St. Louis has long been considered a baseball town, however tonight's All-Star Game will be the first time that it will be played in the Gateway City in 43 years...The game was played at the new Busch Stadium (photo, right) on July 12, 1966 in 105 degree heat...here are some facts about that game:
- National League won 2-1 in 10 innings...
- Despite the NL winning, the MVP went to the AL's Brooks Robinson from Baltimore who went 3 for 4...
- The starting outfield for the National was comprised of Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Roberto Clemente...
- St. Louis' Bob Gibson was supposed to start for the NL, however he was injured...the starting pitchers were Sandy Koufax of the Dodgers and Denny McLain of the Tigers...
- The National League used only four pitchers: Sandy Koufax (Dodgers), Jim Bunning (Phillies), Juan Marichal (Giants), and Gaylord Perry (Giants)...
- Gaylord Perry got the win...Pete Richert of the Orioles got the loss...
- FOX baseball analyst Tim McCarver scored the winning run...McCarver, who played for the hometown Cardinals, started the 10th inning with a single and later scored on a base hit by the Dodgers Maury Wills...
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