The 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 73rd playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues that make up Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 9, 2002 at Miller Park, now named American Family Field, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the home of the Milwaukee Brewers of the NL. The game controversially ended with a 7–7 tie due to both teams running out of available pitchers. Beginning the next year, home field advantage in the World Series would be awarded to the winning league to prevent ties (this rule would stay until 2017).

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2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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Date	July 9, 2002
Venue	Miller Park
City	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Managers	Joe Torre (NYY) Bob Brenly (ARI)
Attendance	41,871
Ceremonial first pitch	Warren Spahn, Hank Aaron, Robin Yount and Paul Molitor
Television	Fox (United States) MLB International (International)
TV announcers	Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Fox) Gary Thorne and Ken Singleton (MLB International)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell
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No player was awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) Award due to the game ending in a tie. The roster selection for the 2002 game marked the inaugural All-Star Final Vote competition (then known as "The All-Star 30th Man" competition). Johnny Damon and Andruw Jones represented the American and National Leagues as a result of this contest.

Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

The Home Run Derby took place on July 8 with eight players, four from each league, competing to try to hit as many home runs as possible.

• Giambi defeated Konerko in a blast off, similar to penalty shots

• Before the game, Red Sox All-Stars Nomar Garciaparra, Johnny Damon and Ugueth Urbina unveiled a No. 9 (in honor of Ted Williams, who died a few days earlier) painted into the grass in left field—the position the "Splendid Splinter" patrolled in 19 All-Star Games while playing for Boston. It was also the introduction of the uniform change for the Red Sox, adding a black "9" and black armband on the right sleeve of the jersey, for the remainder of the 2002 season.
• Davey Lopes was not selected as an NL coach, due to him being fired by the Brewers in mid April.
• In the bottom of the first inning, Torii Hunter made a leaping catch of what would have been a home run by Barry Bonds. Initially lauded as a great play, the catch took on extra significance when the game ended in a tie and the play was voted the play of the year on MLB.com. Bonds hit one out later in the game to make sure that Torii couldn't rob him again.
• In Bernie's Dugout above left field, mascots from multiple MLB teams joined Bernie and pushed each other down the slide every time a home run was made.
• When Freddy García batted in the 11th inning, he wore a Chicago White Sox helmet; coincidentally, he was traded to the White Sox two years later.
• With the American League having five shortstops and one second baseman, Omar Vizquel came off the bench to play second base.
• After the first out was recorded in the bottom of the 11th, public address announcer Robb Edwards announced the decision that if the National League did not score, the game would end in a tie. They did not, and it did. When the game was called, the fans started the Bad News Bears chant of "Let them Play!, Let them Play!" to no avail.
• Joe Buck and Tim McCarver stated that if the American League had won, Paul Konerko would have been named MVP, and if the National League had won, Damian Miller would have been named MVP.
• Throughout the game, both managers wore microphones to converse with Buck, McCarver, and each other.