The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the "Midsummer Classic", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) contested between players from the American League (AL) and the National League (NL), currently selected by fans for starting fielders, by managers for pitchers, and by managers and players for reserves.
The game usually occurs on either the second or third Tuesday in July, and is meant to mark a symbolic halfway-point in the MLB season. Both of the major leagues share a common All-Star break, with no regular-season games scheduled on the day before or the day after the All-Star Game itself. Some additional events and festivities associated with the game take place each year close to and during this break in the regular season.
No official MLB All-Star Game was held in 1945 including the official selection of players due to World War II travel restrictions.
The 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 85th edition of the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, held at Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the home of the Minnesota Twins. This was the third All-Star Game played in the Twin Cities; Metropolitan Stadium hosted the game in 1965, while the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome hosted the game in 1985.
Many Minnesota Twins have been All-Stars (52 as of 2015), here is a list of the top 10 and the years they were voted.
- Rod Carew, (2B, 1B)
- 1967, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78
- Harmon Killebrew, (3B, 1B, OF)
- 1961, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71
- Kirby Puckett, (OF)
- 1986, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95
- Tony Oliva, (OF)
- 1964, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71
- Joe Mauer, (C)
- 2006, 08, 09, 10, 12, 13
- Earl Battey, (C)
- 1962, 62, 63, 65, 66
- Justin Morneau, (1B)
- 2007, 08, 09, 10
- Joe Nathan (P)
- 2004, 05, 08, 09
- Camilo Pascual, (P)
- 1961, 62, 62, 64
- Glen Perkins, (P)
- 2013, 14, 15