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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 94th edition of the MLB All Star Game will take place on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, TX as the Texas Rangers host their first All Star Game since 1995 Televised nationwide on FOX, All Star pre-game coverage begins at 7:30PM ET with ESPN Radio featuring exclusive national radio coverage and MLB.com providing online coverage. In addition, lots of local hoopla surrounding the big game in Arlington will include the All-Star Futures Game, the Home Run Derby, and more events happening throughout All Star Week 2024.
Who selects the All Star team? Online voting among players AND fans begins just before mid-season, followed by Phase 2 of voting which determines the All-Star Game starters. AL and NL All-Star starters are usually announced on the Friday before the big game. The leading vote-getters in each league are chosen from more than a dozen clubs at the Mid-Summer Classic. American League All-Star starters National League All-Star starters TBA
• 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.
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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