TODAY: The league officially announced that the 2023 game will be in Seattle.
SEPTEMBER 14: Major League Baseball is finalizing plans to host 2023 All-Star festivities at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, reports Jeff Passan of ESPN. MLB has yet to make an official announcement on the news.
Seattle has twice before hosted the All-Star Game — at the Kingdome in 1979 and at T-Mobile Park (then called Safeco Field) in 2001. The National League won the 1979 contest by a score of 7-6, while the American League took the 2001 game by a 4-1 margin.
Next year’s event will be hosted in Los Angeles. The Dodgers were initially announced as hosts for the 2020 festivities, but those were canceled during last year’s shortened season and will instead be made up in 2022. As Passan notes, the only other future All-Star host site known at this time is Philadelphia, which will get the event in 2026 as part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
I’ll be there.
Nice! Have always wanted to go to one. I don’t have a bucket list, not really a fan of them, but going to an all star game is one thing I want to do before it’s my time
You and I must make a pact
Nicely done! Ain’t going to be a lot of folks here that saw what you did.
We must bring salvation baaaaaaaack!
Just call my naaame, I’ll be there!
I am going to wait for the 2045 All Star game in Seattle.
Like clockwork, they get it every 22 years in a league with plenty more than 22 teams. Curious but it seems to be working for them.
Nice catch. Underrated comment. I have a feeling, even that far off, that in 2045 when that actually happens, I’ll think back to this comment. Lol.
Mariners may be ready by then to have more than the one player representative they’ve seen over the years.
Didn’t help the Rockies this year.
2001 was one of the best All Star games I can remember. 8 Mariners on the roster, Ichiro’s rookie year/MVP season, and the swan song for Cal Ripken Jr.
What happened to Atlanta? Manfred cow towed to political pressure. You will forever suck to me Manfred.
Probably why they chose another liberal city/state to host it in 2023.
Chop Zone be set up inside the stadium. ⚾️
as expected.
racism has repercussions, apparently.
@Taejonguy: it was political, not racial.
taking votes from black voters is racist
But they didn’t, so that makes it political.
Colorado has the same law and they got the game… explain that.
and yet they did.
Read the law and compare it to New York’s and Colorado’s laws and get back to us. They actually extended early voting.
Rush Limbaugh could not be reached for comment 🙂
Not a respectable comment, I expect more from you
I like how the left acts like racism exists only on one side….
lots of liberal money in Colorado.
Taejonguy
taking votes from black voters is racist
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Asking both blacks and whites to abide by simple rules is not racist.
Your assumption that blacks cannot possible figure out how to obtain an ID is racist. The phrase you are looking for is “The soft bigotry of low expectations”.
Who took votes? And where did they take them?
You shouldn’t, @Curly.
That is one of cey hey’s go-to comments/insults. & it always has that kind of phone “call-in” aspect to it. (Yawn. New material? Ever?)
Personally, I had forgotten all about Rush Limbaugh. Interesting that that dude is so dedicated to keeping his memory alive. He’s a weird little guy.
Explain how it takes votes from black voters. I would love to hear this.
Any proof of that, or just regurgitating party bs?
The irony here being those who think a certain race has the inability to procure an ID calling others racist. Libs are unable to look in the mirror I guess.
JoeBrady I’ve read a lot of your great posts, this was the best of ’em all.
Couldn’t agree more.
I remember when announcers would interview black FB players after the game. It was probably the early 80s. After every interview, the announcer would say “…and he is so well-spoken”.
It sounded every bit as cringe-worthy then as it does now. Like ‘Wow, I found a black guy that could talk”.
Moving the game to Colorado was racist. Colorado is 84% White, 4% Black or African American. Georgia is 59% White, 32% Black or African American. Why would they take tens of millions of dollars away from minority-owned businesses and give it to White-owned businesses? It doesn’t make sense.
Atlanta is 51% Black, 41% White. Denver is 76% White, 9% Black. Lots of lost dollars for those small businesses, who spent a lot of money getting ready for the A-S game. Sad.
No, it’s a business saying we won’t do business in a state that passed a voting bill that allows white republicans to fire black election officials in black counties so they can decide to certify their election. Sorry nice try, thanks for playing.
When county officials either misinterpret or break election laws, they need to be held accountable. Do you disagree?
It’s the truth. Don’t take my word for it. Look it up.
and that it is ok to vote without id or in a county your not living in. Show both sides.
liberals aren’t accountable for anything.
Racism? How so? It was “transphobic” legislation was it not?
Oh voter ID is racist? How so???
The Atlanta voting law isn’t racist. Go ahead actually explain how it is. We’ll wait.
You do know that just because the majority of poor people just happen to be minorities, it’s not racism, don’t you? Furthermore, you do also realize that anyone who can get a ride to the polls or a drop box can just as easily get a ride to the DMV to obtain an extremely cheap non-driver’s ID, don’t you?
The only reason anyone in any state has ever been unfairly targeted by voter ID laws is because (aside from during the pandemic) most states require you to show up somewhere in person if you don’t have a valid reason to vote absentee. If you’re going to complain about voting mechanics, complain about that, not about the good voting laws that cut down on potential fraud without affecting poor people at all save for the one part about cutting the number of drop boxes.
Good points. By the way, doesn’t Georgia have no-excuse absentee voting? If only states like Massachusetts, New Hampshire or New York did that. It would be a better world.
Also, in Georgia you can get a voting-only state ID card for free.
The problem with the law is that it seeks to fix a problem that doesn’t exist. Don’t even try to argue election fraud if you don’t have specific proof of widespread fraud (which you don’t), it’s just sad and pathetic.
If Trump had carried GA in 2020 there would’ve been no changes to the law. This is an attempt to affect the outcome of future elections in favor of a dwindling Republican majority in the state by trying to suppress the votes in predominantly Democratic (and black) areas of GA. You can try to argue it isn’t racist in nature, but all you are really doing is just putting lipstick on a pig.
IDs were never really the issue with the law anyway. It’s more about the removal of drop boxes that facilitated safe voting during the pandemic and the ability of right wing partisans to take over the running of elections in Democratic counties.
sure let’s vote like voting for the AL 3rd Basemen in the all-star game. Without the pandemic there will no need for drop boxes anyway. Soz, what next?
The representatives in GA who passed the voting restrictions knew that there would be financial fallout but passed it anyway, time to get these clowns out of office.
I’ve read the provisions of the law, and really the only problem I have with the Georgia law is limiting the number of drop boxes, and their accessibility to business hours. The rationale seems to be to reduce the possibility of tampering. I can see ways that access could be expanded and still provide security. There were instances of some counties misinterpreting or breaking the existing election law, so giving the state more control was a reaction to that. Requiring some form of ID is reasonable. Democrats just oppose that for political reasons, as evidenced by its inclusion in the national voting bill that they proposed.
So, it should be illegal to give people a bottle of Dasani in an 8 hour line to vote?
It should be legal for the state legislature to overrule and take over local election boards (that oh hey look at that, just happened to be in the biggest county with a majority black population…how about that?*) in order to declare the loser the winner?
K.
*This is not theoretical. They have already started the process to fire Atlanta’s board to stash loyalists there to suppress votes and refuse to certify results. But evidently, you are OK with that?
Dude, acting holier-than-thou and condescending does not help your argument. It just makes you look like a tool.
Ok. I’ll bite Josh. I don’t know a single person who could stand in line 8 hours and not leave for a bathroom break without soiling themselves. That’s without giving them bottled water. Next…
Evidently not if they’re holding it in Seattle.
He didn’t need to do that to get hated. He already earned his hate quite a while ago.
great job man, now this thread is ruined.
Poor Georgia. Thoughts and prayers. Sniff sniff.
@koos: your compassion for the minority-owned businesses that lost money or worse, went bankrupt, is touching. Even Stacy Abrams said the game shouldn’t have been moved, after she realized where MLB was going.
You’re wrong. I didn’t vote for Biden.
Should move it to Portland. Perfectly aligns with the ASG’s agenda.
Orlando?
Good idea. And have the social workers keep the stadium safe since their cops don’t do anything.
eh he runs a major league let him do his work, without a commish this league wouldn’t be alive rn
well said I agree
Toronto
been far too long… and they’ll have quite a few on the all star team.
Can come one explain to me how the giants are able to have 42 players on their 40 man roster. Can’t figure it out.
Is it because wood and solano are on the COVID list?
new math?
Players on 40 man roster, but also 60 day IL don’t count against 40 man limit. Looks like Giants have 6 on 60 day IL (Beede, Bericoto, Gonzalez, Adon, Delaplane, Nunez). I suspect that’s the issue, but can’t fully reconcile to the MLB site.
Clearly you didn’t do any research lmao
Yeah I’m not counting anybody on the 60 man IL. Their are 42 players on the 40-man, but 2 are on the COVID list, that is why I think they don’t count against the 40 man
This could bring some economic prosperity to the CHOP district downtown. They might be able to afford more spray paint.
Nice try, but the CHOP District isn’t downtown, it’s on Capitol Hill. It’s the “CH” in CHOP.
Details, details.
The point was made it was funny don’t ruin jokes
Close the comments please. There are 30 comments and 1 of them is actually on topic.
Nah, leave them open. There’s this crazy thing called free will, you can use it to not read the comments.
Plus, you just added another comment that isn’t on topic while simultaneously complaining about said offense. We call that ‘irony’
Tell that to Curly and afsonerz, who started it with their bigoted comments. That stuff should always be pushed back against. Has baseball’s history taught you anything?
Wow, did not expect this lame post from you. I need to push back on you? Explain the “bigoted” statements
Baseball history has taught me nothing from you
What bigotry? Please explain.
Bang bang 😉
No one forced you to read or comment…. I wish I had a nickel for every post you commented on to beg to close the comments.
Realistically Oakland and Tampa Bay will not host games in their current ballparks, Fenway Park, Camden Yards, Rogers Centre, Wrigley Field, all are more deserving than Seattle for the third time since any of these parks have hosted the game
You can make a case for Camden Yards, but Rogers is ugly and dated. Fenway and Wrigley while they have a tremendous history just are up to par with the modern stadiums. Oakland is a literal $hithole and the Trop is an ugly cave in the crappy part of town. T-Mobile park is still one of the best baseball stadiums in MLB.
Rogers Centre? hahahaha hilarious. What a $h!t hole.
Will Dave Parker man Rightfield?
Seattle wasn’t supposed to be next but they manipulated their service time.
@geg42: that was funny. Well done.
I second that bham. Very nice geg42.
Then the Cubs got screwed.
They traded Bryant, so…
I hope their voting laws there are both stunning and brave. That’s all I care about
Might as well rename it the socialist game at this point. Thanks Fuhrer Manfred.
based on…?
‘Socialist Fuhrer’ is a huge tell. I laughed. I hope others do too.
It’ll be good to see a sold out game in those seats at for once!
In 2024, the first 5 innings will be played in Tampa, the next 4 in Montreal. Extra innings, if necessary, will be played by players required to wear their mothers’ clothes.
At one of the 24 stadia owned by Jeff Bezos.
I can get why they wouldn’t want it in an NL stadium 3 years in a row, but they better give it back to Atlanta in 2024 to make up for unfairly gypping them out of it this year!
Then the Texas Rangers can have it in 2025 (although I don’t get why Seattle got the nod over them for 2023) and Philly for 2026.
They had it like 10-12 years ago when cal hit that fake home run. What a joke.
Add a decade. It’ll have been 22 years since they last hosted come 2023.
Last I checked 2001 was 20 years ago
There’s a pattern now……
My friend Pat took a turn….
Don’t have to worry about it being moved due to partisan politics… Seattle is the poster child for Manfred’s views
With just the AVERAGE face value for an All-Star Game ticket in Dodger Stadium for the cancelled but yet to be played 2020 mid-season popularity contest around $650.00 PER TICKET, I suppose it’s good to see people shelling out major amounts of cash for such a meaningless ballgame. And that’s just an average face value PER SEAT, and not inclusive of both associated and non-associated extra expenses. In this day and age it is more than sufficiently obvious that what USED to be our country’s National Pastime has morphed into a true corporate event, simply unattainable and unaffordable for a hard working average American family who is working hard just to make ends meet from paycheck to paycheck..
In Major League Baseball, long has it been said there are the “haves” are the “have nots”, i.e. translation………….teams that have the wherewithal and financial resources to both prosper and flourish in professional baseball, and those that are forever and irrevocably doomed to be on the outside looking in just wishing they could partake in this once grand game.
So, the question could easily become is the notion of being a “capitalistic” society really, really such a good one? When paltry, minute, and seemingly non-existent percentages of the population and its money making enterprises are the ONLY ones to have a real chance at anything even close to happiness and success in life, there’s something wrong in America.
I have tickets to the game in Atlanta. Where’s my refund?
The All-Star Game is one thing (still easily the best game of its kind in North American professional sports), but most teams have $5 ticket nights due to dynamic pricing. Yeah, you have to add a couple fees and transportation costs to that, but it’s still perfectly affordable as long as you pick the right game and don’t splurge on a bunch of beer and/or other concessions, MLB isn’t pricing anyone but the poor out of attending ballgames.
I like capitalism. It provides more mobility than any other system. Work hard and make good choices, and chances are you’ll succeed.
nappy
there’s something wrong in America.
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If this is an assignment for your sociology class, you failed.
1-I don’t care if I can’t afford an ASG ticket. I can’t afford a 1995 Porsche 928 either. But I did watch FB opening day at the pub, and will have a couple of beers on my friends porch this weekend. That’s where the fun really is.
2-As Lanidrac mentioned, BB tickets are readily affordable. Yankee tickets v CL this weekend, in NY, can be had for as little as $9 each.
The problem with people like you is that you don’t want a regular experience. You want the RS/NYY games, or AS games. You don’t want to go to regular events with regular people. You’d prefer to dream about sitting behind HP for the ASG, and then whining about it when it doesn’t happen.
Bring it back to San Francisco!
To scared to step in human crap on the streets or on a needle that they hand out to the dopers! Lol
Concerning Seattle and the 2023 game, I’d say in it’s a sure thing Robert Manfred has Mayor Jenny Durkan’s direct contact numbers. Those two are like peas in a pod, surely they deserve each other. Pardon me while I’m step away for a moment to vomit.
Maybe the two of them can bring that God forsaken poor excuse for human habitation another “summer of love”. God help this country.
Durkan needs to f*** off
Huh! Just another reason to not go to 2023 All-Star game. Just wondering with All-Star game being in Seattle in 2023, does that make it the 1st time MLB All-Star game will be held outside of the United States? But for Gawd sakes why would anyone want to visit there, let alone to go to the All-Star game there… No Thanks MLB
What the heck are you even saying? Go home grandpa you’re drunk.
Yeah, who would want to have the All Star game is one of the most economically vibrant, consistently listed as top 10 places to live, massive tourist appeal city in the United States. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING???????????????????
I’d prefer to avoid potential riots and violence when I go to a baseball game.
So Atlanta didn’t have any protest after George Floyd? Yeah right. For what it is worth Pioneer Square(where the stadium is located) was never a site for any of the riots or protests, but keep pushing your misinformation..
My original response got moderated (I don’t know why), so I’ll try again.
Pioneer Square, a small section, didn’t have any protests/riots. That’s great. Lots of other areas did. As a tourist, how would I know which areas are safe and which aren’t? If I were to wear one of those famous red hats (I don’t own one, btw), would I be welcomed and safe?
Yeah because there’s tons of protest and riots at M’s games. I’ve been to, I don’t know, probably 500 hours so Mariner a games or so. I haven’t seen a riot or protest yet. The closest is the guy yelling about Satan on the microphone outside the stadium that nobody pays any attention to, but who knows. I’m paying attention to a baseball game so maybe they happen all the time there and I just have no idea…
Seattle is 83.9 square miles. Don’t all major cities have areas that are undesirable? I lived in Honolulu and there are parts I have been that as a tourist you would never go and if it wasn’t for friends I was with I would not have been there. I understand as a Braves fan that you are un-happy about the game being pulled due to political BS which have nothing to do with the game as a whole, but why bash a city you obviously know very little about?
I may be forced to move back there soon. Ugh. At least I could see live games again.
Doesn’t matter. They won’t be playing. I feel a strike coming soon.
With the Seattle DA race coming down to two pro-Antifa candidates who both pledge to abolish the police, what is the MLB going to do; hire private security?? Not for a million bucks would I any longer venture into downtown Seattle… What the hell was the MLB thinking? Oh’ that’s right, under Manfred it’s a new “Woke League.”
I hate how much this site has turned into a playground for nonstop political rambling. I like baseball, not beer. Thats what we should be rambling about.
MLB made it political when they pulled the AS game from Atlanta. We’re just responding.
This article isn’t about the 2021 All Star game though. This is about the 2023 All Star game. This game has no association with that issue. Therefore, people like yourself keep rehashing political issue on a baseball forum on article that dont even involve said issue because they just cant help themselves. But im sure im just a liberal, leftist-elitist. Back to baseball, please.
Moving the AS game made it a political issue. It’s still a political issue. As much as you would like, you don’t get to control the discussion.
I never said I wanted to control the discussion. I lamented at the fact that misguided people like yourself feel the need to bombast every forum with your political jargon because you didn’t get your way politically. The fact that the 2021 All Star game is still a political issue, which I didn’t argue, is irrelevant to the current article at hand. Carry on now.
You’re pretty pompous, aren’t you, calling me misguided? And I can’t “bombast” anything. That doesn’t even make sense. I’m not complaining about the election. I’m complaining because Manfred chose to bring politics into baseball. It’s still in baseball. That’s a problem. If you don’t like it, that’s your problem. You’re free to mute me any time.
I never said anything about the election. Seeing what you’ve been saying this entire thread, you’ve treated several people as if they are misguided on the topic and that you know everything about it better than anyone else. And to correct myself, the word I was looking for was “bombard”, not “bombast”. THAT, does make sense. Youve bombarded this entire forum with your political opinion that has nothing to do with the article at hand. If this was an article about the Atlanta Braves not getting the All Star game this year because of political motivation, I wouldn’t have even entered the discussion. Which I do not believe should have been moved for my own thoughts and reasons. But, its not. Thats not stopping you from doing what you can to make it about that. There are plenty of other forums to discuss this kind of political topics on are specifically designed for political talk. Not a baseball website talking about the 2023 All Star Game in Seattle, Washington.
MLB has made the AS about politics. Now that the genie is out, it ain’t going back in. For better or worse, the ASG will always be political.
Just because you say it always will be, doesn’t make it so. I don’t think it will always be political. That doesn’t mean it wont.
“I never said anything about the election.”
“..because you didn’t get your way politically. ”
What were you talking about, if not the election? People “bombard” threads with their opinions all the time. Because you don’t like what I had to say, you got offended. I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings. I’ll try to tiptoe through the threads from now on.
Lol, I was obviously referring to what you’ve been pressing on about for ages now, the 2021 All Star game. Which, it just so happens, is not an election. Its a baseball game. For all your talk about hurt feelings and being offended, the 2021 All Star game getting moved out of Atlanta obviously upsets you quite deeply, at the very least effects you greatly. People do not always “bombard” forums with there opinions on irrelevant topics to said forum. Lots of times those types of comments get deleted because they don’t pertain to the topic of said forum. Also, even though you somehow gathered this from this conversation, I am not offended by you. You dont effect me enough to be offended by you. So that part was just a waste of typing energy. Really thought this wouldve been over by now, but ah well. 🙂
Great stadium
Yeah, Baseball needs to straighten its act up and get out of politics… give Atlanta their shot back
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I guess Atlanta will never get another All Star game because of the fact that Manfred bends over backwards to the “woke” culture and the lies the media spreads about the Georgia voter ID law being racist. It’s funny how Denver got the game this year and the Colorado voter ID laws has stricter guidelines. Sad that the joke of a commissioner lets politics interfere with baseball and his dictator type actions cost the businesses etc. in the area of the stadium in Cobb County millions of dollars and took money out of the hands of employees and many of whom were minorities. I will never watch another All Star game as long as Manfred is running things.
Just stop watching all sports and move out of the country while you’re at it. Plenty of countries out there that have rightwing anti-democratic autocracies. Move to one of them. Sounds like you’d love it.
By asking people to verify who they are, the government is protecting MY vote. If you want to have some fun, go into a NYDMV for an enhanced license. You need to bring a stack of identifying paperwork to ensure you are who you say you are.
But to vote, all you need to do is to go in and say Yo, I’m Joey’. In order to ensure the reliability of something as important as an election, shouldn’t we put a modicum of effort into the process?
Haha, what a joke! They move all star game out of Atlanta, for political reasons, but think it’s all good to move it to a disaster zone! This world is getting crazier by the day!
Exactly how is Seattle a disaster zone?
The short answer is probably the YouTube videos he watches.
And the few YouTube videos he’s watching are in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle, where nobody in their right mind goes and hangs out at. Let him think Seattle is a disaster zone. One less idiot here to deal with
The Dodgers haven’t hosted an all star game since 1980. And only three since 1933. And only since expansion began in 61. [the aforementioned 1980].
While they will be hosting in 2022 it will be 42 years between hosting. And they have a nice, refurbished stadium, in a beautiful setting.
Well, it was only relatively recently refurbished, hence why they waited so long to bring it back to such an old ballpark. Many quality stadiums only get to host the game once soon after they’re built and then never again until they get replaced..
Land, weak take. It has been refurbished over the course of the last 10-15 years. But it was clean and well kept the entire time.
Dodger stadium is, and will always be, one of the better stadiums to watch a baseball game at.
Based upon your “analysis” the Cubs and RedSox will never be hosting an all star game again until they build new stadiums. Ridiculous.
Dodger stadium has always been kept up well. It may be older but from comments by many on this site, and elsewhere, it has always been a beautiful and well run stadium to watch a game. Lots of newer stadiums have come and gone since it was built and most were never as nice as Dodger Stadium.
By your “analysis” neither the Cubs, nor the RedSox will ever host the game until a new stadium is built. Nor should the AllStar game have ever returned to the old Yankee Stadium or the old Cleveland stadium.
And by the way Land, it wasn’t “recently” refurbished.
Why it was 42 years, there is no explanation that makes sense. Your does not.
Had anyone checked their voting laws yet? Also, what does Meghan Markle think about this decision?