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It's the Mid-Summer Classic -- as the best players from American League and National Leagues baseball face off to do battle in July.

This year, the 91st edition of the MLB All Star Game will take place on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at Dodger Stadium, home of the LA Dodgers.

Televised nationwide on FOX, pre-game hoopla begins at 7:30PM ET on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage while MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage.

Who selects the All Star team? Online voting among players AND fans begins just before mid-season. This year, expect AL and NL All-Star teams to be announced in early July.

That's when top picks from both leagues were chosen at mlb.com -- in a flurry of voting to decide whose favorites do battle on a level playing field of baseball greats in pitching, hitting, and fielding.

2020 Baseball All-Star Game roster

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DID YOU KNOW? Baseball All-Star Game fun facts

Yankee legend Babe Ruth heads into home after hitting the very first All-Star home run at the original 1933 game.

• The first All-Star Game was played at Comiskey Park in Chicago in 1933. In that game, Babe Ruth hit the first All-Star home run, leading the American League to victory 4-2.

• The player with the most appearances at an All-Star game is Hank Aaron with 25, followed by Stan Musial and Willie Mays who are both tied with 24 appearances.

• New York has hosted the All-Star game eight times. The Yankees have hosted four times, followed by the New York Giants with two. The Mets and Brooklyn Dodgers have both hosted once.

• The only player ever to win the All-Star game MVP and the World Series MVP in the same season (2000) was Yankee great Derek Jeter.

• The longest All-Star game happened in 2008 at Yankee Stadium, lasting a total of 4 hours, 50 minutes. It went on for 15 innings and ended at 1:38 a.m.

More about the MLB All-Star Game around the Web:

2020 MLB All-Star Game - Check out the official MLB site offering headline news, fan voting, ticket information, feature stories and photos, video.

MLB FOX Sports - Here's the official home of the televised game with the full schedule, related news, buzz and rumors leading up to the big night.

Major League Baseball All Star Game - Get complete background information from Wikipedia including history, current rules and voting information, fun facts and trivia with related resources.

All-Star Game History on Baseball Almanac - Everything you ever wanted to know, including complete stats, attendance records, M.V.P. Award winners, who sang the Star Spangled Banner at each game, and more - from 1933 to the present.

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