All-stars fenway-bound Harrington strikes deal for '99 game By Gordon Edes, Globe Staff, 07/13/97 The 1999 All-Star Game will be awarded to Boston, sources said yesterday, as the result of an agreement struck between Red Sox CEO John Harrington and acting commissioner Bud Selig, owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. The official announcement is expected within a week. The 1999 game originally had been promised to Milwaukee, which is building a new stadium for the Brewers. But the new stadium, Miller Park, will not be ready in time, so Selig was granted permission by his fellow owners to try to work out a deal with another club. The Red Sox had been promised that they would host the game in the year 2001, the 100th anniversary of the franchise. But last week during the All-Star Game in Cleveland, sources say, Harrington and Selig agreed to make the switch. The 1998 game is scheduled for Denver. The game is played in alternate years in American League and National League parks. The Red Sox would not confirm that an agreement has been reached. "The Red Sox have been working very hard the last few years for the fans and city to bring the All-Star Game to the city of Boston,'' Red Sox spokesman Kevin Shea said. "As the oldest park in the league, we'd love to have the game by the end of the millennium. But any decision or announcement must be made by the American League office.'' The last All-Star Game played in Boston was in 1961. It ended in a 1-1 10-inning tie, with rain preventing its completion. The only other All-Star Game played here was in 1946, a 12-0 American League win in which Ted Williams went 4 for 4 and hit two home runs.