The last time San Diego fans had a chance to watch the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in their hometown, there was a Clinton serving as President of the United States. The year was 1992, the park was Jack Murphy Stadium, and the president was Bill Clinton.

Now, as the Midsummer Classic returns to San Diego twenty-four years later, a few changes have taken place. The place is called Petco Park, the game really counts, and Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee for president.

This year, as in 1992, there will be many stars on both benches and all teams will be represented. The lone member of the Padres, who are in last place in the NL West, will be first baseman Wil Myers.

The Padres were doing much better in 1992, when at the All-Star break they were five games over .500 and just a few games behind in their division. They would finish 82-80, good enough for third place in the NL West.

Interestingly, the managers on the All-Star lists at the time were from the two teams with the worst records so far in 2016. Tom Kelly was the captain of the 1991 World Series champion Minnesota Twins, now the carriers. of the fewest wins on the AL Senior Circuit was led by Bobby Cox of the Atlanta Braves, who currently have the worst record in the National League.

Kelly’s team emerged victorious, just as it had in the World Series eight months earlier. Seattle’s Ken Griffey Jr. was the Most Valuable Player, going three for three with a double and a home run. Oakland outfielder Ruben Sierra also homered for the American League, which won the game 13-6.

The hometown Padres had two players in the National League starting lineup, highlighted by future Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn. His teammate Fred McGriff, a starter at first base, contributed two hits in three at-bats.

Two former Padres also had multiple hits in the game, pleasing the home crowd. Infielder Bip Roberts went 2-for-2 with a pair of runs scored, and outfielder John Kruk also had two hits.

Texas pitcher Kevin Brown, who would join the Padres a few years later, retired all three batters in the first inning to earn the victory for the Future AL Hall of Fame. Braves lefty Tom Glavine gave up five runs in the first, which tagged him for the loss.

The total of nineteen runs scored was the most in an All-Star Game since the 1954 contest at Cleveland Stadium, when Casey Stengel’s club beat Walter Alston and the National League by eleven to nine. Only once since 1992 has the game seen as many runs as it did in 1992, and that was at Coors Field in Denver. The AL scored thirteen runs compared to the eight produced by their opponents in that 1998 contest.