Leo Durocher and Buckey (sic) Harris (right), managers of the rival clubs, were all smiles before the game got under way. Harris pulled the surprise package out of the game in Vic Raschi who not only pitched two hitless innings but drove across two vital runs.
Photograph of baseball executive Ford Frick and New York Yankees manager Casey Stengel together at the 1957 All-Star game. The two are smiling as Frick crosses his fingers.
Here, photographically, is a record of the 1940 All-Star game, played yesterday at Sportsmans Park. At the left the two managers get together and Bill McKechnie (left), Cincinnati's gift to the National League, seems to be getting in the last work against Joe Cronin, the Red Sox contribution to the American League lineup. Bill had the last word all the way.
Two local boys on the American League squad got together for some baseball chatter before the game. Walter (Hoot) Evers of Collinsville (left) explained to Larry (Yogi) Berra how he gets his power at the plate. Evers hit a home run to account for the first American League run.
Among the interested spectators were Bill Veeck (left), president of the Cleveland Indians, and Hank Greenberg, now an official of the Cleveland club. Greenberg performed in four consecutive All-Star games before the war as a member of the Detroit Tigers.
Stan Musial and Ted Williams (right), standout hitters in the National and American Leagues, respectively, got together for a little chit chat before the game. Musial turned out to be senior circuit's hero in a losing cause while the "Splendid Splinter" walked in his only time at bat.
Starting pitchers for the All-Star classic shook hands before the game got under way. Walt Masterson of the Washington Senators (left) drew a surprise starting assignment for the American League nine and Ralph Branca, mound ace of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was the National League hurler.
Photograph of baseball player Ted Williams, left fielder for the Boston Red Sox, speaking with baseball executive Ford Frick at the 1957 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
Starting pitcher for the National League All-Stars Curt Simmons lets the ball fly during the early innings of the game. Simmons was relieved in the second inning by Milwaukee Braves' Lew Burdette. Simmons was the loser.
Nellie Fox filed out to Frank Robinson in short left field to end the second inning after the American League All-Stars had scored two runs. The American Leauge went on to win the game, 6-5 before 30,693 fans at Busch Stadium.
Three former St. Louisans and now major league baseball stars, took part in the All-Star game. They are (from left): Yogi Berra, New York Yankees slugging catcher; Elston Howard, Yankee utility star, and Washington Senator Roy Sievers.
Burt Shotton, manager of the pennant winning Dodgers last year, threw out the first ball to start the bame as Baseball Commissioner A.B. (Happy) Chandler looked on. Shotton would have managed the National League team yesterday if he had returned as manager of the Dodgers this year.
St. Louis Browns' president Don Barnes congratulates Mike Kreevich, one of the heroes, after the St. Louis team clinched the American League pennant in 1944 by beating the Yankees, 5-2, at Sportsmans Park. Between them, without shirt, is pitcher Sig Jakucki who was the winning pitcher. Next to Barnes is manager Luke Sewell and next to him is bat boy Bobby Scanlon. Others at right beyond Kreevich
Starting Pitchers Jim Bunning of the Detroit Tigers (second from left) and Curt Simmons of the Philadelphia Phillies (second from right) confer before the game with managers Casey Stengel (left) and Walter Alston.
Potential power in the National League lineup was represented by this quartet of sluggers. From the left, are: Johnny Mize and Walker Cooper, former Cardinals now with the New York Giants; Ralph Kiner, slugging outfielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Stan Musial of the Cardinals. Mize and Kiner led both leagues in home run production last season with 51 circuit wallops and Musial currently leads both leagues in hitting with a .403 average.
The date: July 9, 1957. The place: old Busch Stadium. The event: baseball's all-star game. A crowd of 30,693 watches as Vic Wertz hits a single to drive in Mickey Mantle with the American League's first run.
Righthander Jim Bunning of the Detroit Tigers started the game for the American League All-Stars. Bunning held the Nationals scoreless for three innings and was relieved by Billy Loes of the Baltimore Orioles in the Fourth (sic).
The brain trust of the National League team, from left: Mel Ott, manager of the New York Giants; Manager Leo Durocher of Brooklyn, and Eddie Dyer, pilot of the St. Louis Cardinals, shook hands before the contest started, for luck. Ott and Dyer serves as coaches, assisting Durocher in yesterday's game.