This Day in History: Major League Baseball’s First All-Star Game Is Held
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This Day in History: , Major League Baseball’s First All-Star Game Is Held.
July 6, 1933.
Hailed as "The Game
of the Century,"
it took place at Comiskey
Park in Chicago.
For the first time in MLB history, the best players from each division would
compete on the same team.
MLB took a hard hit
during the initial years of
The Great Depression.
Game attendance fell by 40%.
The All-Star game was
one of many promotional
events created to entice
people back to the ballpark.
'Chicago Tribune' sports editor
Arch Ward came up with the idea.
Since then, the MLB All-Star Game has been organized every year except for 1945.
The 2020 All-Star Game was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
July 6, 1933.
Hailed as "The Game
of the Century,"
it took place at Comiskey
Park in Chicago.
For the first time in MLB history, the best players from each division would
compete on the same team.
MLB took a hard hit
during the initial years of
The Great Depression.
Game attendance fell by 40%.
The All-Star game was
one of many promotional
events created to entice
people back to the ballpark.
'Chicago Tribune' sports editor
Arch Ward came up with the idea.
Since then, the MLB All-Star Game has been organized every year except for 1945.
The 2020 All-Star Game was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic