Top 10 MLB All-Star Games of all-time

UNITED STATES - JULY 11: Fans stand as the national anthem is sung at the beginning of the MLB All-Star game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, July 11th, 2006. Michael Young of the Texas Rangers hit a two-run triple with two outs in the ninth inning as the American League rallied for a 3-2 victory last night in Major League Baseball's All-Star Game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. (Photo by Kevin Lorenzi/Bloomberg via Getty Images) /

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PITTSBURGH, PA – JULY 11: American League All-Star Miguel Tejada /

3. 2006 All-Star Game

Another game with late-inning drama, the 2006 All-Star Game came eight years into the American League’s long streak of wins over the National League in the 2000s, again giving the game the intrigue of whether the streak would continue onward in another competitive game that continued to highlight the still new homefield advantage dynamic of the All-Star Game.

In a game that featured early runs, the National League would hold a 3-2 lead from the third inning all the way to the top of the ninth where Trevor Hoffman would come in trying to earn a save that would end the AL’s streak.

Hoffman looked lights out to start the ninth, grabbing two outs to start the inning, but would allow a rally for the ages. Paul Konerko giving the AL life with a single before a Troy Glaus ground rule double would set up Michael Young to be the hero with a two-run, two-out triple that would put the AL in front. Mariano Rivera coming in for the bottom of the ninth to earn the save and yet another win for the American League.

Young’s heroics to continue the streak with the AL down to their final out makes this game the best All-Star Game of the 2000s as one of the true classics of the event as after blowing a game with two outs you couldn’t help but wonder if the National League would ever win the game again.

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