This Day in History: , Major League Baseball’s First All-Star Game Is Held.<br />July 6, 1933.<br />Hailed as "The Game <br />of the Century," <br />it took place at Comiskey <br />Park in Chicago.<br />For the first time in MLB history, the best players from each division would <br />compete on the same team.<br />MLB took a hard hit <br />during the initial years of <br />The Great Depression. <br />Game attendance fell by 40%.<br />The All-Star game was <br />one of many promotional <br />events created to entice <br />people back to the ballpark.<br />Chicago Tribune sports editor <br />Arch Ward came up with the idea.<br />Since then, the MLB All-Star Game has been organized every year except for 1945.<br />The 2020 All-Star game was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
