American League wins the longest All-Star Game in history 4-3 in 15 innings at Yankee Stadium

ByThis Day in Baseball

On July 15, 2008, the American League wins the longest All-Star Game in history, 4-3 in 15 innings at Yankee Stadium. The game lasts nearly five hours and each manager uses every one of their players in the marathon game ā€“ the final All-Star Game in the Bronx stadium. Prior to the game, 49 Hallā€¦

In the longest amount in time needed to complete an All-Star Game, Rangers shortstop Michael Youngā€™s sac fly plates Justin Morneau of the Twins to end the four-hour and fifty-minute marathon. The record-tying 15-inning contest gives the American League its 11th consecutive victory when the Junior Circuit beats the National League, 4-3.

ByTom

In the longest amount in time needed to complete an All-Star Game, Rangers shortstop Michael Youngā€™s sac fly plates Justin Morneau of the Twins to end the four-hour and fifty-minute marathon. The record-tying 15-inning contest gives the American League its 11th consecutive victory when the Junior Circuit beats the National League, 4-3.

Lou Gehrigā€™s wool warm-up jacket, given to Marion and Ray Parker in 1941, friends of the Yankee first baseman and his wife Eleanor, is won with a $325,000 bid at the Hunt Auctions site at the All-Star FanFest at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. The heavy team jacket, most likely, is the one he wore to bring out the Yankee lineup card at Detroitā€™s Briggs Stadium in 1939, on the day his streak of 2,130 consecutive games ended.

ByTom

Lou Gehrigā€™s wool warm-up jacket, given to Marion and Ray Parker in 1941, friends of the Yankee first baseman and his wife Eleanor, is won with a $325,000 bid at the Hunt Auctions site at the All-Star FanFest at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. The heavy team jacket, most likely, is the one he wore to bring out the Yankee lineup card at Detroitā€™s Briggs Stadium in 1939, on the day his streak of 2,130 consecutive games ended.

TheĀ American LeagueĀ defeats theĀ National League, 4 ā€“ 3, in 15 innings at theĀ All-Star GameĀ atĀ Yankee Stadium. It is the first extra-inning win ever for the AL after seven losses and one tie. The two teams combine for a record 7Ā steals, six of them by the American League. The game goes 4 hours and 50 minutes, also a record.

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TheĀ American LeagueĀ defeats theĀ National League, 4 ā€“ 3, in 15 innings at theĀ All-Star GameĀ atĀ Yankee Stadium. It is the first extra-inning win ever for the AL after seven losses and one tie. The two teams combine for a record 7Ā steals, six of them by the American League. The game goes 4 hours and 50 minutes, also a record.