This is the final All-Star Game where the winning team gets home field for the World Series.
The American League is the designated home team despite the game being at a National League stadium.
There is little controversy during the singing of the canadian national anthem when Remigio Pereira a member of Tenors alters a lyric from "O Canada" by singing "We're all brothers and sisters with all matters to the great" instead of the traditional line "with glowing hearts we see thee rise the true north strong and free" in regards to the Black Lives Matter movement.