MLB All Star
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It was initiated at the insistence of Arch Ward, a sports editor for the Chicago Tribune, to coincide with the celebration of Chicago's Century of Progress Exposition.
By the 1930's, baseball had become a major part of our American culture and the exposition provided a perfect setting. Many did not believe that the game could live up to the fan's expectations (although everyone was eager to see a novel concept in action).
The idea of a single game made up of the most glittering assemblage of ball-playing talent ever brought together on the diamond at one time, seemed too good to be true.
In 1933 and 1934, All-Star teams were selected by the managers and the fans. The National League's John McGraw and American League's Connie Mack were chosen to lead a lineup of big hitters, including Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and the one and only Babe Ruth.
With fellow All-Star, Charlie Gehringer on first in the bottom of the third, The Babe drove one into the right-field stands, the first homer in All-Star history. The crowd, according to one account, "roared in acclamation" and the first All-Star Game, won by the American League on the strength of Ruth's homer, was a resounding success.