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Date | July 11, 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | The Ballpark in Arlington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
City | Arlington, Texas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MVP | Jeff Conine (FLA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 50,920 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ceremonial first pitch | Nolan Ryan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Television | ABC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TV announcers | Al Michaels, Tim McCarver and Jim Palmer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio | CBS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radio announcers | John Rooney, Jerry Coleman and Jeff Torborg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 66th 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 11, 1995, at The Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas, the home of the Texas Rangers of the American League. It was the third All-Star Game held in the state of Texas (with the previous two hosted by Houston) and the first All-Star Game held in the area of Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.[a] In this All-Star Game, American League pitchers held National League batters to just three base hits, but all three were home runs as the National League defeated the American League 3–2. This is also the most recent All-Star Game to be televised by the ABC television network.
Because of the 1994–95 Major League Baseball strike and the lack of official champions, the leagues chose to designate the managers of the unofficial league champions (teams with the best record at the time of abandonment of the season) as managers for this All-Star Game. The All-Star break that season was actually only two days - because of the strike induced schedule in 1995, there were games scheduled for the next day. As a result, by the time this game ended, several players had already flown out of Texas to get to where their teams were playing the next day.
There were two color guards participating in the pregame ceremonies. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police National Color Guard from Ottawa, Ontario, carried the Canadian flag, while the 1995-96 Del Rio (TX) High School ROTC Color Guard carried the American flag. Country singer Michelle Wright later sang "O Canada", while fellow country singer (and native Texan) Lyle Lovett sang "The Star-Spangled Banner". Nolan Ryan threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
National League President Len Coleman presented Jeff Conine with the All-Star Game MVP Award in lieu of the Commissioner of Baseball, marking the second year in a row that Coleman presided over the MVP Award presentation.
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