With the original 1933 All-Stars in attendance, game MVP Bobby Bonds hits a two-run homer. Garvey and Dave Winfield sparked a four-run rally to put the game away for good.Ĭal Ripken Jr.'s home run and Jimmy Key's pitching carry the AL in Toronto. Prince Fielder's mammoth three-run homer gave the NL a lead it would never relinquish. Mariano Rivera became the first reliever to win MVP honors and the AL combined to three-hit the Senior Circuit. Jimmie Foxx drove in three runs as the AL never trailed.įresh off throwing consecutive no-hitters, Reds phenom Johnny Vander Meer started and picked up the win. Steve Garvey and the NL jumped on AL starter Gaylord Perry and never looked back.Īfter giving up two runs in the top of the first, Joe DiMaggio and the AL stormed back thanks to a three-run fourth. In the second installment in 1962, Leon Wagner homered as the AL jumped out to a 7-1 lead. 1962, Game 2 (Chicago): AL beats NL, 9-4įrom 1959 through 1962, MLB held two different All-Star Games per season. Kirby Puckett powered the AL with a homer and a RBI double en route to MVP honors.įred Lynn slugged a third-inning grand slam in one of the most lopsided All-Star Games ever.Ĩ1. Pablo Sandoval came through with a bases-clearing triple as part of the NL's five-run first. Inspired by honorary captain Sandy Koufax, NL starter LaMarr Hoyt fired three innings of two-hit ball. The Senior Circuit rode a four-run fifth and a sac fly from Stan Musial to a win. Which game is number one? You'll have to read to find out. But this isn't just a ranking, it's the ranking: every single All-Star Game, in ascending order of awesomeness and historical importance - all according to our highly rigorous, certainly-not-scribbled-on-the-back-of-a-napkin methodology. Something else America loves: The MLB All-Star Game presented by MasterCard, the source of more than eight decades of Midsummer Classic memories and iconic moments.Īnd so, with the 87th edition coming to Petco Park in San Diego on Tuesday, it's time to combine the two in the name of science. Any red-blooded American loves a good ranking - the debate, the pseudo-science, the strident claims to the One Correct Opinion.
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