Two all star games one year

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The game itself will be watched by many but cared about by few; its real value these days is in giving everybody something to talk about during the weeks leading up. We care less about the game, and more about who should and should not have been invited to play in it. The popular sentiment is that the actual game is pretty pointless. It is very much not pointless, in that the winning league gets home-field advantage in the World Series, but that's stupid, and I know there are a lot of people who would prefer that the league just skip the game entirely and simply name certain players as All-Stars.

They don't make all the Gold Glovers play against each other. But if you thought one All-Star Game was kind of a waste of time, I've got news for you. Or maybe I don't, but this was news to me, anyway, when I found out about it. The same goes for , and In and in all years before, there was the customary one game.

In and in all years to follow, there has been the customary one game. But there, for a four-year period, Major League Baseball apparently decided to double up. It turns out the playing of the second game was intended to increase the amount of money going to the players' pension fund. I wish there were a neater reason than that. Like gambling demands, or a trial formation of an All-Stars League, which would be made up of two teams of All-Stars that played each other times a season.

Even for this good cause, though, I've got to be against the way it was staged. In the hottest month of the year and during a critical time of the season, pushing a select number of players to an exhausting stretch of days definitely hurt the already-fragile reputation of the second All-Star game. An editorial cartoon previewing the second All-Star game held in Los Angeles in The controversy all started when Stengel named Baltimore youngster Jerry Walker as the All-Star replacement for Gus Triandos, who suffered an injury between the two games, and then decided Walker would start the Monday night exhibition.

These decisions drew the ire of Baltimore manager Paul Richards, who was sharply critical of Stengel's antics before the game. Yet we plan our pitching so we have Walker to open Tuesday night against Chicago, and now, with no warning whatsoever, we are supposed to look for somebody else," Richards said on Sunday, Aug. He's in the game, too. That means we won't have our best pitchers ready for the league leaders Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Walker had pitched one inning the day before against Cleveland and wouldn't pitch again until four days after tossing three innings to open the All-Star game. McLish, meanwhile, had tossed eight innings the day prior to the All-Star game.

To make matters worse, Stengel was quoted the day before the game as saying Duren was "very doubtful" because of how much he pitched the day before. I back him percent," Lane said. What right had he to use McLish, who never even had a chance to take his clothes off?

McLish pitched in Cleveland Sunday, then flew all night to get into Los Angeles yesterday, only to wind up back on the mound again. I leave it to the public to judge Stengel's motive.

O'Dell pitched the seventh inning of the game, while McLish fired the final two innings to pick up the save. Meanwhile, the witty Stengel answered his critics with a simple retort. All told, the players took in over three-quarters of a million dollars for their pension between the two All-Star games, giving the group incentive to continue the game while payments lagged behind.

Then everything wouldn't be crammed into such short notice like this one. This was a fine game and a good crowd. But the playing personnel was jumbled because of lack of off days. As far as the American League is concerned, a second All-Star game each year is up to the players. The American League owners will do whatever the players want.

The controversy cooled as it was accepted there would be two All-Star games in , but once again, when the games rolled around, there were logistical issues that had many clamoring once again about whether two games were truly necessary. Because of how the games were spaced apart—the first being on July 11 in Kansas City and the second being on July 13 at Yankee Stadium in New York—roster size for the games were raised to 30 players and it was required for both league's to have two sets of pitchers, who weren't permitted to throw more than three innings unless extra innings were required.

Problems first arose when players got to Kansas City on a scorching afternoon. As temperatures pushed toward degrees, players certainly were thinking about how worn out they would be after playing in such conditions—then it would hit them they also had to quickly catch a flight to New York. That quick turnaround also left the city of Kansas City feeling a little left out of the All-Star game. Because players had to depart so quickly, there wasn't as much of a celebration of All-Stars in the city as there could have been, especially considering it was the first game hosted there.

Addie continued to explain that because there was a full slate of games on July 10, players only arrived in Kansas City for the day of the game and then left right away to get to New York. He noted there was a big economic loss for the city, and quoted a sports writing friend of his from the city as saying, "The way it is, we're only going to be a watering stop for the All-Star caravan.

In the actual game, the National League rode strong pitching and three hits from Willie Mays to a victory. Bob Friend of the Pirates picked up the victory, while the American League's Bill Monbouquette struggled over the first two innings to take the loss in front of 30, fans. Mays once again collected three hits to pace the senior circuit's offense and back winning pitcher Vern Law. The American League's starter—this time hometown favorite Whitey Ford—again struggled early to take the loss.

A disappointing crowd of 38, showed up for the game see the empty seats in the highlight video above , re-opening the conversation about the necessity of the second game. Players, however, did vote to keep the All-Star doubleheader for , but changed their minds on how they wanted it staged.

The first would be played in San Francisco on July 11 and the second on Aug. Of the 16 teams, four voted against the proposal—Cleveland, Washington, Philadelphia, and San Francisco—and commissioner Ford Frick also seemed to be tiring of the idea.

Amid all the controversy surrounding the All-Star doubleheader after essential failures in and , Judge Robert Cannon, the new player legal representative, provided a solution to put some flair back into the All-Star game, essentially suggesting going back to a single-game system but also one that would continue to help benefit players on a larger scale. Baseball should realize it is now in competition for this entertainment dollar and must make the game attractive to the public and to the prospective players.

Many of the owners started off by thinking of the All-Star game as a necessary evil. In the past years, of course, it has been tied to the pension fund," Cannon said. Just think of the attractions there are in the game for young men. I would urge every young man to finish college first of all. Then, if he has any ability, I would suggest he try to make the big leagues.

During the period an athlete is active, he can be building up his contacts on the outside and preparing for the day he retires. The All-Star doubleheader made it three years in a row with problems—this time Mother Nature intruded.

After a fascinating opening game at Candlestick Park in front of 44,, which saw the National League rally with RBI hits by Willie Mays and Robert Clemente in the bottom of the 10th inning for a victory, the second game at Fenway Park ended in a tie due to rain in front of 31, It was another disappointing chapter in the legacy of the two-game structure, but once again, it was decided two games would be the plan for , with the first game on July 10 in Washington, D.

Countered Bobby Richardson of the Yankees: "I think we should play just one game, but that game should be staged so that it really means something. Like the first one we play now, there should be a day open for travel after the Sunday games. Also, managers should be made to agree not to use any of the selected All-Star pitchers later than Saturday.

That would assure each pitcher of at least two full days of rest and make this game what it should be, a real test of the best in the two leagues. Rest time and scheduling of pitchers had been a struggle since the doubleheader's inception in , and that would continue in Going into the second All-Star game on a Monday, there were six doubleheaders scheduled the day before and more than half the pitchers in the game pitched that day, with most others throwing innings on Saturday.

Still, the games went on, with the National League again winning the first game before a crowd of 45, This time, it was a victory on the power of three hits from Clemente and strong pitching from starter Don Drysdale and winning pitcher Juan Marichal. In Chicago, the American League picked up a victory behind three home runs and three hits from Leon Wagner in front of 38, fans. Despite the obvious opposition from several sources, the players again wanted to keep the tradition going forward.

I intend to do that at the major league meetings," Cannon said. The owners countered with suggestions such as an East vs. West game, interleague games, or exhibitions between teams equal in the standings in each league—as in first place vs. Neither proposal was accepted, however, with owners instead agreeing to give players 95 percent of the television and radio receipts, as well as the gate receipt, in exchange for a return to the one-game system.

It's hard to pinpoint blame on why the All-Star doubleheader failed. Was the game just rushed into existence too quickly? Were the players actually too greedy and too inconsistent with their demands for when to play the games? Did the owners promote the game the wrong way?

Did the sportswriters, players, and executives against the idea paint the game too negatively? Realistically, it was a cavalcade of all these things. As mentioned earlier, with the advent of technology, an All-Star doubleheader would have become obsolete eventually, but done right, the doubleheader would have probably continued into the s or s.

Had the regular All-Star game remained the way it was and an East vs. West interleague exhibition been added to the schedule to benefit the pension, the complaints would have been far fewer—if not almost non-existent—and the attendance almost certainly would have been a sellout in any stadium.

Kudos do have to be awarded to Robin Roberts for proposing a fairly radical idea for the time and to Major League Baseball for allowing the experiment to be carried out. Editor's note: Thank you for reading! Research is continuing into this topic. Additional updates, clarifications, and additions may be added periodically as more history is uncovered.

May 2, Roscoe McGowen. ProQuest Historical Newspapers, Pg. This Morning Associated Press. Louis Post-Dispatch. Page B1. Bob Addie's Column Louis Dispatch. Page Thanks, CJ. This whole thing came from Googling if there had ever been an All-Star Game postponed by rain, which resulted in me finding out about the rain-shortened second game. I was like, "Second game? I am personally still a big fan of the All-Star Game, so I agree that a second one would be awesome.

However, I can't envision today's players and executives finding much incentive to get on board with such an idea. How did I miss this?

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