Phillies Reach 10,000 Franchise Loses

July 15, 2007, the St. Louis Cardinals crush the Philadelphia Phillies, 10-2, making the Phillies the first team in sports history to reach 10,000 franchise losses. The Phillies had been a terrible organization for decades and once went 98 years without a championship. At the moment, the city of Philadelphia was in a winless streak of its own, having not won a title since 1983. However, the Philadelphia fans appeared to embrace the lackluster distinction; they chanted "10,000" throughout the game and gave the club a standing ovation when they finally lost.

The Phillies' accomplishment had been 125 years in the making. They began play in 1883 as the Philadelphia Quakers and inauspiciously lost the first eight games of the season; in 1904, they became the first team to ever lose 100 games in a year; from 1918 to 1948, the Phillies had just one winning season and placed among the bottom three teams in the National League 28 times; in 1961, they lost a big league record 23 games in a row; in 1964, they blew a six-and-a-half game lead with 12 games to go in the season; in 1993, they lost the World Series on a game-winning home run to Joe Carter. They had even started a pitcher in 1940's (Hugh Mulcahy) who was so bad that he earned the nickname "Losing Pitcher."

But as they say, it's always darkest before the dawn. Philly fans basked in the sorrow that came with their 10,000 loss, but just one year later, they defeated the Tampa Bay Rays to win their second World Series in franchise history. As Ed Barkowitz of the Philadelphia Daily News wrote after the title, "Phillies' 10,000 loses a distant memory."

France Beats Brazil To Earn First World Cup Trophy

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On July 12, 1998, the final for the World Cup was played at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France.  In that game, France would defeat Brazil by a score of 3-0 to earn their first World Cup trophy.

France breezed through the group stage, winning all three games and scoring nine goals while conceding just one. Things got tougher in the knockout stage, as it took them until extra-time to defeat Paraguay. They needed penalty kicks to beat Italy in the next round and narrowly beating Croatia, 2-1, to reach the finals. Brazil also finished first in their group and crushed Chile in their first knockout game, 4-1. They then went on to defeat Denmark and Holland in the following tow rounds, reaching their second consecutive World Cup final.

In the finals, French midfielder Zinedine Zidane scored two almost identical goals in the first half off corner kicks. Both times Zidane was able to free himself from the Brazilian defender and score on a powerful header. There was no coming back for Brazil in this match, as France became the seventh different nation to win the World Cup and the sixth to do so on home soil.

Since 1998, France has been to the World Cup finals once more, in 2006. That year they lost in penalty kicks to Italy 5-3, after tying in regulation 1-1.

Prior to 1998, France had also placed third in the World Cup twice (1958, 1986), and fourth once (1982).

Ruth Debuts As Pitcher For Red Sox

On July 11, 1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3.
Babe Ruth without question was one of the best hitters of all time.  If you include his high quality of pitching in his early years, there is no doubt that he is the greatest all around baseball players of all time.

Before Ruth’s decline, he was hands down the best player during his era in the Major Leagues. He still holds records for .690 career slugging percentage and 1.164 career on base plus slugging percentage, and still ranks top 10 in over 15 offensive categories.

Ruth was the first player to 60 home runs, and he did so in a time when the next best player was hitting in the low teens. He was a seven time World Series Champion with the New York Yankees, he was voted the 1923 American League MVP and was a two-time All-Star. He led the American League in home runs 12-times, and was a six-time American League RBI Champion.

“The Sultan of Swat” as often named was the American League Batting Champion in 1924, but only after he gave up as an honored pitcher who won the American League ERA title in 1916.

Ruth finished his pitching portion of his career with a 94-46 record with a 2.28 ERA while striking out 477 batters in 163 games. He has 107 complete games in his career and 17 shutouts. He only gave up 10 career home runs.

During his hitting career “The Great Bambino” hit for a .342 career average, with 714 home runs, 2,873 hits, 2,213 RBI’s. He also pitched for an amazing 94-46 record with a 2.28 ERA. His 714 home runs would be a record for 38 years until September 23, 1973 when “Hammerin” Henry, or Hank Aaron broke the record with his 715 blast. Aaron would go on to hit 755 home runs.

Ruth’s record would again be broke in 2007 when Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants set a new all-time home run record, which is currently the all-time leading total in Major League Baseball at 762. Currently Ruth’s 714 home runs rank third all-time in MLB history.

The Yankees retired Ruth’s no. 3 jersey and Major League Baseball has honored Ruth’s legacy by named him the All-Century and All-Time teams.

“The Babe” was elected into Cooperstown Baseball’s Hall of Fame in 1936 with 95.13 percent of the vote.

Ruth has been named the greatest baseball player of all time in various surveys and rankings. In 1998, The Sporting News ranked him number one on the list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players".

In 1969, he was named baseball's Greatest Player Ever in a ballot commemorating the 100-year anniversary of professional baseball.

In 1993, the Associated Press reported that Muhammad Ali was tied with Babe Ruth as the most recognized athletes in America.

In a 1999 ESPN poll, he was ranked as the second-greatest U.S. athlete of the century, behind Michael Jordan.

The Babe Ruth Award is an annual award given to the Major League Baseball (MLB) player with the best performance in the World Series. The award, created by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) in honor of Babe Ruth, was first awarded in 1949, one year after Ruth's death.

The Babe Ruth Home Run Award is an annual award presented to the leading home run hitter in MLB. Ruth’s daughter, Julia Ruth Stevens, or her son, Tom Stevens, usually presents it to the recipient.

Cespedes Named To Home Run Derby

For just the fourth time in history a player who was not named an All-Star will compete in the Home Run Derby this year. The other three players that Oakland Athletics Yoenis Cespedes will follow into Home Run Derby history are Rafael Palmeiro (2004), Hee -seop Choi (2005) and Ryan Howard (2007).

While Palmeiro, and Howard had been All-Stars before their Home Run Derby appearances, and after, they were not elected as All-Stars the year they competed in the Home Run Derby. Only Choi was not nominated to an All-Star Game during his four-year career in Major League Baseball.

Cespedes also becomes the sixth Oakland Athletics slugger to compete in the Home Run Derby, Jose Canseco (1986, 1990), Mark McGwire (1987, 1990, 1992, 1996, 1997), Ruben Sierra (1994), John Jaha (1999) and Jason Giambi (2001).

This year Yoenis Cespedes of the Oakland Athletics was chosen by AL captain Robinson Cano, to compete with Chris Davis, reigning Home Run Derby champion Prince Fielder and Cano against the National League team with captain David Wright, former Oakland Athletics outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, Michael Cuddyer and Bryce Harper in the Home Run Derby.

Of note is that of the eight contestants, Cespedes is the only player to not have competed at Citi Field in an exhibition game, regular season game, or post-season game.

Cespedes, the second year Major Leaguer from Cuba who defected to the United States through the Dominican Republic has a powerful swing, and will be able to show a national audience at Citi Field on Monday, July 15, 2013 that he was chosen by Cano for the right reasons.

In his rookie season of 2012 Cespedes hit for a .292 average with 23 home runs, 82 RBIs and 70 runs scored in 129 games. So far in 2013 Cespedes has played 75 games and has a .224 batting average with 15 home runs, 42 RBIs and 46 runs scored.

While Cespedes has yet to play a full season without injury, he has put up impressive numbers while he is on the field. It is only a matter of time before the All-Star nominations come for the Oakland slugger.

The Home Run Derby format is similar to years past where each of the eight batters will get 10 outs in round one. After the first round half the competition is eliminated, regardless of league. The second round, a field of four batters, will get 10 more outs, where two players, with the least amount of home runs will be eliminated, regardless of league, taking us to the final round. Where two players, once again regardless of league will compete in another 10 out round to see who will be crowned the 2013 Chevrolet Home Run Derby champion.

Players can add the total of their first two rounds, but home runs do not carry over to the finals.
Last year, Fielder defeated the Blue Jays' Jose Bautista, 12-7, in the final round.

If Cespedes can win the Home Rub Derby this year he will become only the second Oakland Athletics player to win the Home Run Derby, the other was McGwire in 1992.

This year there is more on the line than just bragging rights for being the Home Run Derby champion this year though as a total of $150,000 goes to the winning captain's charity in his name. Another $100,000 goes to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America in the name of the winning captain. While $25,000 goes to the charity of the captain of the losing team in his name.

In addition to that, each gold ball hit for a home run will add to the total donated to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.

The 2013 Chevrolet Home Run Derby will be televised on July 15, 2013 on ESPN at 5 p.m. PST.

The United States beats China in the FIFA Women's World Cup

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On July 10, 1999, in front of a Rose Bowl crowd of 90,185, one of the greatest moments in female athletics occurs, as the United States women's soccer team beats China to win the FIFA Women's World Cup. 

The score was tied at zero at the end of regulation, but on penalty kicks, the U.S. won 5-4. 

The game-winning kick, and one of the most replayed highlights in history, came from America's Brandi Chastain, who launched the soccer ball just right of Chinese goalie Gao Hong.

As the American crowd erupted, as the United States team raced onto the field in celebration, Chastain whipped off her shirt and twirled it in the air, revealing a black Nike sports bra. 

The image of Chastain's celebration would grace the cover of Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, and Newsweek.

It was a phenomenal moment in women's sports. Soccer was said to be irrelevant in America, and women's team sports had been nothing but obscure. But here was a case where a combination of the two had somehow worked.

The crowd of 90,185 was the largest for a women's sporting event ever, while an additional 40 million people watched the World Cup Final on ABC, the largest TV audience ever for a soccer game in America. The team was so huge that even president Bill Clinton was on hand for the final match. 

The mens' soccer team, which had never even come close to winning the World Cup, couldn't approach that if they tried. 

The women were undeniably better than the men.

Just two years later, the Women's United Soccer Association, the world's first female professional soccer league, played its first game. 

The league was founded in an attempt to capitalize on the success of the U.S. women's team; some believed that the championship game proved that an all-women soccer league could be legitimized in this country. 

However, even though the league featured many of that team's players, such as Mia Hamm, Briana Scurry, and Chastain, the WUSA failed to reach its expectations. 

The league incurred zero mainstream attention, and in 2003, the league was forced to fold after accumulating close to $100 million in losses.

Sampras Wins At Wimbledon

On July 9, 2000 tennis player Pete Sampras wins his thirteenth Grand Slam tennis title at Wimbledon.
Sampras debuted on the professional tour in 1988 and played his last top-level tournament in 2002 when he won the US Open, defeating rival Andre Agassi in the final.

He was the year-end World No. 1 for six consecutive years (1993–1998), a record for the Open Era.
His seven Wimbledon singles championships is an Open Era record shared with Roger Federer, while Sampras' five US Open singles titles is an Open Era record shared with both Federer and former World No. 1 player Jimmy Connors.

Sampras is the last American male to win Wimbledon (2000) and the ATP World Tour Finals (1999).
Over his 15-year career Sampras totaled 762 wins and 222 losses for a 77.43 winning percentage, with 64 career titles. His highest ranking came at No. 1 on April 12, 1993.

In the Grand Slam, Sampras was the Australian Open in 1994 and 1997, Wimbledon seven times including four consecutive times from 1997-2000. He was on the US Open five times including back-to-back wins in 1995 and 1996.

Sampras also won the Tour Finals five times, including back-to-back wins in 1996-1997.
The best Sampras ever finished in singles at the French Open was in the semi-finals in 1996. He also made it to the third round of competition in the 1992 Olympic games.

In Doubles Sampras was not as impressive but still won two career titles, with 64 wins and 70 losses. His highest ranking as a duo came in 1990 when he and Jim Courier reached No. 27 overall on February 12, 1990.

The two titles Sampras won in doubles competition both came at the Davis Cup in 1992 and 1995, but he was never able to pair that success in the Grand Slam only making it to the first round in the US Open from 1988-1990, the second round of the Australian Open and French Open in 1989 and the third round of Wimbledon in 1989.

Since his retirement Sampras has played in many matches, with his first coming on April 6, 2006, three and a half years after his retirement. Sampras resurfaced in River Oaks, Houston, Texas, against 23-year-old Robby Ginepri. Ginepri won the match in two sets. Sampras later announced that he would be playing in World Team Tennis events.

The year 2007 saw Sampras become a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. It also saw Sampras announce that he would play in a few events on the Outback Champions Series, a group of tournaments for former ATP players who have met certain criteria during their careers. Sampras won his first two events on tour, defeating Todd Martin in both finals.

On November 20, 2007, Sampras lost the first of three exhibition matches in Asia against Roger Federer in Seoul, Korea. Two days later in Kuala Lumpur, Sampras again lost to Federer in two tiebreaks. However, Sampras was able to win the last match of the series, winning in two sets on fast carpet.

On February 18, 2008, in an exhibition match during the SAP Open at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. Sampras defeated another active player, former world No. 2 Tommy Haas. Sampras dispatched the German in 43-minutes.

On March 10, 2008, Sampras played another exhibition match against world No. 1 Roger Federer at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Sampras once again lost the match in three tight sets.

In 2009 Sampras won two Outback Champions Series titles. He defeated McEnroe in the final of the Champions Cup Boston in February and Patrick Rafter in the final of The Del Mar Development Champions Cup in March.

In 2010 with Roger Federer, Andre Agassi and Rafael Nadal, he played an exhibition doubles match at Indian Wells to raise money for the people of Haiti who had been affected by the earthquake.
On November 17, 2011, Sampras played and lost an exhibition match against Milos Raonic. This was the last match that Sampras had played in.

For his career Sampras still ranks as the fourth highest money winner in tennis history, with a total of $43,280,489 of prize money won.

Warriors Sign Iguodala; Opt Out On Howard

After falling in the Western Conference Semi-Finals last year to the San Antonio Spurs, the Golden State Warriors immediately began looking for pieces to help them go even further in the playoffs in the 2013-2014 season.

With almost the entire NBA on the watch for Dwight Howard, Andre Iguodala, one of the other top free agents seemed an afterthought for teams looking to acquire one of the leagues best big men.
But Iguodala is exactly whom the Warriors got, once Golden State seemed an afterthought for Howard, who hours later signed with the Houston Rockets.

In getting Iguodala, the Warriors traded away big man Andris Biedrins, swingmen Brandon Rush and Richard Jefferson. Biedrins and Jefferson were the bigger parts in acquiring a high profile free agent, as the two players had a combined $20 million in contracts due for the 2013-2014 season. Rush, who was injured almost all of last season, and during the Warriors first playoff appearance in seven years, was due just under $5 million this coming year. Those three players along with first round draft picks in 2014 and 2017 along with two undisclosed second round picks headed to the Utah Jazz, who helped the Warriors clear enough space to sign Iguodala, who signed a four-year $48 million contract.

While Iguodala brings an immediate impact to the floor in both the defense and offense sides of the game, the Warriors are now shorter on the bench in terms of quality of players. Whereas last year they were one of the deeper teams in the league, and were able to overcome injuries to key players such as Andrew Bogut, Steph Curry, David Lee and Brandon Rush.

With the Iguodala signing the Warriors also passed up on the ability to resign back up point guard Jarret Jack and back up power forward Carl Landry, who signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Sacramento Kings respectively.

So what can the Warriors fans expect for the upcoming season with Iguodala in a Golden State jersey?

In my opinion Warriors fans can expect to see one of the best defensive players on the floor every night with Iguodala. During his nine seasons in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers and the Denver Nuggets, he has only missed a total of 27 games, that’s an average of three games a season, but in five of those seasons he did not miss a single game.

Iguodala also gives the Warriors another six-foot-six body that can play any position from point-guard to power-forward with competency. In 695 career regular season games he has 78 double-doubles and nine triple-doubles, and averages 15.1 points per game with 5.8 rebounds per game and 4.9 assists per game.

In 41 post-season appearances over six seasons Iguodala averages 14.4 points per game with 6.0 rebounds per game and 4.9 assists per game with five double-doubles.

Should the Warriors face off against the San Antonio Spurs, or another team of the same caliber this upcoming season a player like Iguodala should help the Warriors get over the hump and hopefully a step closer to competing in the NBA Finals.

All-Stars Announced; Oakland A's Snubbed

As of Monday, July 7, 2013 only one Oakland Athletics player was named to the American League All-Star team, which will play at Citi Field in New York, the home of the Mets on Tuesday, July 16.

The A’s are a team vying for the best record in baseball, and currently have the best record in the AL West, and the reigning AL West Champions with several players having career years, yet the recognition did not come for the East Bay franchise. Only one player, Bartolo Colon was selected to the All-Star team, as a reserve.

While Colon was most definitely deserving of the recognition to be an All-Star with an 11-3 record, a 2.78 ERA with 61 strikeouts in 113.1 innings, he was not the only A’s player who deserved a nod, considering teams like the Seattle Mariners, Kansas City Royals and the Chicago White Sox all have more than one player in the All-Star Game and are not, let me repeat, not in first place in their respective divisions.

There are other A’s players who were deserving of a nod in my opinion, the first is closer Grant Balfour so far this season has posted a perfect 22 saves in 22 save opportunities with a 1.82 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 34.2 innings. Last week Balfour also tied an Oakland Athletics record with 40 consecutive saves without a blown save, dating back to last year. Hall of Famer Dennis Eckersley previously held the record Balfour tied. On top of that, Balfour is the only closer in all of the MLB to not have blown a save this season.

Josh Donaldson, the A’s third baseman is having the best season in his career so far, hitting for a .319 average with 15 home runs and 57 RBIs. Donaldson’s .319 average and 57 RBIs are team highs and his 15 home runs are tied for most on the team with Yoenis Cespedes and Brandon Moss. While Donaldson is not the only third baseman having a good year in the American League, his numbers this season are deserving of a spot more so than Tampa Bay Rays Ben Zobrist who is hitting .262, with five home runs and 45 RBIs.

Another player who was snubbed at the likes of Zobrist is Jed Lowrie. Lowrie is hitting .301 with six home runs and 36 RBIs. His .301 batting average, is second in the American League for All-Shortstops behind only that of Detroit Tigers Jhonny Peralta, who was selected a reserve to that of Baltimore Orioles J.J. Hardy, who was selected via fan vote.

Currently Balfour, Donaldson and Lowrie still have a chance to be replacements for the All-Star game should someone get injured or pass on their nomination, it is not quite the same as being selected as a starter, or even that of a reserve. The most likely chance for any of three mentioned deserving All-Stars would be for Balfour to take the place of his teammate Colon, who will be pitching on the Sunday before the All-Star Game if all goes as plan in the next seven days.

While the A’s only have one All-Star slated to dawn an American League uniform, it might be for the best. The A’s who have traditionally been left out of the All-Star Game it might be more fuel for the team that is the defending 2012 American League West Champions.

Alomar Jr. wins All-Star Game MVP

On July 8, 1997, the sixty-eighth annual Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played.  The game took place at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio and hometown hero, catcher Sandy Alomar Jr., was named the game’s Most Valuable Player. Alomar Jr. is the only player to win an All-Star game MVP and have his brother win the All-Star Game MVP the next year, as Roberto Alomar did in the 1998 All-Star game.

The American League went on to win the game by a score of 3-1 in one of the lowest scoring games in All-Star game history.  Edgar Martinez of the Seattle Mariners opened the scoring with a solo home run in the third inning.  The game remained 1-0 until the seventh inning, when Javy Lopez of the Atlanta Braves tied it with a solo shot of his own.  However, in the bottom half of the inning Sandy Alomar Jr. would hit the game winning home run, a two-run shot off San Francisco Giants pitcher Shawn Estes.

Sandy Alomar Jr. became the first player to be named All-Star Game MVP while playing in his home stadium. MLB CEO Paul Beeston awarded Alomar with the trophy, as the MLB commissioner position was vacant at the time.

Alomar Jr. put together a solid career in MLB playing 20 seasons, earning the 1990 AL Rookie of the Year and also earning the 1990 American League Gold Glove for catchers, and being selected to six All-Star games between 1990 and 1998. He finished his career with a .274 batting average, 112 home runs and 588 RBI’s.

In 2008, Alomar Jr. began his coaching career starting with the New York Mets acting as the catching instructor. He filled that role in 2008 and 2009. After the 2009 season Manny Acta the Indians manager hired Alomar Jr. to be the teams first base coach. He filled that role during the 2010 and 2011 season. After the completion of the 2011 season Alomar Jr. was promoted to being the Indians bench coach, the position he currently resides in.

Alomar Jr. was inducted into the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame in August of 2009.

Major League Baseball's First All-Star Game

On July 6, 1933 Major League Baseball (MLB) hosts its first ever All-Star Baseball Game. The American League wins 4-2 at Comiskey Park, the home of the Chicago White Sox.

The All-Star game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual baseball exhibition game between players from the National League and the American League.

Currently selected by the fans are the starting fielders, while each teams head manager decides the pitchers, managers and players for reserves.

The game usually occurs on the second Tuesday in July and marks the symbolic halfway point in the Major League Baseball season (though not the mathematical halfway point; in most seasons, that actually takes place one week earlier). The league goes into an All-Star break, with no regular-season games scheduled on the day before or the day after. From 1959 to 1962, two all-star games were held each season, but this format was abandoned.

Unlike in similar all star games in other sports, players usually wear their own team uniforms, with the home team dawning a white uniform and the road team dawning a grey uniform.

The first All-Star Game was held as part of the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois, at Comiskey Park and was the brainchild of Arch Ward, then sports editor for the Chicago Tribune. Initially intended to be a one-time event, its great success resulted in making the game an annual one.

Ward's contribution was recognized by Major League Baseball in 1962 with the creation of the "Arch Ward Trophy", given to the All-Star Game's most valuable player each year.

The game's venue traditionally alternates between the two leagues every year. This tradition has been broken twice.

The first time was in 1951, when the American League's Detroit Tigers hosted the annual game as part of the city's two hundred and fiftieth birthday.

It was broken again in 2007, when the National League's San Francisco Giants were the host for the 2007 All-Star Game. That scheduling set it up so the 2008 game could be held in the American League stadium for the scheduled final season at Yankee Stadium in New York.

As of 2009, an American League stadium is scheduled to host the all-star game in even-numbered years and a National League stadium in odd-numbered years.

The "home team" is the league in which the host franchise plays its games.

The criteria for choosing the venue are subjective; for the most part, cities with new parks and cities who have not hosted the game in a long time – or ever – tend to get the nod.

In the first two decades of the game, ballparks in Philadelphia and St. Louis were home to more than one team.

This led to some shorter-than-usual gaps between the use of those two ballparks: Shibe Park (later known as Connie Mack Stadium) in Philadelphia and Sportsman's Park (the third ballpark with that name; later known as Busch Stadium, the first of three stadiums with that name) in St. Louis. In Philadelphia, the AL’s Athletics hosted the game in 1943, and the NL's Phillies in 1952. In St. Louis, the National League's Cardinals hosted the game in 1940, and the American League's Browns in 1948.

To date, only two franchises have never hosted a game: the Miami Marlins (although scheduled to host the game in 2000, Major League Baseball moved the game to Atlanta), and the Tampa Bay Rays.
The Washington Nationals franchise hosted the game when they were the Montreal Expos, and All-Star Games have been played in the District of Columbia, hosted by both incarnations of the Washington Senators (now the Minnesota Twins and the Texas Rangers).

Of the remaining 28 franchises, the New York Mets have gone the longest period without hosting since their sole hosting duty in 1964, but this streak will come to an end in next week. The Dodgers will then become the team with the longest active hosting drought (1980).

A total of 83 All-Star Games have been played (including two games per year from 1959-1962), with the National League winning 43, the American League 38, and two ties.

The All-Star Game has seen several "eras" in which one league tended to dominate.
From 1933 to 1949, the American League won 12 out of the first 16.

The National League dominated from 1950 to 1987, winning 33 of 42 with 1 tie. This included a stretch from 1963 to 1982 when it won 19 of 20, including 11 in a row from 1972 to 1982.

Since 1988 the American League has dominated, winning 18 of 23 with one tie, including a 13 game unbeaten streak (12-0-1) from 1997 to 2009.

The National League ended their 13-year drought with a 3-1 victory in 2010 and won again in 2011 and 2012.

As of the 2012 All-Star Game, the cumulative run totals for all 83 games played was 693 – closely split between the leagues – with 341 runs for the American League and 352 for the National League.

The longest All-Star Game, in terms of innings lasted 15 innings, which has occurred twice: 1967 and 2008. The longest game, in terms of time was 2008, with a total time of 4 hours and 50 minutes.