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Rays' Longoria, Brewers' Hart nab All-Star spots
Rays' Longoria, Brewers' Hart nab All-Star spots
Rays rookie third baseman Evan Longoria and Brewers outfielder Corey Hart were elected All-Stars by fans in Internet balloting the ended Thursday.
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Game #92 - New York Yankees @ Pittsburgh Pirates
Pinstripe Alley — ... First off, Evan Longoria beat out Jason Giambi and Jermaine Dye for the final spot on the AL All Star team.  In my opinion, Longoria was unquestionably the most deserving candidate and is going to be a star in this league for years to come. ...

Daily Rundown: July 10, 2008
The Sports Girl — ... All-Star Fan Balloting. Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Evan Longoria and Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Corey Hart were elected All-Stars by fans in Internet Balloting that ended Thursday. Major League Baseball said a record 47.8 million votes were cast, more than double last year's 23.1 million. ...

McLouth's Feet and Bat Help Bucs Drop Yanks
Green Pinstripes — ... An absent All-Star.  Jason Giambi didn't get the people's vote for the American League's final slot in the All-Star Game, but another Yankee will also miss the Midsummer Classic.  Public address announcer ...

Evan Longoria & Corey Hart Win Fan All-Star Vote
Hip 2 Da Game — ... The last two players have been selected to the MLB All-Star Game and the fans chose Tampa Bay 3B Evan Longoria and Milwaukee Brewers OF Corey Hart. ...

Daily Links - 7/11/08
Watching the Game — ... Nate McLouth's bunting ("He probably hasn't been asked to bunt in a real game in years, given that he is an awesome hitter, and bunting is stupid for awesome hitters."), as he has two sac bunts on the year this year and ten in his 371 major league games played. Regardless, note that the two posts below the Nate McLouth post are from earlier this year and are all-time classics. I really like both Evan Longoria and Corey Hart, but they clearly were not the right choices for the final all star roster spots. This post raises some interesting points about the ...

Life is good for Corey Hart and Evan Longoria; All Stars
Diamond Hoggers — ... The final vote came in, and the final vote says that a man from Tampa and a man from Milwaukee have been voted into the All-Star game over players from New York (Jason Giambi and David Wright). ...

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