It was 1933 and the nation was gearing up for the World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois. The sports editor of the Chicago Tribune, Arch Ward, had a fantastic idea - a baseball game that fielded the best players from the American League and the best players from the National League. It would be a showcase of the best in baseball and an exhibition game to go down in history.
Since that first game 82 years ago, there have been 85 All-Star games played. Only one year was missed - 1945, because of World War II - and from 1959 to 1962 there were two ASGs played each season (yea, I don't get that either, but it happened).