baseballthinkfactory.org - 7/11/2008
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Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria and Milwaukee outfielder Corey Hart have won the 32nd and final roster spots for the 79th All-Star Game on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, holding off marquee competition all the way as a record 47.8 million votes were cast in the Monster 2008 All-Star Game Final Vote.
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Longoria drew a record nine million votes to win a close American League race over ...
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All-Star '08: The Final Recall
Vegas Watch —
... Every year, MLB.com makes a big production "The Final Vote", letting the fans pick the 32nd man on the All-Star team in each league. But arguing about who got snubbed is really only half the fun of All-Star debates. With that in mind, I thought BBTF commenter "DKDC" had a great idea when he suggested that we vote one player off each team, too. You can now do just that in All Star '08: The Final Recall. ...
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Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria and Milwaukee outfielder Corey Hart have won the final roster spots for the 79th All-Star Game on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, holding off marquee competition all the way as a record number of votes were cast in the ...
Longoria, Hart voted into All-Star game —
FOXSports.com News for MLB 7/10/2008
Tampa Bay rookie third baseman Evan Longoria and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart were elected All-Stars by fans in Internet balloting the ended Thursday.
Longoria received 9 million votes and was followed by Jermaine Dye of the Chicago White ...
