Baseball stuff

[earendel]

I'm not a big follower of baseball, but in my youth the All-star break occurred right around July 4. When did it get moved to later in the month? Was there a reason?

[silverscreenselect]

I'm not a big follower of baseball, but in my youth the All-star break occurred right around July 4. When did it get moved to later in the month? Was there a reason?

The All-Star Game is played on a Tuesday, and it's usually determined by when the 4th of July occurs. If the 4th of July falls early in the week, they'll play the All Star game on the next Tuesday. If it falls later in the week, like this year, they'll wait one more week. There have been some exceptions. Here's a complete list of All-Star games and dates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_M ... Star_Games

[littlebeast13]

I'm not a big follower of baseball, but in my youth the All-star break occurred right around July 4. When did it get moved to later in the month? Was there a reason?

The All-Star Game is played on a Tuesday, and it's usually determined by when the 4th of July occurs. If the 4th of July falls early in the week, they'll play the All Star game on the next Tuesday. If it falls later in the week, like this year, they'll wait one more week. There have been some exceptions. Here's a complete list of All-Star games and dates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_M ... Star_Games

During the couple of decades I followed baseball (late 80's - early 10's), it was always the second Tuesday of July (one of the reasons I rarely got to go to a game on my birthday). I think the trend to occasionally push it to the third Tuesday is relatively new, and a product of them switching up the starting and ending dates of the regular season schedule in recent years...

Edit: It was always the second Tuesday from 1987-2002, with the odd exception of 1998 when it was the FIRST Tuesday. Interesting...

lb13