The 80th Major League Baseball All Star Game was held on July 14, 2009 at the new Busch Stadium in St Louis, Missouri in front of 46,760 fans. The American League beat the National League by a score of 4-3 in just 2 hours and 31 minutes, the shortest All Star Game in over 20 years. President Barack Obama threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Carl Crawford of the Tampa Bay Rays was the most valuable player. The National League has not beat the American League since 1996.