MVP. 1970: Carl Yastrzemski. [138] 1986: Roger Clemens. [139] 1999: Pedro Martínez. [140 ...
Fielder had a strong first half in 2007, earning a start at first base in the 2007 All-Star game over the previous two MVP winners, Ryan Howard (2006) and Albert Pujols (2005). On August 13, 2007, Fielder was featured on a magazine cover for the first time when he was featured on the August 13, 2007, issue of ESPN The Magazine .
Amid complaints by players and coaches, the league switched back to the previous ball on January 1, 2007. The 2007 NBA All-Star Game was played on February 18, 2007, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, the first time the event was held in a non-NBA city. The West defeated the East 153–132, with Kobe Bryant winning the game's MVP ...