Today in All-Star Game history: Griffey takes Maddux deep and the Ray Fosse collision
Today in #ASG history: Griffey homers off Maddux
Guess what? It's almost time for the MLB All-Star Game presented by T-Mobile! In preparation, we're taking a look back into All-Star Game history and showcasing some epic and memorable plays from Midsummer Classics of yore.
The Kid takes The Professor deep
By 1992, Greg Maddux already had two Gold Glove Awards and an All-Star appearance to his name. And a 22-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. was playing in his third career All-Star Game. When the two faced off in the top of the third, The Kid clocked a ball up into the left-field seats of San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium as part of a 3-for-3 performance that left him a triple shy of the cycle.
President Obama's first pitch
Hall of Famer and Cardinals legend Stan Musial presented President Barack Obama with the baseball for the ceremonial first pitch before the 2009 Midsummer Classic. President Obama proceded to throw that pitch to Albert Pujols, thus becoming the first sitting president since Gerald Ford in 1976 to do so before an All-Star Game.
12. Scoreless. Innings.
There's dominant pitching and then there's the 1987 All-Star Game. Through the first 12 innings of play at the Coliseum in Oakland, the AL and NL squads combined for just 11 hits and zero runs. Then, in the top of the 13th, Ozzie Virgil and Hubie Brooks both singled and came around to score on a Tim Raines triple to lift the National League to a 2-0 victory.
Rose scores the game-winning run
Pete Rose was on second in the bottom of the 12th inning of the 1970 All-Star Game when Jim Hickman singled to center field. He tried to score and Indians catcher Ray Fosse blocked the plate. Rose barrelled Fosse over to score the game-winning run.