In the initial All-Star Game in 1933, Reds outfielder Chick Hafey got the start in left field. Eighty-eight years later in 2021, Reds outfielders Nick Castellanos and Jesse Winker will be starters in the outfield for the National League. This represents the first time since 1956 that the Reds had two outfielders named as starters to the mid-summer classic. That year, Gus Bell and Frank Robinson won the vote, and the Reds sent a team record eight players to the game. The following year they sent six, and there’s a story there too.
“I want the voting in the hands of the fans, but not if they make a joke out of it.