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Article: There was no bigger star than Willie Mays.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- July 10, 2007
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Byline: Mark Purdy
SAN FRANCISCO _ Willie Mays supplied the emotion in a pregame ceremony. Ichiro Suzuki supplied the speed on an inside-the-park home run. San Francisco and AT&T Park supplied the Bay Area scenery in the most postcard-ready baseball All-Star Game ever.
Now, if Mays in his prime had been available to field the ball Suzuki hit off the right-field wall . . . well, then Tuesday night's result might have been different. The National League might even have won.
As it was, after the American League's 5-4 victory, Seattle outfielder Suzuki became the first Japanese player to win the game's MVP award _ and the first player of any ...