SI senior editor Ted Keith and contributing writer Jay Jaffe looks at how the lack of star pitchers in the MLB All-Star game will affect the game.
Welcome to SI.com's live blog of the 87th MLB All-Star Game! Keep it here for live updates, analysis and commentary from SI.com baseball experts Cliff Corcoran and Jay Jaffe, as well as highlights of the action from San Diego's Petco Park.
Jay Jaffe: As I noted earlier today, this is the third All-Star Game that’s been held in San Diego. The first was in 1978, won by the NL, 7–3, thanks in part to Steve Garvey’s eighth-inning leadoff triple off Goose Gossage to spark a four-run rally; both would later join forces on the '84 Padres, the first pennant winners in franchise history.