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On this date, 2007: Willie Mays steals show at All-Star Game in San Francisco

(This story was originally published in 2007)

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Willie Mays supplied the emotion in a pregame ceremony. Ichiro Suzuki supplied the speed on an inside-the-park home run. San Francisco and AT&T Park supplied the Bay Area scenery in the most postcard-ready baseball All-Star Game ever.

Now, if Mays in his prime had been available to field the ball Suzuki hit off the right-field wall . . . well, then Tuesday night’s result might have been different.