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Date | July 12, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Three Rivers Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MVP | Fred McGriff (ATL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 59,568 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First pitch | Willie Stargell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Television | NBC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TV announcers | Bob Costas, Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio | CBS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio announcers | John Rooney, Jerry Coleman and Jeff Torborg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1994 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 65th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 12, 1994, at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National League—tying the Indians for the all-time record of most All-Star Games hosted by one franchise, as the Pirates had also hosted in 1944, 1959, and 1974 (and would again in 2006). The game resulted in the National League defeating the American League 8–7 in 10 innings. It was the National League's first win since 1987.
Before the game, Cowboy Junkies lead singer Margo Timmins sang the Canadian National Anthem and rocker Meat Loaf the U.S. National Anthem. Both were accompanied by the 1994-95 Penn State ROTC Color Guard. Then, Willie Stargell threw out the ceremonial first pitch. It was once said that "having Willie Stargell on your team is like having a diamond ring on your finger."
The AL got on the board quickly against starting pitcher Greg Maddux. Boggs singled with one out and went to third on Griffey's double in the left center field gap. Frank Thomas the hit a sinking line shot off the glove of Tony Gwynn in center which scored Boggs and moved Griffey to third. But Maddux escaped the jam by stabbing Joe Carter's line drive up the middle and then throwing to first to double off Thomas who had taken off for second. In the bottom of the first the NL got to starter Jimmy Key with a double into the left field corner by the Cardinals' Gregg Jeffries and a sac fly by Barry Bonds who was booed lustily by his former fans in Pittsburgh.