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PHILADELPHIA, PA - MAY 05: A general view of the MLB 2026 All Star Game Logo during the game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Athletics on May 5, 2026 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) | Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Good morning, baseball fans!
We are officially in the dead zone of the All-Star break, so I thought today we could discuss some of our favorite All-Star Game related memories. They don’t have to be specific to the San Francisco Giants, goodness knows the pickings have been slim on that front for a while. But mine is, at least.
I think my favorite All-Star memory is from the 2016 season, when Brandon Belt was in the running for the last fan vote (or whatever they were calling it back then). Myself and several other members of the McCoven were working overtime to solicit votes from the wider baseball community. This was back when you used to be able to vote with hashtags on social media, so every post mattered.
The winner was expected to be announced on a Saturday, when I already had tickets to the Giants game that day. It was also the NBA Finals, if I remember correctly, so it was a crazy time to be coming back to the bay for a visit.
The night before, I had scheduled an obnoxious amount of social media posts to publish throughout the morning, because I wasn’t going to be around to do it manually and I needed to get those precious, precious votes cast any way I could.
I had actually just boarded the ferry in Vallejo when Belt was announced as the winner of that vote for the National League. Man, there was no better place to be than on the water, beer in hand, and surrounded by celebrating Giants fans. And getting to be there in person for that game, where they announced that Belt would be on the All-Star team for the first and only time, will always be one of my favorite memories.
What are your favorite All-Star Game memories?
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