All Star Game Blog

MLB.com released their first update on the American League voting for the All Star game and like the National League, there’s no major surprises.  Alex Rodriguez leads everyone in the ballot box but you have mostly Yankees at or near the top.  So this year’s All Star game could really appeal to those on the east coast.  Then again, it’s really early.

MLB.com released their first update on the National League voting for the 2007 All Star Game.  So far, it’s a lot of Mets and it’s hard to argue too much with the voters’ choices.  I’ll be breaking these numbers down further as more updates are released.

A Japanese version of the 2007 All Star ballot was recently unveiled.    There’s no doubt that Far East natives have a huge impact in the balloting and this was most clear back when Ichiro led all players in votes in his rookie year back in 2001.  There’s also a ballot in Spanish so we’re getting truly international.  Monster.com will benefit the most of this because their name is on all of the ballots.  You wonder how much they paid for that right.

MLB.com provides a nice column on the All Star Game Ballot choices at second base for the 2007 All Star Game.  The National League is a no brainer in my opinion with Chase Utley being the top guy.  The American League isn’t quite as clear.  If I had to pick a sleeper, I’d say it’s B.J. Upton because he’s a young player who tends to get some attention.  Also don’t forget about Robinson Cano with all those Yankee fans behind him.