Yankees Well Represented in All-Star Voting

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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