That's a lovely story. The first all-star game in 1951 had 20 players, 8 from losing teams. But there were only 12 teams, so maybe that's not fair.
1968 : 12 teams in the league, 8 of the 24 players were from teams with losing records.
1969 : We're up to 14 teams. 8 out of 24, 3 of them from...