Baseball All-Star game 1985. ORG XMIT: MIN2013071707023801
The 1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 56th playing of the game….which is annually played between the All-Stars of the National League and the All-Stars of the American League. The game was played on July 16, 1985, in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, Minnesota, home of the Minnesota Twins.
The National League won the game 6–1, with the winning pitcher being LaMarr Hoyt of the San Diego Padres….and the losing pitcher being Jack Morris of the Detroit Tigers…..as Hoyt also won the game’s MVP award. The National League was managed by the Padres’ Dick Williams….while the American League was managed by Sparky Anderson of the Tigers. Williams was backed by coaches Jim Frey and Bob Lillis…..as Anderson was aided by coaches Bobby Cox and Dick Howser.
The teams’ honorary captains each starred in the 1965 All-Star game, also held in Minnesota…..as Harmon Killebrew for the AL and Sandy Koufax for the NL. In the game two decades ago, Koufax earned the NL win, and Killebrew hit the AL’s second home run.
