Mets (reportedly) hosting 2013 All-Star game.

[axtr10]

NEW YORK -- The Mets will host the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field, according to multiple published reports. It will mark the second time in history the Mets will host the Midsummer Classic, and the first time since 1964 during Shea Stadium's inaugural season. No Major League franchise has gone longer without hosting an All-Star Game.

It will also be the first All-Star week in New York since the Yankees hosted the 2008 game in their final season at the old Yankee Stadium.

Reports of Citi Field hosting the game first leaked early last year, though neither the Mets nor Major League Baseball have acknowledged it publicly. An official announcement may not come for several months.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?...s_mlb&c_id=mlb

[JoshRedcay]

Good for them, it will be nice to see it played at Citi Field...it's been a long time for them so they deserve it.

[Jake]

It will also be the first All-Star week in New York since the Yankees hosted the 2008 game in their final season at the old Yankee Stadium.

This made me laugh a little; they make it sound as if it has been ages since New York got the All-Star Game.

I'm bummed I didn't have the money to go see the game when it was in San Francisco, especially since I wouldn't be able to take going to an All-Star Game in the So Cal area... Unless they play it at Petco, of course. That park is so due for an All-Star Game.

[diehardbrewgirl]

Unless they play it at Petco, of course. That park is so due for an All-Star Game.

I agree! The area is gorgeous and the stadium itself has so much character. I think an All-Star Game would be a lot of fun there! I'd definitely be willing to pay a chunk of money for that one.