In his two turns as All-Star Game manager, Ned Yost made it clear he had one purpose for the exhibition game: Win it.
Because the league that won the All-Star Game also had home-field advantage in the World Series, Yost wanted to make sure that went to an American League team.
“It’s vitally important,” Yost told reporters before this year’s All-Star Game in San Diego. “We’ve got a room full of tremendously talented players and if we win it’s going to affect one of them. ... It’s going to be huge for whoever gets to the World Series this year.