Question: What was the average length of a baseball game between AL teams in 1997?
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The 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 68th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball.
The game was held on July 8, 1997 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio, the home of the Cleveland Indians of the American League.
The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 3-1. 
 "See also: Major League Baseball Wild Card, List of AL Wildcard winners, List of NL Wildcard winners, and Major League Baseball division winners (and wild-card winners)" Major League Baseball.
In Major League Baseball (MLB), wild-card playoff spots are given to the two teams in each league (four overall) with the best records among the non-division winners.
The initial wild-card format was implemented after MLB expanded to 28 teams and realigned its two leagues to each have three divisions.
Since a three-team playoff would require one team to receive a bye, the wild card was created to allow a fourth team.
The wild card has been in effect since 1995, although it was to be used in 1994; the postseason was canceled due to the players' strike.
In 2012, a second wild card was added to each league.
The two wild card teams in each league face each other in a one-game playoff, with the winner facing the number 1 seed in the Division Series.
The advantages of the wild card format are that it allows a second- (or third-) place team a chance to win the World Series, even if there is a dominant division winner.
As the wild cards are not awarded by division, the additional teams are part of league-wide races for the fourth and fifth spots.
Critics of the wild card, such as broadcaster Bob Costas in his book "Fair Ball: A Fan's Case for Baseball", have argued that, of the four major North American sports, baseball, having the most regular-season games (now 162), places the largest importance on the regular season, and the wild cards diminish the importance of the regular season by permitting a "second banana" team to make the playoffs, and that while it creates a league-wide race, it is for second place (and maybe third place) in a division, and takes away what would otherwise be a pennant race between first- and second-place teams, and can lead to teams playing for the wild card rather than to win the division.
The second wild card was added in 2012 to address the issue of teams being content to rest players and win the wild card instead of trying to win the division.
Also, because of the "sudden-death" round, these teams often use their best starting pitcher, leaving them unavailable for much of the Division Series.
A wild-card team must surrender home-field advantage the first two rounds of the playoffs.
For the World Series, however, home-field advantage is determined beforehand, without reference to wild-card status.
Prior to 2003, it was decided by alternating each year between the American and National Leagues.
Since 2003, it has been granted to the winner of the All-Star Game.
In the 2002 World Series, both the Anaheim Angels and the San Francisco Giants were wild-card teams.
The World Series champions in 1997, 2003, 2004 and 2011 were also wild-card teams. 
Minor League Baseball.
Aberdeen has been home to three minor league baseball teams since 1920.
The Aberdeen Boosters, a class D league team, played in 1920, the Aberdeen Grays, also a class D team, played from 1921 to 1923.
The class C Aberdeen Pheasants from 1946 to 1971, and 1995 to 1997.
The Pheasants were the affiliate of the former St. Louis Browns (current Baltimore Orioles).
Aberdeen was a stop to the majors for such notable players as Don Larsen (perfect game in the World Series), Lou Piniella (AL rookie of the year with Kansas City Royals in 1969), and Jim Palmer, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles. 
Jacob Nelson "Nellie" Fox (December 25, 1927 – December 1, 1975) was an American professional baseball player.
He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a second baseman on three teams, primarily the Chicago White Sox, from 1947 through 1965.
He was the American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1959 and was an American League All-Star for 12 seasons (15 games).
Fox was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997. 
"Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball" was a baseball video game released in North America during the years of 1991 and 1992 for the NES, Game Boy, Super NES, and Sega Genesis.
All of the ballplayers have the likenesses and abilities of the 1991 Major League Baseball players they represent.
However, since the game is not licensed by the Major League Baseball Players Association, the only player whose name appears in the game is, of course, AL Cy Young Award Winner Roger Clemens.
The 26 teams featured in the game correspond to the 1991 MLB teams as well, though team nicknames have been changed due to the lack of an MLB license as well.
The game was released in Japan as .
Kingsley Thurber, the composer for Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball, also did the music for the Super NES version of Mortal Kombat along with Virtual Bart, Looney Tunes Basketball and various WWF video games.