The New York Yankees have been awarded the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game and will host the Midsummer Classic at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, July 15th, 2008, during the final year that the ballpark will be open, Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig announced at a press conference today at City Hall. Commissioner Selig was joined by the Mayor of New York, Michael R. Bloomberg, and Steve Swindal, General Partner of the New York Yankees.
• The 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be the 79th Midsummer Classic.
• This will be the first time in baseball history that an All-Star Game has been held in a ballpark in the final year that it will be open.
• It will mark the fourth time that Yankee Stadium has played host to the All-Star Game, joining 1939, 1960 (the second ASG of the season) and 1977, and it will be the eighth Midsummer Classic staged in New York City (Polo Grounds, 1934 and 1942; Ebbets Field, 1949; and Shea Stadium, 1964).
• The National League has a 2-1 advantage in the three previous All-Star Games played at Yankee Stadium, winning the last two contests. The American League won by a 3-1 score in 1939; the National League blanked the A.L. 6-0 in 1960; and the N.L. prevailed 7-5 in 1977.
Previous All-Star Games at Yankee Stadium
July 11, 1939 (The 7th ASG)
| NL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
NL - Derringer, LEE (4), Fette (7)
AL - Ruffing, BRIDGES (4), Feller (6)
HR - DiMaggio
W - Bridges
L - Lee
A - 62,892
TOG - 1 hour, 55 minutes
July 13, 1960 (2nd; The 29th ASG)
| NL | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | |||
| AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
NL - LAW, Podres (3), Williams (5), Jackson (7), Henry (8), McDaniel (9)
AL - FORD, Wynn (4), Staley (6), Lary (8), Bell (9)
HR - Mathews, Mays, Musial, Boyer
W - Law
L - Ford
A - 38,362
TOG - 2 hours, 42 minutes
July 19, 1977 (The 48th ASG)
| NL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||
| AL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
NL - SUTTON, Lavelle (4), Seaver (6), Reuschel (8), Gossage (9)
AL - PALMER, Kern (3), Eckersley (4), LaRoche (6), Campbell (7), Lyle (8).
HR - Morgan, Luzinski, Garvey, Scott
W - Sutton
L - Palmer
A - 56,683
TOG - 2 hours, 34 minutes