A look at the MLB All-Star game
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Baseball’s All-Star game is coming to Arizona this week for the first time, leaving Florida as the only state with a major league franchise that has not staged the game. Times staff writer Kevin Baxter looks at the last time each MLB franchise played host to the event:
Franchise; Year; Comment
Arizona; 2011; All-Star game finally comes to the desert.
Atlanta; 2000; Derek Jeter, one of eight players subbing for a missing starter, is first Yankees’ MVP.
Baltimore; 1993; MVP Kirby Puckett homers and doubles as AL wins sixth in a row.
Boston; 1999; Magic moment as Ted Williams is honored before 4-1 AL victory.
Chicago Cubs; 1990; Eighty-five minutes of rain delays and NL gets two hits in 2-0 loss.
Chicago White Sox; 2003; Garret Anderson wins Home Run Derby and is game MVP in 7-6 AL win.
Cincinnati; 1988; MVP Terry Steinbach homers in first All-Star at-bat, adds sacrifice fly in 2-1 AL win.
Cleveland; 1997; Hometown hero Sandy Alomar Jr. wins it for AL with seventh-inning homer.
Colorado; 1998; First All-Star game at high altitude results in record 21 runs, 13-8 AL win.
Detroit; 2005; Miguel Tejada homers and adds great defensive play in 7-5 AL win.
Florida; 2000; Marlins stripped of game when NL president says it should be played in a newer ballpark.
Houston; 2004; Astros’ Roger Clemens gives up six first-inning runs in 9-4 AL win.
Angels; 2010; Jonathan Broxton — remember him? — gets save as NL wins for first time in 14 years, 3-1.
Dodgers; 1980; Kept off the bases the first four innings, NL rallies behind MVP Ken Griffey.
Kansas City; 1973; In Willie Mays’ final All-Star game appearance, Bobby Bonds is MVP in 7-1 NL win.
Milwaukee; 2002; Tie leads to rule in which game determines World Series home-field advantage.
Minnesota; 1985; NL rides dominant pitching to its 21st win in 23 games.
NY Mets; 1964; Johnny Callison’s ninth-inning homer caps four-run rally in 7-4 NL win.
NY Yankees; 2008; Final All-Star game at old Yankee Stadium lasts a record 4 hours 50 minutes.
Oakland; 1987; After 12 scoreless innings, NL wins on Tim Raines’ two-out, two-run triple.
Philadelphia; 1996; Mike Piazza homers, wins MVP award in first All-Star game without a walk.
Pittsburgh; 2006; Michael Young’s two-out, two-run triple in ninth inning gives AL 3-2 win.
St. Louis; 2009; MVP Carl Crawford’s game-saving catch helps AL to 4-3 win.
San Diego; 1992; Ken Griffey Jr. joins his dad as an All-Star game MVP with three of AL’s 19 hits.
San Francisco; 2007; Ichiro Suzuki’s inside-the-park homer — an All-Star first — helps AL to 5-4 win.
Seattle; 2001; A-Rod gives Cal Ripken Jr. his starting spot and Chan Ho Park gives him a BP fastball.
Tampa Bay; ---; Has never played host to an All-Star game.
Texas; 1995; Jeff Conine’s eighth-inning homer one of three NL hits in 3-2 NL win.
Toronto; 1991; Cal Ripken Jr.’s three-run home run powers AL to 4-2 victory.
Washington; 1982; Then-Montreal Expos host first All-Star game played outside U.S., and NL wins, 4-1.
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