July 19th, 1982
On this day in 1982, in front of 29,000 enthusiastic fans at Washington’s RFK Stadium, the American League beats the NL in the first-ever Old-timer’s All-Star Classic, 7-2. Warren Spahn gives up a leadoff homer, over the shortened left-field fence, to 75-year old Luke Appling, a Hall of Fame infielder who played his entire career with the White Sox.