PHILADELPHIA — Bombs burst in the air, and one even landed in the seats at Citizens Bank Park.
Yet for almost the entirety of this 96th All-Star Game, all was quiet on the banks of the Delaware during the American League's 4-0 throttling of their National League counterparts in the first Midsummer Classic in Philadelphia since 1996.
Major League Baseball and the City of Brotherly Love went all in on America 250 – from quills to bike rides to Hologram Ray Charles and Patti LaBelle, all of which seemed to go over pretty well.
The baseball?
That was a much quieter affair, as you'll discover when we break down the winners and losers of this annual midseason meeting:
Yet for almost the entirety of this 96th All-Star Game, all was quiet on the banks of the Delaware during the American League's 4-0 throttling of their National League counterparts in the first Midsummer Classic in Philadelphia since 1996.
Major League Baseball and the City of Brotherly Love went all in on America 250 – from quills to bike rides to Hologram Ray Charles and Patti LaBelle, all of which seemed to go over pretty well.
The baseball?
That was a much quieter affair, as you'll discover when we break down the winners and losers of this annual midseason meeting:
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