The roots of Tuesday’s All-Star Game go back to 1858 in baseball, but the roots of the name go back even further.
When Major League Baseball’s finest players assemble for the All-Star Game at Cleveland’s Progressive Field on Tuesday, it will mark the 90th time that the “Midsummer Classic” has been held, pitting the cream of the crop from the National League against their American League peers. Since 1933, All-Star Games have been played each year except 1945 and twice a year from 1959 to 1962.
“All-star games”—and the term “all-star” itself—long predate 1933, however. John Thorn, the official historian of Major...
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