2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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| Date | July 12, 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Petco Park | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| City | San Diego, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MVP | Eric Hosmer (KC) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 42,386 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First pitch | Randy Jones | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Television | Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio | ESPN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Sciambi and Chris Singleton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 87th edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game was hosted by the San Diego Padres and was played at Petco Park on July 12, 2016. It was televised nationally on Fox. The American League All-Stars defeated the National League All-Stars by a score of 4–2 to win home field advantage for the 2016 World Series.
The host city was announced on January 15, 2015 by then-Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig. This was the third time the city of San Diego hosted the All-Star Game and the first time since 1992.
Eric Hosmer, an infielder for the Kansas City Royals, was named the 2016 All-Star Game Most Valuable Player.
The Baltimore Orioles were also in line for hosting the game. Former Commissioner Bud Selig said that Baltimore was a prime candidate to host the event, but the Padres ended up with the game. Petco Park opened in 2004 and hosted the 2006 World Baseball Classic championship round. Because National League parks had been selected to host four straight games from 2015–2018, skipping an American League park in 2016 & 2018 in the traditional alternating system, the AL team was designated as the home team.
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