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| Date | July 14, 1970[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Riverfront Stadium[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | Cincinnati, Ohio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Carl Yastrzemski[1][2] (BOS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 51,838[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ceremonial first pitch | President Richard Nixon[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubek and Mickey Mantle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jim Simpson and Sandy Koufax | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1970 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 41st midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was played on the evening of July 14, 1970, at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, home of the Cincinnati Reds of the National League, and resulted in a 5–4 victory for the NL.[1][2]
This was the first MLB All-Star Game ever played at night, coinciding with prime time in the Eastern United States.[1][2] (The previous year's All-Star Game was originally scheduled to be played at night, but it was rained out and played the following afternoon.) Every All-Star Game since 1970 has been played at night.
Riverfront Stadium had barely been open two weeks when it hosted its first All-Star Game. The game was hosted by the Cincinnati Reds twice before (1938 and 1953) when their home park was Crosley Field. The Reds would host one more All-Star Game at Riverfront Stadium in 1988. So close was the opening of the stadium and the scheduled exhibition game, that Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn did not confirm that the game would "definitely" be played in Cincinnati until June 1. Atlanta was the alternative site.[4]
Undeniably, the most remembered moment of the game was the final run, scored in the bottom of the twelfth by Pete Rose. The ball was relayed to the American League catcher, Ray Fosse, in time to tag Rose out, but the tenacious Rose bowled Fosse over enough to drop the ball, giving Rose credit for the game-winning run.[1][2]
- ^ a b c d e f g Total Baseball, 5th ed., 1997, Viking Press, Thorn, John et al. ed, p. 253
- ^ a b c d e f g h 1970 All-Star Game, baseball-almanac.com; accessed 28 September 2008
- ^ a b All-Time All-Star Managers, @mlb.com; accessed 20 September 2008
- ^ Cincinnati to be All-Star Game's Site, June 2, 1970, Chicago Tribune, p. B3, Chicago Tribune (1849–1986)