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“All-Star Game Highlights” Photo Gallery
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- Negro League East-West All-Star game played at Comiskey
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- Classic All-Star photo
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- Bob Elliott, Gil Hodges, Ralph Kiner, Stan Musial, Eddie Sawyer at All-Star game
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- Jim Fregosi at the 1968 All-Star game
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- Harmon Killebrew carried off field after tearing a hamstring in the 1968 All-Star game
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- Frank Howard checks flight of the ball in the 1968 All-Star game
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- Joe DiMaggio with Dizzy Dean at the 1936 All-Star game
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- All-Stars: Joe Gordon, Joe DiMaggio, Pete Reiser, Ted Williams, Joe Medwick
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- 1936 National League All-Stars: Joe Medwick, Ernie Lombardi, Mel Ott, Wally Berger, Rip Collins
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- All-Stars Earl Averill, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, Goose Goslin, Pinky Higgins
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- All-Stars Pinky Higgins, Goose Goslin, Lou Gehrig, Earl Averill, Jimmie Foxx
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- 1943 All-Stars: Vern Stephens, Chet Laabs, and Rudy York
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- Ebbets Field,July 12, 1949,Stan Musial,St. Louis Cardinals,Jackie Robinson,Brooklyn Dodgers,All-Star Game
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- 1953 All-Star Game: Frank Scott, (business manaager), Enos Slaughter, Yogi Berra, Bob Lemon, Eddie Robinson, Mickey Mantle, Eddie Mathews, Robin Roberts
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- Latin players at the 1965 All-Star game: Felix Mantilla, Roberto Clemente, Tony Oliva, Cookie Rojas, Juan Marichal, Zoilo Versallwes, Vic Davalillo, Leo Cardenas
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- 1936 All-Star Game: Joe Medwick, Ernie Lombardi, Mel Ott, Wally Berger, Rip Collins
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- National League players mob Johnny Callison after his home run wins the 1964 All-Star game
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- Babe Ruth, Al Simmons, Earl Averill at Comiskey Park All-Star game.
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- First African-Americans to play in the All-Star game, July 12, 1949 at Ebbets Field: Roy Campanella, Larry Doby, Don Newcombe, Jackie Robinson.
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- Roy Campanella (front row, right), with other members of his All-Star Team, George Crowe, Boston Braves, Larry Doby, Cleveland Indians, Larry Simpson, Joe Black, Hank Thompson, New York Giants, Monte Irvin. October 1952.
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- Ted with Yogi Berra and Mickey Mantl, probably from an All-Star game
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- With Lefty Grove, 1933 All-Star game
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- National League team in the first ever All-Star game played at Comiskey in 1933
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- Josh Gibson slides safely into home in 1944 East-West All-Star game
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- Homestead Grays representatives at an East-West All-Star game: Dave Bankhead, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, Dave Hoskins, Jerry Benjamin.
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game is an event. When the event is a “who’s who” of Hall of Fame talent, it’s a must see event.
Such was the case for the first All-Star Game in 1961. (There were TWO All-Star Games per season from 1959-62.) Clemente, Aaron, Mays, Robinson, Mantle, Maris, Berra, Musial…the list goes on and on.
On an unusually hot July day in the City by the Bay, 44,115 fans crammed into every wooden seat at Candlestick Park to watch their heroes do battle on the diamond.
Three all-time legends would play a pivotal role in the outcome. Roberto Clemente would be appearing in his third mid-summer classic, Hank Aaron his ninth, and hometown hero Willie Mays his tenth.
Willie Mays drives in winning run in the 1968 All-Star game played in the Astrodome
The National League would take a 3-1 lead into the top of the 9th inning. Manager Danny Murtaugh, of the world champion Pittsburgh Pirates, brought in his own relief ace, Elroy Face to secure the final three outs. As the inning commenced, the notorious winds off San Francisco Bay began to envelop Candlestick Point.
With one out, Detroit slugger Norm Cash doubled to right. Orioles manager Paul Richards inserted White Sox second baseman Nellie Fox to pinch-run for Cash. Tigers legend Al Kaline singled to center, scoring Fox and trimming the deficit to 3-2. With Roger Maris due next, Murtaugh called on the one-and-only Sandy Koufax.
It would be a short appearance. Maris singled to right, moving Kaline up to second. Koufax was promptly replaced by Stu Miller of the Giants. As Miller stepped on the rubber to face Tigers outfielder Rocky Colavito, a gust of wind blew across the field and staggered Miller. In accordance with the rules, home plate umpire Stan Landes called a balk moving Maris and Kaline up to second and third, respectively.
Colavito reached on an error by Cardinals third baseman Ken Boyer, scoring Kaline and tying the game. Miller escaped without any further damage. The American Leaguers would push across an unearned run in the top of the 10th inning – aided by Boyer’s second error in as many innings.
Now nursing a 4-3 lead, it was up to ancient knuckleballer Hoyt Wilhelm to close out the win for the junior circuit. The task would be daunting.
Aaron pinch-hitting for Miller, lead off with a single to center then moved to second on a passed ball. Mays followed with a double to left scoring Aaron to tie the game. Cincinnati slugger Frank Robinson was hit with a fluttering knuckleball. Up came Clemente. He laced a single to right and Mays raced home from second base with the game-winning run.
With star-studded lineups and arguably the most exciting finish to an All-Star Game, the day’s events were truly a San Francisco treat.
– Alex Cheremeteff
