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THE MLB ALL-STAR GAME AND THE ANGELS The 2009 All-Star Game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis (Photo by MLB Photos via Getty Images Sport / Jessica Foster) • Major League Baseball and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim will hold the 2010 All-Star Game at Angel Stadium of Anaheim on July 13, 2010. The 2010 All-Star Game will be the 81st Midsummer Classic. • It will mark the third time that the Angels have hosted the All-Star Game, having also welcomed the Midsummer Classic in 1967 and 1989. • The 1967 All-Star Game was played on July 11th, with the National League winning the 15-inning, 2-1 contest, the longest Midsummer Classic (in both innings and time) in history. All three of the runs scored in the game came via solo homers. Philadelphia’s Dick Allen hit a long ball off A.L. starting pitcher Dean Chance in the second inning. Baltimore’s Brooks Robinson tied it up in the sixth inning with a blast against Fergie Jenkins. The game would remain scoreless until the 15th, when Cincinnati’s Tony Perez put the N.L. on top with a one-out homer – and ultimately earned himself All-Star Game Most Valuable Player honors – against Catfish Hunter, who was in his fifth inning of relief work. Tom Seaver pitched a score- less bottom of the 15th to secure the win for Don Drysdale. THE 38th ALL-STAR GAME (JULY 11, 1967) NL 010 000 000 000 001 2 9 0 AL 000 001 000 000 000 1 8 0 NL - Marichal, Jenkins (4), Gibson (7), Short (9), Cuellar (11), Drysdale (13), Seaver (15) AL - Chance, McGlothlin (4), Peters (6), Downing (9), Hunter (11) W - Drysdale. L – Hunter HR - Allen, Robinson, Perez Att. - 46,309 TOG - 3:41 THE MLB ALL-STAR GAME AND THE ANGELS • The 1989 Midsummer Classic also was held on July 11th, with the host American Leaguers earning a 5-3 victory. The 1989 All-Star Game, which featured former President Ronald Reagan in the broadcast booth with Vin Scully, was the first in history to feature use of the designated hitter. In the first inning, the National League used three singles, two walks and a double-steal to jump out to a 2-0 lead against American League starter Dave Stewart. With two outs and two men in scoring position, Kansas City sensation Bo Jackson (right) made a spectacular running grab in left field, robbing Pedro Guerrero of a hit. In the bottom of the frame, Jackson led off with a towering home run to center field, estimated at 448 feet, against N.L. starter Rick Reuschel, and Boston’s Wade Boggs followed with another blast to tie the score at 2-2. The A.L. tacked on another run in the second, courtesy of Jackson’s RBI single, and four singles in the third inning plated two more runs. The two-sport star Jackson, the 1985 Heisman Trophy winner and a star tailback for the Los Angeles Raiders, finished with a 2-for-4 day at the plate and a stolen base. Before Jackson’s Most Valuable Player performance, Willie Mays had been the only player ever to homer and steal a base in an All-Star Game. (MLB Photos via Getty Images Sport) THE 60th ALL-STAR GAME (JULY 11, 1989) NL 200 000 010 3 9 1 AL 212 000 00x 5 12 0 NL - Reuschel, Smoltz (2), Sutcliffe (3), Burke (4), M. Davis (6), Howell (7), Williams (8) AL - Stewart, Ryan (2), Gubicza (4), Moore (5), Swindell (6), Russell (7), Plesac (8), Jones (8) W - Ryan. L – Smoltz HR - B. Jackson, Boggs Att. - 64,036 TOG - 2:48 • The Angels have had three All-Star Game Most Valuable Players, and all three captured the honors in Chicago. • Leon Wagner (3-for-4, 2 RBI) was the MVP of the second All-Star Game of the 1962 season at Wrigley Field in Chicago. • Fred Lynn, the MVP of the 1983 All-Star Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago, hit perhaps the most famous home run in All-Star Game history. His third inning grand slam – the first in All-Star Game history – sent the American League on its way to a 13-3 victory, which broke the National League’s 11-year reign over the Midsummer Classic. • In the first All-Star Game that featured the link to home-field advantage in the World Series, MVP Garret Anderson’s 3-for-4 day at the plate, which included a homer and a double, helped propel Mike Scioscia’s A.L. squad to a dramatic, come-from-behind 7-6 win. Anderson had won the Home Run Derby the previous day. • The Angels have had four pitchers who have been the American League’s starting hurler in the All-Star Game: Ken McBride (1963), Dean Chance (1964), Nolan Ryan (1979) and Mark Langston (1993). THE MLB ALL-STAR GAME AND THE ANGELS Angels’ All-Star Selections 1961 - Ryne Duren, first game; Ken McBride, both games 1962 - Leon Wagner*, Billy Moran*, Lee Thomas, both games; Bill Rigney (coach), Ken McBride, second game 1963 - Ken McBride*, Leon Wagner*, Albie Pearson* 1964 - Dean Chance*, Jim Fregosi* 1965 - Bob Lee 1966 - Bobby Knoop*, Jim Fregosi 1967 - Jim McGlothlin, Don Mincher, Jim Fregosi, Bill Rigney (coach) 1968 - Jim Fregosi* 1969 - Jim Fregosi 1970 - Sandy Alomar, Jim Fregosi, Alex Johnson, Clyde Wright, Lefty Phillips (coach) 1971 - Andy Messersmith 1972 - Nolan Ryan 1973 - Nolan Ryan, Bill Singer 1974 - Dave Chalk, Frank Robinson, Dick Williams (manager), Whitey Herzog (coach), Freddie Frederico (trainer) 1975 - Dave Chalk, Nolan Ryan. 1976 - Frank Tanana 1977 - Frank Tanana (replaced Dave LaRoche, who replaced Nolan Ryan) 1978 - Frank Tanana 1979 - Rod Carew, Bobby Grich, Brian Downing, Don Baylor*, Nolan Ryan*, Mark Clear 1980 - Rod Carew*, Bobby Grich, Bob Clear (coach) 1981 - Rod Carew*, Fred Lynn, Rick Burleson, Ken Forsch, Jimmie Reese (coach) 1982 - Rod Carew*, Reggie Jackson*, Fred Lynn*, Bobby Grich* 1983 - Rod Carew*, Reggie Jackson*, Fred Lynn*, Doug DeCinces, Bob Boone 1984 - Rod Carew*, Reggie Jackson*, Rick Smith (trainer) 1985 - Donnie Moore 1986 - Wally Joyner*, Mike Witt 1987 - Mike Witt 1988 - Johnny Ray 1989 - Chuck Finley, Devon White, Doug Rader (coach), Marcel Lachemann (coach), Rick Smith (trainer) 1990 - Chuck Finley, Lance Parrish 1991 - Bryan Harvey, Mark Langston 1992 - Mark Langston, Jimmie Reese (honorary captain), Rick Turner (bullpen catcher), Ned Bergert (trainer) 1993 - Mark Langston* 1994 - Chili Davis 1995 - Gary DiSarcina, Jim Edmonds, Chuck Finley, Lee Smith 1996 - Chuck Finley, Troy Percival 1997 - Jason Dickson, Rick Smith (trainer) 1998 - Darin Erstad, Troy Percival 1999 - Troy Percival 2000 - Darin Erstad, Troy Glaus 2001 - Troy Glaus, Troy Percival 2002 - Garret Anderson, Mike Scioscia (coach), Ned Bergert (trainer) 2003 - Garret Anderson*, Troy Glaus*, Brendan Donnelly, Mike Scioscia (manager), Joe Maddon (coach), Buddy Black (coach), Mickey Hatcher (coach), Ron Roenicke (coach), Alfredo Griffin (coach), Orlando Mercado (coach) 2004 - Vladimir Guerrero*, Francisco Rodriguez, Ned Bergert (trainer) 2005 - Garret Anderson, Bartolo Colon, Vladimir Guerrero* 2006 - Vladimir Guerrero*. 2007 - Vladimir Guerrero*, Francisco Rodriguez, John Lackey 2008 - Francisco Rodriguez, Ervin Santana, Joe Saunders 2009 - Chone Figgins, Brian Fuentes, Torii Hunter * — Started Game Vladimir Guerrero at the 2007 All-Star Game in San Francisco (Rich Pilling/MLB Photos via Getty Images Sport) MEDIA COVERAGE & THE ALL-STAR GAME’S ECONOMIC IMPACT The 2009 All-Star Game in St. Louis was covered by more than 2,000 writers, broadcasters and photographers who provided worldwide coverage of the jewel event. The FOX Sports broadcast posted an average of 14.61 million viewers, which was the largest audience for the Midsummer Classic since 2002, and a total of 33.6 million viewers, its largest since 1999. Major League Baseball’s All-Star FanFest, baseball’s interactive theme park, set a new all-time attendance record with 150,804 fans, an increase of 17% over last year’s record of 129,021 fans in New York City. More than two million fans have attended FanFest in its 19 years. MLB International’s transmission of the All-Star Game reached approximately 230 countries and territories around the world and the independent world-feed broadcast was available in 17 languages. The economic impact of recent All-Star Games on its host cities and communities has been as follows: YEAR HOST CITY ECONOMIC IMPACT 2009 St. Louis $60 million 2008 New York $148.4 million 2007 San Francisco $65 million 2006 Pittsburgh $52.3 million 2005 Detroit $52.2 million 2004 Houston $65 million 2003 Chicago $60 million 2002 Milwaukee $50 million 2001 Seattle $50 million 2000 Atlanta $49 million 1999 Boston $65 million 1998 Denver $40.5 million 1997 Cleveland $37.6 million 1996 Philadelphia $55.9 million President Barack Obama threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the 2009 All-Star Game in St. Louis. President Obama became the fourth sitting President ever to throw the first pitch at the Midsummer Classic. MLB responded to the President’s call for community service through “United We Serve” (www.serve.gov). (Photo by MLB Photos via Getty Images Sport / Rich Pilling) MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ALL-STAR WEEK DONATIONS TOTAL OVER $7 MILLION TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AS PART OF “GOING BEYOND” ACTIVITIES Major League Baseball’s 2009 All-Star Week donations totaled over $7 million to charitable organizations and celebrated the importance of community service as part of MLB All-Star Week. The charity and community service initiatives, themed “Going Beyond,” were the most extensive in Major League Baseball All-Star history. (Photo by Getty Images Sport / Dilip Vishnawat) $5 Million Donation to Local and National Charities Major League Baseball and the St.