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MLB Cancels 2020 All-Star Game; Dodgers To Host In 2022

By Steve Adams | July 3, 2020 at 10:37am CDT

Major League Baseball announced this morning that the 2020 All-Star Game, which the Dodgers were slated to host, has been canceled. The Dodgers will now host the 2022 All-Star Game, as the Braves are already lined up to host next year’s Midsummer Classic.

“Once it became clear we were unable to hold this year’s All-Star festivities, we wanted to award the Dodgers with the next available All-Star Game, which is 2022,” commissioner Rob Manfred said in today’s press release announcing the news. “I want to thank the Dodgers organization and the City of Los Angeles for being collaborative partners in the early stages of All-Star preparation and for being patient and understanding in navigating the uncertainty created by the pandemic.  The 2022 All-Star celebration promises to be a memorable one with events throughout the city and at picturesque Dodger Stadium.”

The Dodgers haven’t hosted an All-Star Game since way back in 1980, so the cancellation is surely a tough pill to swallow for the club. Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the unlikelihood of mass gatherings and capacity stadiums anywhere on the horizon, however, today’s news was surely not a surprise. The Dodgers will instead extend a four-decade wait by another two years.

“As excited as we were to host this year’s All-Star Game, we know that it will be worth the wait and that Dodger Stadium and Los Angeles will host a world-class event in 2022,” Dodgers president and CEO Stan Kasten said in today’s release. “We’d like to thank Commissioner Rob Manfred for re-awarding All-Star Week to Los Angeles so quickly, as well as Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Gil Cedillo for their continued support of this premier sporting event, which will have lasting benefits for our community.”

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  1. looiebelongsinthehall

    5 years ago

    Obvious decision with no fans able to attend. TV ratings have tanked in recent years. One question, what about the Home Run Derby?

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  2. terry g

    5 years ago

    Before inner league play and nation wide daily TV, the All-star game was the only time you could see stars of the other league and it made sense. The game today isn’t quite the same.

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    • oldmansteve

      5 years ago

      Interleague. Inner league would mean the exact opposite of what you meant.

      Reply
  3. astrosarecheaters2017

    5 years ago

    Hopefully they won’t end up canceling next years too

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    • nats3256

      5 years ago

      Are you stuck in 2004?

      Reply
  4. DarkSide830

    5 years ago

    it would be cool if they did something where they rescheduled it for 2021 as maybe a pre-season All Star Game. have fans vote on which 2 players from their team they want to send and have the AL and NL teams play against each other. perhaps it can be a fun way to open up or close spring training.

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    • wordonthestreet

      5 years ago

      Makes no sense

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      • DarkSide830

        5 years ago

        how so? its a fun way to re-engage fans in the sport without losing a year of “all star games”

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  5. TheDorkKnight

    5 years ago

    It’s a shame that MLB couldn’t do the All Star game the day after the season ended, since many of the players in the game wouldn’t be playing in the playoffs.

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  6. HailPhire_Osfan

    5 years ago

    It would have been great to have a all star game based on 30 games.

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    • looiebelongsinthehall

      5 years ago

      LOL.

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  7. Rangers29

    5 years ago

    So this morning we’ve had:

    -Bregman hires Boras Agency
    -Delino Deshields contracts Covid
    -2020 All-Star game canceled

    This is the most crazy MLB news morning I’ve seen in a while.

    EDIT: Right after posting this, Mike Trout says he’s not comfortable playing this season… WOW

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  8. BlueSkies_LA

    5 years ago

    Talk about your anticlimax. Did anyone really believe that the All Star game was actually going to be played this year?

    Nice to know it will be coming back to Dodger Stadium in two years, but I won’t be buying in then. Already turned down the opportunity this year through our season tickets when we found out the cost is comparable to the World Series.

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    • Afk711

      5 years ago

      Cost comparable to the WS at face value or the re-sale market?

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      • BlueSkies_LA

        5 years ago

        At the season ticket holder price.

        Game: $275
        HR derby: $225
        All-Star Sunday events: $60
        Passes to 5-day event at the Convention Center: $25
        Program: $48
        Service Charge: $25

        Must be purchased as a package, not available a la carte. What any of these parts would cost on the resale market we never found out.

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        • The Human Rain Delay

          5 years ago

          Hmm do you know if thoses pases to convention center will be sold individually ?

          275$ for the game aint bad but making you buy everything? Thats absurd

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          5 years ago

          I believe the Convention Center event was open to anyone who forked over the $25. IIRC we had to buy eight of these tickets in the package. I’m not sure if that event was sponsored by the Dodgers or MLB. The other prices and I presume the package policy are set by MLB. Everyone in my season ticket group gave a bit thumbs down to that.

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        • sufferforsnakes

          5 years ago

          That program price is extremely absurd.

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        • padreshave32yrstobestdodger1stwswin

          5 years ago

          Hey bluesky: You think those prices are high—it’s cost the Dodgers more than $4.4 Billion in ML player payroll since 1989 in their pursuit of a WS title. Like the Beatles said—Can’t Buy Me Love.

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        • The Human Rain Delay

          5 years ago

          Hmm yea Id imagine its a ploy to drive in more out of towners for the city and in turn kinda screw you over…..kinda lame-

          25$ for the convention seems a good deal- I imagine those would run out pretty quick under normal circumstances. Fantastic way to show the city off as well. I know personally I’ll be in and out of the city via union station all thru that week; should be exciting

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        • BlueSkies_LA

          5 years ago

          And purchasing the program was mandatory!

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        • JustCheckingIn

          5 years ago

          Amazing how a 13 year old is so obsessed with the Dodgers WS drought

          And is a freakin Padres fan hahahahaha

          Reply
  9. tedtheodorelogan

    5 years ago

    It would be cool if we could still vote for all star teams at the end of the year.

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  10. Logjammer D"Baggagecling

    5 years ago

    Wtf. Give the cubs the all star game its been long enough. I get that Manfred isn’t the sharpest knife in the drawer. Dodgers had their chance. Its canceled. They should wait 10-15 years. Over 30 years since Wrigley hosted an all star game.

    How could anyone not want to see wind blowing out at wrigley mid summer. That would easily break the record for most total HRs. Imagine Aaron Judge hitting the manual scoreboard over 500ft away.

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    • The Human Rain Delay

      5 years ago

      Imagine Aaron Judge even being at an ALL Star game right now is a stretch

      Thanks for the “they had their chance” that was rich!

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      • Logjammer D"Baggagecling

        5 years ago

        There’s no reason for them to get another chance so quickly. You don’t need to be an all star to be in the hr derby

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        • The Human Rain Delay

          5 years ago

          Another?

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        • Logjammer D"Baggagecling

          5 years ago

          Yes. What don’t you understand? They were suppsoe to host the all star game this year. They should wait at least 4 or 5 years before they get to host again. That would be their other chance.
          Comprende?

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        • The Human Rain Delay

          5 years ago

          Again?

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    • JustCheckingIn

      5 years ago

      Wtf. So the dodgers did nearly a billion dollars of upgrades the stadium… to get the ASG… and get the finger because a pandemic

      We started upgrades to the stadium before the cubs AND it’s been longer since LA had the game. Go away

      Yeah that’s not how business works buddy

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  11. Idioms for Idiots

    5 years ago

    I didn’t realize the ASG hadn’t been cancelled until I saw the headline. I thought it was a foregone conclusion it was cancelled.

    I’m very content with not seeing any of the ASG festivities, as I’m sure many of the players who feel obligated to perform in the festivities feel the same. I’m sure the majority (if not all) would rather have the 3 days off. As a MLB fan, I can’t remember the last time I watched anything related to the ASG (probably sometime in the 90’s, or even 80’s). I might’ve watched the first HR derby whenever that was, but I don’t even remember that.

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  12. padreshave32yrstobestdodger1stwswin

    5 years ago

    2020 AS Game cancelled because MLB saw in LA Times sports article photos of poop coming out of pipes in Dodgers home dugout. Can’t have that in an All Star game. Need to clear out all turf and dirt in Chavez in a full decontamination.

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    • JustCheckingIn

      5 years ago

      You’re talking about something that happened in 2018 as if it happened yesterday

      You’re comical

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