On the blog today, we move on to the 1974 Major League All-Star game celebrated on a 1975 card, in my on-going thread that should wrap up in a few weeks:
For the
1974 "Midsummer Classic", all eyes were on the Los Angeles Dodgers up
and coming star first baseman Steve Garvey, who was a write-in vote to
start the game, and did NOT disappoint the Three Rivers Stadium fans.
While
the American League stars were held to two runs on four hits, Garvey
himself went 2-for-4 at the plate with a run scored and an RBI, helping
the N.L. to yet another victory, 7-2.
N.L. starter Andy
Messersmith allowed two runs in his three innings, while the rest of the
staff blanked the A.L. on two hits over the last six innings.
It
was the third of what would eventually be eleven straight All-Star wins
for the N.L., with the A.L. finally winning one in 1983.
