The first time the All-Star Game was in Minneapolis was 1965. That was quite a year for the Twins, as it was Minnesota’s first pennant as well. Today MLB Productions provides this cool newsreel thingie of that year’s Midsummer Classic.
Lots of stars taking BP and things. A reminder that he All-Star Game wasn’t always managed by the previous year’s pennant-winning manager.
UPDATE: I’m reminded that, in 1965, there was a good reason the All-Star Game wasn’t managed by the previous year’s pennant winners. One, Yogi Berra of the Yankees, was fired after losing the World Series. The other, Johnny Keane of the Cardinals, was hired by the Yankees to take Berra’s place. That sort of didn’t work out for anyone, and it resulted in second place managers from 1964 managing the All-Star Game here.
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