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CLEMSON, S.C. - Former Tiger and current Atlanta Brave righthander Spencer Strider was selected to the 2023 MLB All-Star Game, announced Sunday. Strider is the first former Tiger to make an All-Star Game roster since 1994, when lefthander Jimmy Key, who was a four-time MLB All-Star, was selected to the All-Star Game for the second year in a row as a member of the New York Yankees.Strider joined Key and Billy O'Dell, who was a two-time MLB All-Star (1958,59), as the three Tigers to make an All-Star Game.In 2023, Strider reached 100 strikeouts in only 61.0 innings pitched, the fastest pitch...

The Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office said O'Dell's vehicle collided with a stationary car "at a high rate of speed."

The Dodgers hosting the All-Star Game started in 1949 in Brooklyn, the first year Black players played in the game. They hosted in 1959 at the Coliseum in their second year in Los Angeles, then at Dodger Stadium in 1980, which among other things featured the debut of the Diamond Vision scoreboard in left field.

Ernie Banks vs. American League pitchers By JohnW53 on Jan 24, 2021, 7:08am CST 3 There was no interleague play during Ernie Banks' 19-year career, and the Cubs never reached the World Series. So "Mr. Cub" never faced any of his era's top American League pitchers in a game that mattered. But he did bat against some top AL hurlers in All-Star Games. I wondered how Banks fared when he was matched up with those pitchers in the annual midseason exhibition game. .......... He batted .303, compared to a regular-season average of .274. His 10 hits in 33 at bats included a home run, a tr...