1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

1995 American baseball competition November 2013 1995 Major League Baseball All-Star Game logo.svg 1995 National League 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 American League 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 July 11, 1995 The Ballpark in Arlington Arlington, Texas Felipe Alou MON Buck Showalter NYY Jeff Conine FLA ABC Al Michaels, Tim McCarver and Jim Palmer CBS John Rooney, Jerry Coleman and Jeff Torborg 50,920 Nolan Ryan 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.It was also the third time the franchise hosted an All-Star Game. In 1962 and 1969, the franchise, then known as the Washington Senators, served as host with their venue in Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. 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. Rosters Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. National League Elected startersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCMike PiazzaDodgers31BFred McGriffBraves32BCraig BiggioAstros43BMatt WilliamsPlayer declined or was unable to play.Giants3SSOzzie SmithCardinals14OFBarry BondsGiants5OFLenny DykstraPhillies3OFTony GwynnPadres11 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPTyler GreenPhillies1PRandy MyersCubs3PDenny NeaglePirates1PHideo NomoDodgers1PCarlos PérezExpos1PGreg MadduxBraves4PHeathcliff SlocumbPhillies1PJohn SmileyReds2PTom HenkeCardinals2PTodd WorrellDodgers2 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCDarren DaultonPhillies31BMark GraceCubs22BMickey MorandiniPhillies13BBobby BonillaMets63BVinny CastillaRockies1SSBarry LarkinReds7SSJosé OffermanDodgers1OFJeff ConineMarlins2OFRon GantReds2OFRaúl MondesíDodgers1OFSammy SosaCubs1OFReggie SandersReds1OFDante BichetteRockies2 American League Elected startersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCIván RodríguezRangers41BFrank ThomasWhite Sox32BCarlos BaergaIndians33BWade BoggsYankees11SSCal Ripken Jr.Orioles13OFAlbert BelleIndians3OFKen Griffey Jr.Mariners6OFKirby PuckettTwins10DHEdgar MartínezMariners2 PitchersPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesPErik HansonRed Sox1PDennis MartínezIndians4PJosé MesaIndians1PChuck FinleyAngels3PRandy JohnsonMariners4PSteve OntiverosAthletics1PKenny RogersRangers1PKevin AppierRoyals1PLee SmithAngels7PDavid WellsTigers1 ReservesPositionPlayerTeamAll-Star GamesCMike StanleyYankees11BTino MartinezMariners11BMark McGwireAthletics71BMo VaughnRed Sox12BRoberto AlomarBlue Jays63BKevin SeitzerBrewers2SSGary DiSarcinaAngels1OFJim EdmondsAngels1OFKenny LoftonIndians2OFPaul O'NeillYankees3OFManny RamirezIndians1 Game Umpires Home Plate Durwood Merrill (AL) First Base Charlie Williams (NL) Second Base Al Clark (AL) (crew chief) Third Base Mike Winters (NL) Left Field Ted Hendry (AL) Right Field Ed Rapuano (NL) Starting lineups National LeagueAmerican LeagueOrderPlayerTeamPositionOrderPlayerTeamPosition1Lenny DykstraPhilliesCF1Kenny LoftonIndiansCF2Tony GwynnPadresRF2Carlos BaergaIndians2B3Barry BondsGiantsLF3Edgar MartínezMarinersDH4Mike PiazzaDodgersC4Frank ThomasWhite Sox1B5Fred McGriffBraves1B5Albert BelleIndiansLF6Ron GantRedsDH6Cal Ripken Jr.OriolesSS7Barry LarkinRedsSS7Wade BoggsYankees3B8Vinny CastillaRockies3B8Kirby PuckettTwinsRF9Craig BiggioAstros2B9Iván RodríguezRangersC Hideo NomoDodgersP Randy JohnsonMarinersP Game summary Tuesday, July 11, 1995 7:29pm (CT) The Ballpark in Arlington in Arlington, Texas National League NL 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 American League AL 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 Heathcliff Slocumb (1-0) Steve Ontiveros (0-1) Craig Biggio (1), Mike Piazza (1), Jeff Conine (1) Frank Thomas (1) yes Broadcasting The 1995 All-Star Game was the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game to be televised by ABC since the 1988 edition from Cincinnati. Just like in 1988, Al Michaels provided play-by-play duties for ABC alongside color commentators Jim Palmer and Tim McCarver. Also assisting in ABC's coverage were John Saunders (who interviewed players in the American League dugout), Lesley Visser (who interviewed players in the National League dugout as well as game MVP Jeff Conine), and Rick Dempsey (who interviewed players inside the bullpen at the Ballpark in Arlington). The 1995 All-Star Game officially launched the second season for The Baseball Network, which was a consortium that ABC was in partnership with Major League Baseball as well as NBC. As previously alluded to, the inaugural season in 1994 was cut short due to a players' strike that began on August 12 and wound up causing the World Series (for which ABC was due to broadcast) to be cancelled. The strike proved to hurt the long term viability of The Baseball Network. The arraignment between Major League Baseball, ABC, and NBC was originally supposed to run at least through the 1999 season. 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