Some interesting All-Star notes looking at how Senators, Orioles and Nats have fared in Midsummer Classic

As the All-Star Game approaches, here's everything you wanted to know, in chronological order, about the game's history in Minnesota, Washington, D.C., and Baltimore: * The 1937 All-Star Game was in Washington's Griffith Stadium, now the site of Howard University Hospital. Franklin Roosevelt threw out the first pitch, becoming the first president to do so at an All-Star Game. The American League won 8-3 as Lou Gehrig hit a home run with Joe DiMaggio on base. Another Yankee, Lefty Gomez, picked up the win, giving him three wins in the first four All-Star Games. The game is remembered, though, for Earl Averill's line drive off the toe of National League pitcher Dizzy Dean, baseball's biggest star after Babe Ruth's retirement. Dean's toe was broken, but the Cardinals rushed him back. The injury affected his delivery, his arm was hurt and his career was over. * The NL won 7-3 at Griffith Stadium in 1956 as four future Hall of Famers - Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams -hit home runs before a crowd of 28,843. * The Orioles' first All-Star in 1954, their first season in Baltimore, was pitcher Bob Turley, who was never used by manager Casey Stengel in the AL's 11-9 win in Cleveland. Turley wasn't exactly on fire as the first half ended; he lost four of six decisions, including a game where he walked 11 batters in a 12-inning complete game against Boston. * The first All-Star Game in Baltimore was in 1958 before 48,829 fans at Memorial Stadium. Stengel started Turley, then a Yankee. The Orioles' Gus Triandos started as the AL catcher and had one of the nine AL singles. The game was unique because there were no extra-base hits. The AL won 4-3 as Orioles pitcher Billy O'Dell retired the final nine NL batters. * In 1962, Washington hosted at D.C. Stadium, now RFK Stadium. The NL won 3-1 behind the speed of Maury Wills and he was given the first MVP in All-Star history. President John Kennedy threw out the first pitch. * In 1965, at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium, now the Mall of America, the Orioles' Milt Pappas was the AL starter and gave up home runs to Willie Mays leading off and Joe Torre in the first inning. The NL won 6-5 with a roster that included Roberto Clemente, Hank Aaron, Willie Stargell, Pete Rose, Ernie Banks and Maury Wills. Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax and Bob Gibson each pitched for the NL. * In 1969, at RFK Stadium, the Senators, playing well under manager Ted Williams, had two players on the AL team, Frank Howard and lefty reliever Darold Knowles, a former Orioles prospect. Howard, who had 34 home runs in the Senators' first 100 games, hit a home run to center versus Steve Carlton and Knowles got two groundball outs against Don Kessinger and Matty Alou. It was Knowles' only All-Star appearance. A crowd of 45,259 watched the NL's 9-3 win. * Frank Howard went 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter in Washington's final contribution to an AL All-Star team in the NL's 6-4 win in Detroit in 1971. * In 1985, the Twins hosted in the Metrodome - affectionately known as the Homer Dome - but no home runs were hit, although this was the site of the first All-Star home-run hitting contest. The Orioles' Eddie Murray and Cal Ripken Jr. hit fourth and fifth in the AL lineup and went a combined 1-for-6. Cincinnati's Dave Parker hit six home runs to win first Home Run Derby. Murray was third. * The AL won 9-3 at Camden Yards in 1993. Orioles pitcher Mike Mussina didn't play and warmed up in the ninth inning, causing controversy. AL manager Cito Gaston said that Mussina would have pitched if the game had gone extra innings. Orioles shortstop Ripken was 0-for-3, but got a two-minute standing ovation before the game, and called it the No. 1 moment in his career. * After moving from Montreal before the 2005 campaign, the Nationals' first All-Star was pitcher Livan Hernandez, who pitched one inning in 2005 at Detroit, giving up a two-run single to Ichiro Suzuki. Later in the inning, Hernandez picked Suzuki off first base. The AL won 7-5. * The next All-Star Game in the mid-Atlantic could be at Camden Yards in 2016. Cincinnati has the 2015 game. The Nationals and Miami are competing to host in 2017, but if the Orioles get the 2016 game, the Nationals' chances for the Midsummer Classic in 2017 diminish, since Major League Baseball likely wouldn't award the game to cities 35 miles apart in consecutive years.