By Jeremy Kahn

After moving from the Nation’s Capital of Washington, DC to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul in 1961, the newly anointed Minnesota Twins were forced to wait five years to hold the annual All-Star game in their stadium.

On July 13, 1965, the Twins hosted the All-Star Game at the old Metropolitan Stadium in Downtown Minneapolis, where such San Francisco Giants like Willie Mays and Juan Marichal would play in the annual midsummer classic.

It would be a homecoming of sorts for Mays, who as a 20-year old played his minor league baseball for the Minneapolis Millers before being recalled by the New York Giants in 1951 and the rest is baseball history.

Marichal was named the starter by National League and Philadelphia Phillies manager Gene Mauch, and the future Hall of Famer pitched the first three innings without allowing a base runner to reach base.

After moving from the Nation’s Capital of Washington, DC to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis-St. Paul in 1961, the newly anointed Minnesota Twins were forced to wait five years to hold the annual All-Star game in their stadium.

On July 13, 1965, the Twins hosted the All-Star Game at the old Metropolitan Stadium in Downtown Minneapolis, where such San Francisco Giants like Willie Mays and Juan Marichal would play in the annual midsummer classic.

It would be a homecoming of sorts for Mays, who as a 20-year old played his minor league baseball for the Minneapolis Millers before being recalled by the New York Giants in 1951 and the rest is baseball history.

Marichal was named the starter by National League and Philadelphia Phillies manager Gene Mauch, and the future Hall of Famer pitched the first three innings without allowing a base runner to reach base.

In those three innings of work, Marichal retired Dick McAuliffe, Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Rocky Colavito, Willie Horton, Felix Mantilla, Vic Davalillo, Earl Battey and pinch hitter Al Kaline and he allowed only a base hit to Davalillo.

By allowing just one hit in those three innings of work, Marichal was named as the Most Valuable Player.

Mays played the entire game in centerfield, and went 2-for-3 against American League pitching, including a home run off of Milt Pappas to leadoff the game for the National League, as the National League would go on to defeat the American League 6-5 before a crowd of 46,706 at Metropolitan Stadium.

Twenty years later on July 16, 1985, the four-year old Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome would host the All-Star Game and only one member of the Giants was named as a representative to the team that team, as the Giants would end the season with a 62-100 record.

Pitcher Scott Garrelts was the only representative on the team, and as fate would have it, Garrelts did not get into the game that evening.

Now that both the old Metropolitan Stadium and the Metrodome are no more, the 85th annual All-Star Game will make its triumphant return to the Twin Cities and Target Field and three members of the Giants family will be represented in the pregame introductions.

Madison Bumgarner, Tim Hudson and Hunter Pence will the 2014 team at Target Field.

Unfortunately, Bumgarner will not be able to pitch in the game, as he pitched on Sunday in an 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at AT&T Park, a game where he hit his third home run of the season and second grand slam.

Hudson, who joined the Giants this offseason was named as a replacement for Bumgarner, and will be participating in his fourth All-Star Game and first since 2010.

Pence was named as a reserve to the team by National League manager and former Giants catcher Mike Matheny, who is the manager of the reigning National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals.

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In those three innings of work, Marichal retired Dick McAuliffe, Brooks Robinson, Harmon Killebrew, Rocky Colavito, Willie Horton, Felix Mantilla, Vic Davalillo, Earl Battey and pinch hitter Al Kaline and he allowed only a base hit to Davalillo.

By allowing just one hit in those three innings of work, Marichal was named as the Most Valuable Player.

Mays played the entire game in centerfield, and went 2-for-3 against American League pitching, including a home run off of Milt Pappas to leadoff the game for the National League, as the National League would go on to defeat the American League 6-5 before a crowd of 46,706 at Metropolitan Stadium.

Twenty years later on July 16, 1985, the four-year old Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome would host the All-Star Game and only one member of the Giants was named as a representative to the team that team, as the Giants would end the season with a 62-100 record.

Pitcher Scott Garrelts was the only representative on the team, and as fate would have it, Garrelts did not get into the game that evening.

Now that both the old Metropolitan Stadium and the Metrodome are no more, the 85th annual All-Star Game will make its triumphant return to the Twin Cities and Target Field and three members of the Giants family will be represented in the pregame introductions.

Madison Bumgarner, Tim Hudson and Hunter Pence will the 2014 team at Target Field.

Unfortunately, Bumgarner will not be able to pitch in the game, as he pitched on Sunday in an 8-4 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at AT&T Park, a game where he hit his third home run of the season and second grand slam.

Hudson, who joined the Giants this offseason was named as a replacement for Bumgarner, and will be participating in his fourth All-Star Game and first since 2010.

Pence was named as a reserve to the team by National League manager and former Giants catcher Mike Matheny, who is the manager of the reigning National League Champion St. Louis Cardinals.