June 1, 2010 · Bronx Baseball Daily · Jump to comments
Article Source: Bleacher Report - New York Yankees
Major League Baseball is turning their All-Star game into a joke. A few years ago they bored us to death until the game ended without a winner.
Since then they have done some things to try to get fans excited by the game again. The first thing they did was to make the game count by giving the victorious league home field advantage in the World Series.
Unfortunately one of the newer things to do is to encourage fans to “vote early and vote often.” This has made it into a pure popularity contest.
For example, Mark Teixeira has been one of the worst first basemen in baseball so far this season, but as of right now he’s a starter in the All-Star game (not that too many Yankees fans will complain).
That was my winded intro into the current voting leaders. The Yankees are well represented too so a lot of Yankee fans must be voting early and often. I guess that happens when you win the World Series.
Here are the leading vote getters:
| 2010 MLB All-Star Balloting : American League |
| 1st Base |
| RANK |
PLAYER NAME |
AL TEAM |
TOTAL VOTES |
| 1. |
Mark Teixeira |
Yankees |
610,851 |
| 2. |
Justin Morneau |
Twins |
527,688 |
| 3. |
Miguel Cabrera |
Tigers |
402,719 |
| 4. |
Kevin Youkilis |
Red Sox |
298,332 |
| 5. |
Carlos Pena |
Rays |
232,636 |
| 2nd Base |
| RANK |
PLAYER NAME |
AL TEAM |
TOTAL VOTES |
| 1. |
Robinson Cano |
Yankees |
811,300 |
| 2. |
Dustin Pedroia |
Red Sox |
487,733 |
| 3. |
Ian Kinsler |
Rangers |
393,515 |
| 4. |
Orlando Hudson |
Twins |
252,959 |
| 5. |
Ben Zobrist |
Rays |
215,016 |
| 3rd Base |
| RANK |
PLAYER NAME |
AL TEAM |
TOTAL VOTES |
| 1. |
Evan Longoria |
Rays |
915,247 |
| 2. |
Alex Rodriguez |
Yankees |
632,268 |
| 3. |
Michael Young |
Rangers |
356,899 |
| 4. |
Adrian Beltre |
Red Sox |
190,988 |
| 5. |
Brandon Inge |
Tigers |
148,593 |
| Shortstop |
| RANK |
PLAYER NAME |
AL TEAM |
TOTAL VOTES |
| 1. |
Derek Jeter |
Yankees |
1,005,810 |
| 2. |
Elvis Andrus |
Rangers |
438,731 |
| 3. |
J.J. Hardy |
Twins |
242,586 |
| 4. |
Jason Bartlett |
Rays |
225,022 |
| 5. |
Alex Gonzalez |
Blue Jays |
213,083 |
| Catcher |
| RANK |
PLAYER NAME |
AL TEAM |
TOTAL VOTES |
| 1. |
Joe Mauer |
Twins |
1,138,286 |
| 2. |
Jorge Posada |
Yankees |
427,310 |
| 3. |
Victor Martinez |
Red Sox |
222,527 |
| 4. |
Taylor Teagarden |
Rangers |
172,510 |
| 5. |
Mike Napoli |
Angels |
131,588 |
| Designated Hitter |
| RANK |
PLAYER NAME |
AL TEAM |
TOTAL VOTES |
| 1. |
Vladimir Guerrero |
Rangers |
725,752 |
| 2. |
Hideki Matsui |
Angels |
465,615 |
| 3. |
Ken Griffey Jr. |
Mariners |
323,564 |
| 4. |
David Ortiz |
Red Sox |
235,986 |
| 5. |
Pat Burrell |
Rays |
176,801 |
| Outfield |
| RANK |
PLAYER NAME |
AL TEAM |
TOTAL VOTES |
| 1. |
Ichiro Suzuki |
Mariners |
604,675 |
| 2. |
Nelson Cruz |
Rangers |
541,052 |
| 3. |
Carl Crawford |
Rays |
532,201 |
| 4. |
Josh Hamilton |
Rangers |
462,556 |
| 5. |
Torii Hunter |
Angels |
399,283 |
| 6. |
Curtis Granderson |
Yankees |
385,353 |
| 7. |
Nick Swisher |
Yankees |
368,218 |
| 8. |
Brett Gardner |
Yankees |
364,470 |
| 9. |
B.J. Upton |
Rays |
327,102 |
| 10. |
Vernon Wells |
Blue Jays |
323,701 |
| 11. |
Bobby Abreu |
Angels |
314,365 |
| 12. |
Magglio Ordonez |
Tigers |
247,917 |
| 13. |
Michael Cuddyer |
Twins |
225,052 |
| 14. |
Johnny Damon |
Tigers |
218,988 |
| 15. |
Julio Borbon |
Rangers |
218,887 |
| Results updated: Tuesday, June 1, 2010 |
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