As a child, the Major League All-Star Game was always special. With the 60-game season now in place for this year, hopefully, everything works out and there will be a World Series. Growing up in the Midwest during the 1970s, I was able to listen to a lot of different teams on the radio. However, […]
Category: All-Star Game
Editor’s Note: There will be a Season Ticket podcast available soon that will have a discussion of all the candidates. There are 10 individuals who have an opportunity to be added to the list of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Press Room Pass is selecting its four choices for the 2020 induction class […]
Editor’s note: This summer the Cleveland Indians are hosting their sixth major league all-star game, which is the most by any franchise. This series will take a look at the previous contests in 1935, 1954, 1963, 1981 and 1997. The 1981 season was unique in many ways. A player’s strike from June 12 to July […]
Editor’s note: This summer the Cleveland Indians are hosting their sixth major league all-star game, which is the most by any franchise. This series will take a look at the previous contests in 1935, 1954, 1963, 1981 and 1997. Cleveland celebrated the 30th anniversary of the All-Star Game without an Indians player taking part in […]
Editor’s note: This summer the Cleveland Indians are hosting their sixth major league all-star game, which is the most by any franchise. This series will take a look at the previous contests in 1935, 1954, 1963, 1981 and 1997. The winning pitcher of the all-star game in 1954 wasn’t even supposed to be there. Dean […]
Editor’s note: This summer the Cleveland Indians are hosting their sixth major league all-star game, which is the most by any franchise. This series will take a look at the previous contests in 1935, 1954, 1963, 1981 and 1997. The Cleveland Indians entertained the best players in the majors during the third All-Star Game in […]
Goody Rosen never got to play in an all-star game during his time in the major leagues. Due to travel restrictions during World War II, the 1945 mid-summer classic was not played, so Rosen missed his opportunity as it was his only all-star season. Born in Toronto in 1912, Rosen played in six seasons in […]
It’s amazing how baseball’s present can always be connected to its past. As the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game finished, David Price of the Detroit Tigers was the winning pitcher. Zack Greinke of the Los Angeles Dodgers was on the wrong end of a 6-3 American League victory thanks to a first-inning homer by […]
There was a time in major league history that there were two all-star games played during the season. From 1959 to 1962, there were a pair of games for four seasons to aid the pension fund for the players. However, that was not the first time there was more than one contest played. In 1942, […]
The tradition of the mid-summer classic known as the Major League Baseball All-Star Game began in 1933. After a few years of discussion about adding this type of affair to the schedule, Chicago Tribune Sports Editor Arch Ward convinced commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis to support the contest as part of the Century of Progress celebration […]