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On July 6, 1933, a novel exhibition at Chicago’s Comiskey Park brought together the sport’s brightest stars before a crowd of over 47,000, inaugurating a tradition that would endure, falter only twice, and evolve into baseball’s midsummer showcase.
The upcoming midsummer classic will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence while revisiting the origins of baseball’s first All-Star Game.
Randall Sullivan’s latest work delves into the 1933 All-Star Game, weaving together the stories of baseball legends, political figures, and cultural icons to reveal how a single exhibition game reflected a nation at a crossroads.