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MLB All-Star Game 2015: 5 most memorable All-Star Game performances

By Will Osgood

Jun 24, 2015; Milwaukee, WI, USA; An All Star Game banner hangs in the outfield prior to the game between the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. Milwaukee won 4-1. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 24, 2015; Milwaukee, WI, USA; An All Star Game banner hangs in the outfield prior to the game between the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers at Miller Park. Milwaukee won 4-1. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports /
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Carl Hubbell strikes out five Hall of Famers in a row at 1934 All-Star Game

As was mentioned in a previous slide, Pedro Martinez in the 1999 All-Star Game struck out five hitters in two innings against a lineup which featured, in my opinion, five players who should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame, and two others who were so good they’re just on the outside looking in for such recognition.

Much of the discussion of that group, and in comparison to the group we’ll discuss in a moment, revolves around politics and one’s feelings about the impact of performing enhancing drugs on player’s performances in baseball.

What is firmly true is the fact in the 1934 All-Star Game Carl Hubbell  of the New York Giants struck out five consecutive Hall of Famers in just the second ever MLB All-Star Game.

He started the game giving up a leadoff single by Charlie Gehringer, who then was ushered to second on an outfield error. Apparently Hubbell had visions of grandeur, or insanity, as he then walked the next hitter to set himself up for the fearsome combination of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Jimmie Foxx.

He turned to a screwball, which flustered that Hall of Fame trio. Apparently they had never seen it before, or at least not one as good as the one Hubbell had on that day.

He set the Hall of Fame trio down in order. In the second inning, he struck out two more Hall of Fame hitters–though lesser known names to us now: Al Simmons and Joe Cronin.

It is not clear which pitcher’s performance was better–Hubbell’s or Martinez’s. What is clear is both were amazing, among the finest performances we’ve ever seen in an All-Star Game.

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