There was a time when baseball players didn't have to be extrinsically motivated to try to win the all-star game. The incentive was to win for the pride of the league without hurting your team.
Tom Seaver started the 1970 All-Star game. Two events occurred then that could never occur today.
New York's most beloved team, at least after the Brooklyn Dodgers ceased to exist, was playing the Montreal Expos, a team that no longer exists, at Shea Stadium, a ballpark that no longer exists.
It was Sunday, July 12. The All-Star game would be played on Tuesday.
The score was 3-3 in the ninth inning when Montreal rallied for two runs off Mets starter Ray Sadecki after Sadecki had retired the first two batters.
With Rusty Staub on first, m ...
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All-Star Pitchers: Never on Sunday or Where is Tom Seaver?
Posted: 6th July 2010 by Harold Friend in MLBComments Off on All-Star Pitchers: Never on Sunday or Where is Tom Seaver?