Mid-Summer Classic returning to the Bronx

Buster Olney is reporting on ESPN.com that the 2008 All-Star Game will be played at Yankee Stadium.

The game is usually played in an American League park during even-numbered years. And 2008 is scheduled to be the final year for the House That Ruth Built. The new Yankee Stadium is planned to open across the street from the old ballpark in 2009.

It would seem the folks at Major League Baseball thought playing the All-Star game in the Bronx would be a fitting way to help usher out the historic stadium that was first built in 1923 and later extensively remodeled in 1976.

No official announcement has been made yet, but it's expected in the days ahead.

The last time Yankee Stadium hosted the All-Star Game was in 1977.