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The 2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game is upon us.  The national pass-time’s showcase has provided countless highlights and memorable moments since 1933.  Here are just a few of them:

1933 – Comiskey Park, Chicago: The first Major League Baseball All-Star game.  Babe Ruth hits the first home run in All-Star Game history and makes a spectacular catch in the 8th inning. Fitting that the game’s greatest player shines in baseball’s inaugural showcase game.

1934 – Polo Grounds, New York: NL pitcher Carl Hubbell incredibly strikes out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin in order in the first 2 innings. One of the greatest pitching feats ever.

1945 – No All-Star Game:  Actually, a low-light. The only year since 1933 there was no All-Star Game.  World War II and  resulting travel restrictions forced cancellation.

1959 – Forbes Field, Pittsburgh: The first of 2 All-Star games for the year. For the first time, 2 games were played in order to bolster the players’ pension fund.  The 2-a-year scheduling would continue for 3 more years.

1983 – Comiskey Park, Chicago: Fred Lynn hits the first grand slam in All-Star Game history.  Amazingly, despite almost 80 years of great players participating, it is still the only All-Star grand slam.

2002 – Miller Park, Milwaukee: The second All-Star game ending in a tie.  Team rosters were used up and Commissioner Bud Selig decided to call the game after 11 innings. The resulting reaction to this decision was a catalyst for the rule, beginning with the 2003 game, that the All-Star winning league’s champion would have home field advantage in the World Series for the that year.  That rule is still in effect.

2012 - Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City: ?? Stay tuned.

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