Baseball confirms 2010 all-star game will be in Anaheim
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 | 5:04 PM ET
The Associated Press
Commissioner Bud Selig finally got around Wednesday to announcing what the rest of baseball has known for more than a year: The Los Angeles Angels will host the 2010 All-Star game.
The all-stars will be at Anaheim for the first time since 1989, when Bo Jackson hit a 448-foot homer and was selected MVP. Nolan Ryan was the winning pitcher in the American League's 5-3 victory, and John Smoltz, the only player still active from that game, took the loss.
One other all-star game was in Anaheim. In 1967, the National League won 2-1 in 15 innings — the longest all-star clash ever. Tony Perez hit the game-deciding home run off Catfish Hunter.
The 2010 game is scheduled for July 13.
This year's all-star contest is at Yankee Stadium, and St. Louis will host the 2009 game.
Arizona is the expected host in 2011, Kansas City in 2012 and the New York Mets' Citi Field in 2013.
Securing the all-star game was a joint effort by the Angels and the City of Anaheim, which is scheduled to go to state appellate court on June 20 in its fight over the team's 2005 name change from Anaheim Angels to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
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