The First All-Star Game
A newspaper stunt becomes the Midsummer Classic, and Babe Ruth — naturally — writes the headline.
The Game of the Century (1933)
They called it the "Game of the Century," a one-time exhibition dreamed up by Chicago sportswriter Arch Ward to run alongside the 1933 World's Fair. Nobody planned on doing it twice. Then Babe Ruth stepped in against Bill Hallahan in the third inning and did the thing Babe Ruth did — a two-run line drive into the right-field seats at Comiskey Park, the first home run in All-Star history. The American League won 4–2, the fans went home hoarse, and the one-time exhibition became the Midsummer Classic, played nearly every summer since. Ward's newspaper stunt outlived him, the World's Fair, and Comiskey Park itself.
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