This year’s Major League Baseball game is set for July 14 and will be played in the ballpark of the Cincinnati Reds, the Great American Ball Park.
For the city of Pittsburgh, the last time they hosted baseball’s biggest mid-summer event was back in 2006 when PNC Park was the venue for the American League’s 3-2 victory. It was the younger league’s 40th victory in the series of All-Star games that began in 1933.
The event began as an idea from the then Sports Editor of the Chicago Tribune, Arch Ward who’s novel all-star affair for professional baseball was originally intended to be a one-and-done event.