Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is expected to make an official announcement on Wednesday, according to the report. It will be the first time since 1989 that the game has been played in Southern California and the third time that the Angels have hosted the event.
"The city will be getting ready for it -- restaurants, businesses, everything," outfielder Torii Hunter said before Friday's game against the White Sox in Chicago, according to The Associated Press. "It's exciting. How much excitement can you have out there? Can you have anymore than what you already have?"
Dodger Stadium has hosted the All-Star Game once, in 1980, while Angels Stadium also hosted the game in 1967.
The 1989 game was highlighted by former Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan getting the win and Bo Jackson hitting a 448-foot home run and being named the game's most valuable player. Losing pitcher John Smoltz is the only active player remaining from that game.
"That was unreal," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia, an All-Star catcher for the Dodgers that year, according to The AP. "I was making my way down to the bullpen, and all of a sudden, the first pitch is made and he crushed it. It was way up there in center field."
According to the report, the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are planning renovations and improvements at Dodger Stadium to coincide with its 50th anniversary in 2012, are aiming at landing the 2013 game.
The Dodgers are expected to be awarded the finals of next year's World Baseball Classic, but Selig does not plan to make any announcement about the WBC on Wednesday, the Times reported.
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