The Mets won 68 games in 1983. Then, they hired Johnson to be their new manager and won 90 games in 1984. Two years later, New York, which won 108 games in the regular season, won the 1986 World Series.

The event has seen many of today’s stars participate. Former Detroit Tiger and current Philadelphia Phillie Nick Castellanos won the Larry Doby Award as the game’s MVP in 2012. Gerrit Cole, Josh Beckett, Pete Alonso and Mookie Betts are current and former MLB stars to have played in the game.