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73rd All-Star Game: 7-up leaves a bad taste

National League 7, American League 7 (11)

July 9, 2002, Miller Park, Milwaukee

Starting pitchers: Derek Lowe, Red Sox; Curt Schilling, Diamondbacks.

Managers: Joe Torre, Yankees; Bob Brenly, Diamondbacks.

MVP: None selected.

Highlight (make that a lowlight): The game was called after 11 innings — following a discussion by Torre and Brenly with commissioner Bud Selig — because both teams ran out of available pitching. The decision didn’t sit well with fans in Milwaukee. They booed loudly after the decision was announced over the PA, threw debris on the field and yelled things like “Refund!