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Voting is underway for this year’s All-Star Game which will take place in St. Louis on July 14th. Below are the balloting totals as of Wednesday May 27th for the American League representatives. Remember you can vote up to 25 times (per e-mail address) at MLB.com through the July 2nd, 11:59 pm EST deadline.

For fans of the Boston Red Sox you’ll notice that the Sox have players leading for the moment in two categories. As Kevin Youkilis (1st Base)and Jason Bay (OF) are both currently in the lead for their respective positions. With plenty of time left in the voting there’s still time for Red Sox Nation to cast their votes and help push Dustin Pedroia (2nd Base) Mike Lowell (3rd Base)and Jason Varitek (C) as well as Jacoby Ellsbury (OF) up the voting ladder and into the starting line-up!

1st Base
RANK	PLAYER NAME	AL TEAM	TOTAL VOTES
1.	Kevin Youkilis	Red Sox	414,693
2.	Miguel Cabrera	Tigers	299,597
3.	Mark Teixeira	Yankees	295,798
4.	Justin Morneau	Twins	275,990
5.	Chris Davis	Rangers	217,166
2nd Base
RANK	PLAYER NAME	AL TEAM	TOTAL VOTES
1.	Ian Kinsler	Rangers	514,645
2.	Dustin Pedroia	Red Sox	426,127
3.	Aaron Hill	Blue Jays	273,039
4.	Robinson Cano	Yankees	257,695
5.	Brian Roberts	Orioles	185,728
3rd Base
RANK	PLAYER NAME	AL TEAM	TOTAL VOTES
1.	Evan Longoria	Rays	664,060
2.	Michael Young	Rangers	296,025
3.	Alex Rodriguez	Yankees	245,414
4.	Scott Rolen	Blue Jays	227,650
5.	Mike Lowell	Red Sox	215,945
Shortstop
RANK	PLAYER NAME	AL TEAM	TOTAL VOTES
1.	Derek Jeter	Yankees	664,630
2.	Marco Scutaro	Blue Jays	273,589
3.	Elvis Andrus	Rangers	258,243
4.	Jason Bartlett	Rays	233,482
5.	Alexei Ramirez	White Sox	129,086
Catcher
RANK	PLAYER NAME	AL TEAM	TOTAL VOTES
1.	Joe Mauer	Twins	381,443
2.	Victor Martinez	Indians	284,988
3.	Jason Varitek	Red Sox	281,549
4.	Jorge Posada	Yankees	277,849
5.	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	Rangers	272,830
Outfield
RANK	PLAYER NAME	AL TEAM	TOTAL VOTES
1.	Jason Bay	Red Sox	446,183
2.	Josh Hamilton	Rangers	442,553
3.	Ichiro Suzuki	Mariners	306,453
4.	Ken Griffey Jr.	Mariners	305,046
5.	Nick Markakis	Orioles	294,343
6.	Carl Crawford	Rays	260,325
7.	Nelson Cruz	Rangers	253,456
8.	Grady Sizemore	Indians	252,231
9.	Jacoby Ellsbury	Red Sox	244,004
10.	Torii Hunter	Angels	242,712
11.	Johnny Damon	Yankees	235,104
12.	Andruw Jones	Rangers	215,294
13.	J.D. Drew	Red Sox	206,507
14.	Vernon Wells	Blue Jays	194,294
15.	Curtis Granderson	Tigers	186,040

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jesse

i know everybody likes only voting for all the players on their favorite team, but what does that really fulfill? david ortiz doesnt deserve to be at the allstar game this year. hes not playing at an allstar level. neither is ken griffey junior. manny is not playing at all, so hes not playing at an allstar level or any level.
i know varitek is the man in botown, but mauer is just the complete player right now. he might become the best player in the AL if he isnt already.
bay-ichiro-hamilton is a fine outfield, no need to push ellsbury, settle on the one guy you think isnt #1 and actually debatably should be there (pedroia)

just my thoughts.
Matt DeLucia

jesse;

I agree with most of what you said, especially in regards to Ortiz, Griffey and Ramirez! Manny who’s been suspended still could possibly make the ASG which is a dam shame if you ask me. Think I saw that he was 5th as of the totals on yesterday (June 1st) so if he does get selected I really think Selig needs to step in and block him from being there.

Joe Mauer is having a great season and deserves to be the AL starter at catcher, but I still think Varitek should be a reserve. Look at the season he had last year and compare the numbers to this season. He’s much improved on the offensive side of the game at the plate and he still does what’s needed in taking control of the game for the pitchers and just letting them do their thing.

2nd will be a tough call since Kinsler is having a great season and it looks like the fans will be rewarding him for his play. So for Pedroia it looks like he’ll be headed to St. Louis as a reserve (which there’s nothing with it) he should be an All-Star this season. If Youkilis doesn’t go at 1st base I’ll slam my head into a wall. He’s having a monster year.

Your outfield of Bay-Ichiro and Hamilton sounds great to me. I would like to see Torii Hunter from LA and Ellsbury along with say a guy like Vernon Wells (TBJ) or Nick Markakis (BO) make the squad this year. I think they are all having great seasons, plus I don’t want to see a player from the smaller markets say the Orioles or Blue Jays left off the team only because they play in a smaller market!
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