Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd…Here this classic song with thousands of others as avid baseball fans fill the stands at the 2009 Major League Baseball (MLB) All Star Game. This is the game when players, who normally are competitors, come together to represent their respective National League or American League. This non-stop, action packed game features the best MLB athletes, which gives you the elite game of the year. And players from each league play with passion and guts because the winning league gets home field advantage in the upcoming World Series Game. In 2009, the All Star Game will be played at Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, home of the St. Louis Cardinals. On July 14, 2009, MLB regular season games cease and top players from around the country will head to Saint Louis to represent their league with pride. The annual exhibition game, played symbolically at MLB’s mid season, will mark the 80th of its kind. And for 80 years, fans have packed the stadium joining together while supporting and cheering on MLB’s best players. Fans, players, coaches, and managers vote for the selected 32 players. Fans vote for the starting position players at MLB games and on the Internet. Players, coaches, and managers vote for eight pitchers and filling the roster up to 31 players is then left up to the managers and the Commissioner’s Office. Finally, from a list of five, the fans vote for one last player. These 32 players from each league make up a team filled with depth, talent, and diversity making both the National and American teams a dream team.

Lately, the dream teams from the American League have been reigning supreme as they have won the title for 11 years in a row with one tie. The league that hasn’t lost since 1997 has a total of 37 W’s while the National League has 40 with the teams tying twice. Since the inception of the home field advantage rule, where the league that wins gets home field advantage in the World Series, the American League has capitalized on this for six straight seasons. This makes the prize oh so much sweeter. Don’t stay home and watch the game on TV. Make it a memorable trip and head to the great state of New York to watch the best of the best play together in the annual MLB All Star Championship Game. And Premium Seats USA will make you feel like an All Star placing you in the best seats at Busch Stadium. Which way will you cheer? American or National? Either way, you’re bound to see one of the most exciting games of the year!