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The game ended in a 5–1 win for the National League, their second straight All-Star victory. It was the first MLB All-Star Game to be held in Arizona and the first in a National League Park to have a designated hitter. With a combination of injuries and rule enforcements, a record 84 players were named to the All-Star rosters.
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 ...
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 series against the Lakers also birthed the Mavericks Royal Blue-Out games in the AAC, with almost all fans wearing T-shirts that read "The Time is Now". In the Western Conference Finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder , the Mavericks won the last three games with fourth-quarter comebacks to win their second Western Conference Championship ...
The 82nd edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on July 12 with the National League defeating the American League for the second straight year, by a score of 5–1. As had been the case since 2003, the league winning that game had home field advantage in the World Series.
List of Major League Baseball All-Star Game records. Add languages ... Most games on the roster originally or as a replacement. [1] Two All-Star Games were held each ...
April 16 – Bill Kinnamon, 91, American League umpire (1960–1969) who worked in the 1962 and 1968 All-Star Games, the 1968 World Series, and umpired at home plate when Roger Maris hit his 61st home run in 1961 to break Babe Ruth's single-season record. April 21 – Jim Heise, 78, pitcher for the 1957 Washington Senators.
Michael Finley was selected to two All-Star Games as a Maverick. Josh Howard represented the Mavericks in the 2007 All-Star Game. Jason Kidd won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1995. All-Star forward Shawn Marion played five seasons with the Mavericks. Steve Nash was selected to two All-Star Games and two All-NBA Teams as a Maverick.