The first all star baseball game took place in July of 1933 in Chicago. At the time it was called the game of the century, but was so popular that it was repeated each year as the all star game. It also inspired the Negro leagues to have their own all star came in Chicago in september of 1933. The origial idea came from a sports writer for the Chicago Tribune. This was the depth of the depression, and when the depression began it was first thought that professional baseball was depression proof, but by 1933 atendance began to drop as more people were out of work and could not afford to go to games. The teams were chosen by ballots that were printed in newspapers and that people mailed in.
