Home Run Derby and the MLB All Star Game
The 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game is being played at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri. The game will feature some of the best hitters in baseball; players like Jason Bay and Albert Pujols. The best MLB pitchers will also be on display in St. Louis; top hurlers like Zach Greinke, Roy Halladay and Johan Santana showing their stuff. The MLB All-star experience includes 3 days of excitement. Sunday, July 12th is the All Star Sunday featuring the Legends Game. That is followed by the Home Run Derby on Monday and the main attraction on Tuesday, the 2009 MLB All-Star Game.
The last time St. Louis hosted the Midsummer Classic was 1966, the inaugural season of the previous Busch Stadium. The National League won that game in a classic, defeating the AL by a 2-1 score in 10 innings. New Busch Stadium opened in 2006. The Cardinals became the first team to inaugurate a new ballpark with a World Series championship since the Red Sox at Fenway Park in 1912.
The MLB All-Star Game – often referred to as the "Midsummer Classic" – is a game featuring outstanding players chosen from National and American league teams, who oppose each other as league against league. Arch Ward, a Chicago Tribune sports editor, is credited with promoting the first All-Star Game, which was held in Chicago in 1933 in conjunction with the Century of Progress Exposition.
But alot of baseball bettors feel that, The real fun of the all-star break, starts at Monday's MLB Home Run Derby. There is nothing better than watching mashers mash, and that's the whole point of the Derby. It should be epic. It also should be a lot of fun to bet on.
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2009 Results MLB All-Star
With retiring 18 consecutive batters at one point, The American League (AL), won 4-3 Tuesday night at Busch Stadium in 2009 All Star Game.
The victory provides the AL with home-field advantage once again in the World Series. The AL has won all seven times since home-field advantage was attached to the All-Star Game after the tie in 2002.
It was the first All-Star Game in 10 years without a homer, and only the second time in history there was not a top-10 active hitter in the game. It was also first time president to throw out the first pitch on MLB All Star Game 2009 in 31 years.
2009 MLB All-Star Week Schedule
| July 10-14 |
Major League Baseball All-Star FanFest at America's Center |
| July 12 |
MLB All-Star Charity 5K & Fun Run presented by Sports Authority and Nike
Taco Bell All-Star Sunday at Busch Stadium featuring: XM All-Star Futures Game Taco Bell All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game
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| July 13 |
Gatorade All-Star Workout Day at Busch Stadium featuring: State Farm Home Run Derby |
| July 14 |
MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade presented by Chevy
80th MLB All-Star Game at Busch Stadium
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2008 Results MLB All-Star
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Michael Young's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 15th inning scored Justin Morneau with the winning run in the AL's 4-3 victory at Yankee Stadium.
The 15 innings tied the 1967 Midsummer Classic for the most total frames, and the 4-hour, 50-minute affair stands as the longest game in All-Star history.
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