The 1984 All-Star Game at the ‘Stick

The mid-1980s were a rough period for Bay Area baseball, but the 1984 All-Star Game was a bright spot.

In the 1970s and 1980s, when I first began my life as a baseball fan, the All-Star Game was special in a way that is no longer true today. The two leagues were much more distinct then, so the opportunity to see the best players from each league face off against each other was a baseball treat. The only time we got to see Joe Morgan bat against Jim Palme…