Montreal Expos Tim Raines takes a lead on the Oakland A’s first baseman Mark McGwire at the July 14, 1987 MLB All Star at the Oakland Coliseum (photo from Athletics Nation)

2024: The Final Season of the Oakland Coliseum (Part IV) -The 1987 All-Star Game

That’s Amaury News and Commentary

By Amaury Pi-González

When a city with a Major League team gets the privilege to host an All-Star Game, it is a big win for that city. It is a showcase to the rest of the country and, especially now that baseball is more international than ever, to the whole world.

The 58th All-Star Game at the Oakland-Alameda Coliseum took place on July 14, 1987. The National League defeated the American League 2-1 in 13 innings in front of 49,671 fans. Tim Raines of the Montreal Expos won the MVP (The capacity of the Coliseum in 1987 was 50,000) A’s Franchise All-Star Games: The A’s franchise has hosted an All-Star Game in the three cities they have played since 1901.

In 1945 Philadelphia Shibe Park; in 1960, Kansas City Municipal Stadium and in 1987, Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. All-Star Roster (familiar faces) The American League roster had such players as first baseman Mark McGwire of the Oakland A’s, who won the Rookie of the Year that season and by the All Star Game “Big Mac” had shocked everybody with 33 homers, in the first half, something that hadn’t been done in the major league since, another A’s by the name of Reginaldo Martínez Jackson (mostly known as Reggie Jackson) also Hall of Fame player Rickey Henderson, but with the New York Yankees uniform, relief pitcher Jay Howell of the Oakland A’s and infielder Kevin Seitzer representing Kansas City, who also played for the A’s.

(Off field happenings in Oakland) In 1987, the threat of a strike in Oakland was averted. 300 Oakland Coliseum food workers were settled on Saturday (just three days before the game on Tuesday the 14th). Oakland Mayor Lionel Wilson and county officials sat in on that Saturday’s talk with the Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union, and they all agreed.

The 1987 MLB All-Star Game was the first and only All-Star Game hosted by Oakland during the 56 years of the Oakland A’s at the Coliseum. The 94th annual Midsummer Classic will be held July 16, 2024 at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas,home of the World Champion Texas Rangers.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the lead play by play voice on the Oakland A’s Spanish radio network at 1010 KIQI San Francisco and 990 KATD Pittsburg and does News and Commentary at http://www.sportsradioservice.com