San Diego Padres, Petco Park will host 2016 MLB All-Star Game

The 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game is headed to San Diego and will be hosted by the San Diego Padres

On Thursday morning, the San Diego Padres announced they will be the host of the 2016 MLB All-Star Game on twitter.

According to CBS Sports, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig was very happy with the All-Star Game heading to San Diego.

“San Diego is one of America’s most beautiful cities, and showcasing Petco Park in its thriving downtown will be a remarkable opportunity for the Padres franchise and all of Major League Baseball,” Selig said.

The last time the Padres hosted the All-Star Game was in 1992, but 2016 will be the first time the All-Star Game is played at Petco Park.

According to CBS Sports, the MLB All-Star Game typically swiches between Leagues. One year, the American League will host the event. The next year, the National League hosts the event. However, the National League will now host the All-Star Game two consecutive years in a row, with Cincinnati hosting the event in 2015 and then San Diego in 2016. The Washington Nationals or Baltimore Orioles are the likely favorites to host the All-Star Game in 2017, but they are in a dispute with each other and the league over TV rights.

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The All-Star announcement comes on the heels of a great offseason for the Padres, in which they added former MVP outfielder Matt Kemp from the Los Angeles Dodgers, outfielder Will Myers from the Tampa Bay Rays, and outfielder Justin Upton from the Atlanta Braves. Maybe, by 2016, the Padres will be good again!

Hopefully, one, if not all three, of those the Padres offseason acquisitions will be playing in the All-Star Game that will be played at Petco Park.

In honor of the All-Star Game’s Home Run Derby, I’d like to propose the fences be moved in at Petco Park. In 2014, Petco Park had the fewest number of home runs hit at a Major League park, and it’s always one of the hardest parks for hitters to get the ball out of the yard.

So, unless the MLB wants to feed steroids to the participants of the Home Run Derby, I would suggest bringing in those fences, or it will be the worst Home Run Derby in the history of baseball. No one wants to watch that, right?

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