History of The MLB All-Star Game
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What's up, superstars? I'm Coy Wire, it is Friday July 18th... Rise up!
This week's special summer edition of CNN 10 is coming to you from the tremendous truest park in Cobb County, Georgia -
home of MLB's Atlanta Braves and this week, home to the MLB All-Star game.
Batter up! Let's start this show with a... "Did You Know?"
the MLB All-Star game, first played in July of 1933, was originally intended to be a one-time quote "Game of The Century."
The idea was to boost national morale during the Great Depression when people stopped buying tickets to see the games,
and teams were having to cut costs.
It was the brainchild of a sports editor at the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
The story goes, the editor told his boss that he was so confident the game would be a success, he would take any losses out of his own paycheck.
Well, he was not wrong.
The MLB All-Star game has now become a permanent and much loved staple of the American baseball season.
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