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FAN VOTING FOR MLB ALL-STAR GAME ENDS TONIGHT
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 -- 8:40 am
Posted by Larry Hoeser, Sports Director
At this time last year, fans were pushing Ryan Braun from fourth place to first among National League outfielders in the final week of All-Star voting.
What's going to happen this year?
The deadline is fast approaching at 11:59 p.m. ET tonight to finally decide the starting position players for the 80th All-Star Game in St. Louis. Vote up to 25 times per registration until then with the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint Online Ballot at MLB.com, as voting is online-only at this point.
Fans already had recorded 163 million votes online entering this final week of balloting, representing a 15-percent increase over the comparable 2008 vote total.
The 2009 National League and American League All-Star Teams will be unveiled at 1 p.m. ET Sunday on the 2009 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show presented by Pepsi, televised nationally on TBS. The AL and NL teams each will have eight fan-elected starters. Twenty-four reserves for both squads will be determined through a combination of "Player Ballot" choices and selections made by the two All-Star managers -- Charlie Manuel of the world champion Phillies and Joe Maddon of the Rays -- in conjunction with MLB.
MLB just announced on Wednesday that rosters are being expanded from 32 to 33 players this year, with the addition of a 13th pitcher, who will be determined by those managers.
The 80th Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports
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