2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Date	July 12, 2005
Venue	Comerica Park
City	Detroit, Michigan
Managers	Tony La Russa (STL); Terry Francona (BOS);
MVP	Miguel Tejada (BAL)
Attendance	41,617
Ceremonial first pitch	Al Kaline and Willie Horton
Television	Fox (United States); MLB International (International)
TV announcers	Joe Buck and Tim McCarver (Fox); Dave O'Brien and Rick Sutcliffe (MLB International)
Radio	ESPN
Radio announcers	Dan Shulman and Dave Campbell
	← 2004; Major League Baseball All-Star Game; 2006 →;

The 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 76th playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 12, 2005 at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, the home of the Detroit Tigers of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 7–5,^[1] thus awarding an AL team (which eventually came to be the Chicago White Sox) home-field advantage in the 2005 World Series. In this game Rawlings first previewed the Coolflo batting helmets, which became standard the following season.^[2]

^ 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed February 3, 2024.
^ Lukas, Paul. "Uni Watch's Friday Flashback: The midsummer uni classic", ESPN, May 13, 2016. Accessed February 3, 2024 "2005: MLB and its official batting helmet supplier, Rawlings, decide to use the All-Star Game to showcase a new helmet model, called the Coolflo. With its side vents and reptilian-looking crown, the new lid is a major departure from previous baseball helmets."