American League Fans Love Longoria

Tampa Bay Rays 3rd Baseman Evan Longoria is challenging Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees as the most popular player in the American League. Longoria is the leading vote - getter for the American League All Star team but not by much. Longoria has totalled 1,560,358 votes while Jeter's numbers stand at 1,511,418 votes. Don't worry, I'm sure both will have a sizeable bonus in their paychecks for making the All-Star team.


Here are the returns:

First Basemen

1. Mark Teixeira - Yankees 833,960 Votes
2. Kevin Youkilis - Red Sox 832,751
3. Justin Morneau - Twins 729,175
4. Miguel Cabrera - Tigers 649,955
5. Chris Davis - Rangers 461,183

Second Basemen

1. Ian Kinsler - Rangers 1,173,494 Votes
2. Dustin Pedroia - Red Sox 923,416
3. Robinson Cano - Yankees 624,394
4. Aaron Hill - Blue Jays 536,612
5. Placido Polanco - Tigers 424,889

Third Basemen

1. Evan Longoria - Rays 1,560,358 Votes
2. Alex Rodriguez - Yankees 678,227
3. Michael Young - Rangers 655,398
4. Mike Lowell - Red Sox 438,123
5. Scott Rolen - Blue Jays 369,517

Shortstops

1. Derek Jeter - Yankees 1,511,418 Votes
2. Jason Bartlett - Rays 698,095
3. Elvis Andrus - Rangers 584,462
4. Marco Scutaro - Blue Jays 471,298
5. Cesar Izturis - Orioles 261,953

Outfielders

1. Jason Bay - Red Sox 1,101,649 Votes
2. Josh Hamilton - Rangers 989,710
3. Ichiro Suzuki -Mariners 794,104

Source: Major League Baseball

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Pujols & Utley Neck-&-Neck In NL All Star Votes

Some of the votes have been counted for the National League All-Star team and its a close call between Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals and Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies. Pujols has collected 1,751,945 votes while Utley has 1,749,457, a difference of 2,488 votes.

If the votes hold up their will be a lot of red caps on the National League team as 3 players from the Phillies and 2 from the Cardinals hold the lead in their positions.

For the Phils, of course Utley is tops among the 2nd baseman, Raul Ibañez leads the outfielders and Jimmy Rollins has the most votes at the shortstop position.

Pujols is running away with the race at 1st base and his Cardinal teammate Yadier Molina holds a slight lead over Brian McCann of the Atlanta Braves. By the way the 80th MLB All Star Game will be in Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

Here are the breakdowns.

1st Basemen:
1. Albert Pujols - Cardinals, 1,751,945 Votes
2. Ryan Howard - Phillies, 876,149
3. Prince Fielder - Brewers, 697,456
4. Adrian Gonzalez - Padres, 473,060
5. Joey Votto - Reds, 323,791

Catchers:

1. Yadier Molina - Cardinals, 874,329 Votes

2. Brian McCann - Braves, 660,523
3. Ivan Rodriguez - Astros, 625,389
4. Jason Kendall - Brewers, 619,954
5. Carlos Ruiz - Phillies, 599,167

2nd Basemen:

1. Chase Utley - Phillies, 1,749,457 Votes
2. Orlando Hudson - Dodgers, 735,973
3. Rickie Weeks - Brewers, 560,670
4. Skip Schumaker - Cardinals, 425,636

5. Brandon Phillips - Reds, 302,035

Shortstops:
1. Jimmy Rollins - Phillies, 936,377 Votes
2. Hanley Ramirez - Marlins, 871,917
3. J.J. Hardy - Brewers, 662,474
4. Jose Reyes - Mets, 526,591
5. Miguel Tejada - Astros, 462,941

3rd Basemen:

1. David Wright - Mets, 994,855 Votes
2. Ryan Zimmerman - Nationals, 747,380
3. Chipper Jones - Braves, 640,598
4. Pedro Feliz - Phillies, 598,563

5. Bill Hall - Brewers, 551,202

Outfielders:

1. Raul Ibañez - Phillies, 1,415,493 Votes

2. Ryan Braun - Brewers, 1,269,033
3. Carlos Beltran - Mets, 1,092,516
4. Alfonso Soriano - Cubs, 1,078,904

Source: Major League Baseball

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