Fenway Park will turn 100 in 2012 and the Red Sox wanted to host the All-Star Game as part of the celebration.  The game however was awarded to Kanas City.  ESPN's Rob Neyer thinks MLB made the right choice:

More to the point, I think, is that there are a few teams with absolutely no use for the All-Star Game, and the Red Sox are one of them. They've sold out 550 straight games. Do they really need an All-Star Game when they send out their season-ticket pitches this winter? No. In fact they don't need to send out pitches at all, as I'm sure the waiting list for season tickets won't be exhausted until well into the next decade.

The game would have been nice but the Red Sox have shown that they can do celebrations right.

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Section 36 said:

	... Having been to many Red Sox celebrations at Fenway, I have no doubt that the Sox will put on quite a show, even without the All-Star game. It sure would have been nice. But, this way the team will have full control over any on-field festivities...and won't have to invite any Yankees.
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Matt O'Donnell said:

	... Although the Yankees (Highlanders) were there on the day Fenway opened in 1912. Of course the Red Sox won.
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