Next Tuesday, per Matt Breen of The Philadelphia Inquirer, MLB will announce that Citizens Bank Park will host the 2026 All-Star Game. It’s hardly shocking news, as James Wagner, writing for The Washington Post, noted as far back as 2015 that the Philadelphia Phillies wanted to host the 2026 All-Star Game. 2026 will be America’s 250th anniversary, so Philadelphia – which also hosted the All-Star Game in 1976, America’s 200th anniversary – seems like a fitting place to host the midsummer classic for the sport often referred to as “America’s pastime.