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Royals fans stuffing the All-Star ballot boxes; Lead in 8 of 9 positions.

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Austin

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This is ridiculous.
Eric Hosmer leading Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder?
Omar Infante, hitting .210 with 0 homers, leading Jose Altuve and Jason Kipnis?
Lorenzo Cain leading Mike Trout?

Every position is lead by a Royal, except outfield where Trout is second, and Royal Alex Rios is fourth, so Royals are 3 of the 4 outfielders.

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[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1, align: left"]NO.[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]PLAYER[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]TEAM[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]VOTES[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]1.[/TD]
[TD]Salvador Perez[/TD]
[TD]Royals[/TD]
[TD]7,202,292[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]2.[/TD]
[TD]Stephen Vogt[/TD]
[TD]Athletics[/TD]
[TD]3,260,864[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]3.[/TD]
[TD]Russell Martin[/TD]
[TD]Blue Jays[/TD]
[TD]2,225,889[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]4.[/TD]
[TD]Brian McCann[/TD]
[TD]Yankees[/TD]
[TD]1,154,530[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]5.[/TD]
[TD]Alex Avila[/TD]
[TD]Tigers[/TD]
[TD]868,321[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1, align: left"]NO.[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]PLAYER[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]TEAM[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]VOTES[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]1.[/TD]
[TD]Eric Hosmer[/TD]
[TD]Royals[/TD]
[TD]5,777,363[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]2.[/TD]
[TD]Miguel Cabrera[/TD]
[TD]Tigers[/TD]
[TD]5,301,216[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]3.[/TD]
[TD]Prince Fielder[/TD]
[TD]Rangers[/TD]
[TD]1,794,589[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]4.[/TD]
[TD]Mark Teixeira[/TD]
[TD]Yankees[/TD]
[TD]1,032,924[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]5.[/TD]
[TD]Albert Pujols[/TD]
[TD]Angels[/TD]
[TD]931,585[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
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[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1, align: left"]NO.[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]PLAYER[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]TEAM[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]VOTES[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]1.[/TD]
[TD]Omar Infante[/TD]
[TD]Royals[/TD]
[TD]4,518,765[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]2.[/TD]
[TD]Jose Altuve[/TD]
[TD]Astros[/TD]
[TD]4,209,702[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]3.[/TD]
[TD]Jason Kipnis[/TD]
[TD]Indians[/TD]
[TD]1,859,756[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]4.[/TD]
[TD]Ian Kinsler[/TD]
[TD]Tigers[/TD]
[TD]1,632,770[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]5.[/TD]
[TD]Dustin Pedroia[/TD]
[TD]Red Sox[/TD]
[TD]1,210,882[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
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[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1, align: left"]NO.[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]PLAYER[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]TEAM[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]VOTES[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]1.[/TD]
[TD]Mike Moustakas[/TD]
[TD]Royals[/TD]
[TD]6,505,248[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]2.[/TD]
[TD]Josh Donaldson[/TD]
[TD]Blue Jays[/TD]
[TD]4,880,315[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]3.[/TD]
[TD]Nick Castellanos[/TD]
[TD]Tigers[/TD]
[TD]923,589[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]4.[/TD]
[TD]Adrian Beltre[/TD]
[TD]Rangers[/TD]
[TD]619,494[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]5.[/TD]
[TD]Manny Machado[/TD]
[TD]Orioles[/TD]
[TD]562,311[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
[TABLE="class: inline-table, width: 451"]
[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1, align: left"]NO.[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]PLAYER[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]TEAM[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]VOTES[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]1.[/TD]
[TD]Alcides Escobar[/TD]
[TD]Royals[/TD]
[TD]6,332,981[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]2.[/TD]
[TD]Jose Iglesias[/TD]
[TD]Tigers[/TD]
[TD]3,491,530[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]3.[/TD]
[TD]Jose Reyes[/TD]
[TD]Blue Jays[/TD]
[TD]1,649,076[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]4.[/TD]
[TD]Marcus Semien[/TD]
[TD]Athletics[/TD]
[TD]1,132,210[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]5.[/TD]
[TD]Jed Lowrie[/TD]
[TD]Astros[/TD]
[TD]978,177[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
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[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1, align: left"]NO.[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]PLAYER[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]TEAM[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]VOTES[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]1.[/TD]
[TD]Lorenzo Cain[/TD]
[TD]Royals[/TD]
[TD]6,611,781[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]2.[/TD]
[TD]Mike Trout[/TD]
[TD]Angels[/TD]
[TD]5,944,068[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]3.[/TD]
[TD]Alex Gordon[/TD]
[TD]Royals[/TD]
[TD]5,581,096[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]4.[/TD]
[TD]Alex Rios[/TD]
[TD]Royals[/TD]
[TD]3,952,551[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]5.[/TD]
[TD]Adam Jones[/TD]
[TD]Orioles[/TD]
[TD]3,248,559[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]6.[/TD]
[TD]Yoenis Cespedes[/TD]
[TD]Tigers[/TD]
[TD]3,165,784[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]7.[/TD]
[TD]Jose Bautista[/TD]
[TD]Blue Jays[/TD]
[TD]2,794,526[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]8.[/TD]
[TD]Michael Brantley[/TD]
[TD]Indians[/TD]
[TD]2,101,577[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]9.[/TD]
[TD]Jacoby Ellsbury[/TD]
[TD]Yankees[/TD]
[TD]1,788,449[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]10.[/TD]
[TD]Josh Reddick[/TD]
[TD]Athletics[/TD]
[TD]1,517,538[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]11.[/TD]
[TD]Hanley Ramirez[/TD]
[TD]Red Sox[/TD]
[TD]1,188,662[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]12.[/TD]
[TD]J.D. Martinez[/TD]
[TD]Tigers[/TD]
[TD]1,172,305[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]13.[/TD]
[TD]Rajai Davis[/TD]
[TD]Tigers[/TD]
[TD]1,073,790[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]14.[/TD]
[TD]Torii Hunter[/TD]
[TD]Twins[/TD]
[TD]1,041,097[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]15.[/TD]
[TD]Carlos Beltran[/TD]
[TD]Yankees[/TD]
[TD]1,012,302[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
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[TR]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1, align: left"]NO.[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]PLAYER[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]TEAM[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F1F1F1"]VOTES[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]1.[/TD]
[TD]Kendrys Morales[/TD]
[TD]Royals[/TD]
[TD]5,422,250[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]2.[/TD]
[TD]Nelson Cruz[/TD]
[TD]Mariners[/TD]
[TD]4,873,273[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]3.[/TD]
[TD]Edwin Encarnacion[/TD]
[TD]Blue Jays[/TD]
[TD]1,430,262[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]4.[/TD]
[TD]Victor Martinez[/TD]
[TD]Tigers[/TD]
[TD]1,188,737[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR="class: last"]
[TD="align: left"]5.[/TD]
[TD]Alex Rodriguez[/TD]
[TD]Yankees[/TD]
[TD]1,176,506[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
 
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mrmopar said:
Is it in KC this year by chance?
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Cincinnati.
But even if it were in K.C., this kind of thing never happens to this extreme. Royals fans must have found some loophole or computer glitch to exploit.

This happened once in the late '50s, when Red fans stuffed the ballot boxes, and commissioner actually took some undeserving Reds off the team.
 
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I hope all 9 end up royals. Then maybe MLB will fix the farce that is the all star game.
 
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of players with a large enough sample, Infante is dead LAST in- OPS, wOBA, wRC+

This game is going to be a blowout.
 
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There's absolutely nothing ridiculous about it.

Good for the Royals fans. Keep it up guys.

The only problem with the entire system is that the game result matters.
 
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u2me57 said:
Isn't there a limit to how many times a person can vote on the All-Star game?
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35 per email but it does should like some kind of hack cuz I don't think Kansas City has the internet yet...right? Just like stage coaches and pony express?
 
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"When fan voting to determine the game's starters was completed, seven Cincinnati Redlegs players (Ed Bailey, Johnny Temple, Roy McMillan, Don Hoak, Frank Robinson, Gus Bell and Wally Post) had been elected to start in the All-Star Game; the only non-Redleg elected to start for the National League was St. Louis Cardinal first baseman Stan Musial. Most baseball observers agreed that while the Redlegs were known to be a great offensive team with many outstanding position players, they did not deserve seven starters in the All-Star Game.

An investigation launched by Commissioner Ford Frick found that over half of the ballots cast came from Cincinnati, with the Cincinnati Enquirer printing up pre-marked ballots and distributing them with the Sunday edition of the newspaper to make it easy for Redlegs fans to vote often for their favorite players, while stories emerged of bars in Cincinnati refusing to serve alcohol to customers until they filled out a ballot.


Frick appointed Willie Mays of the New York Giants and Hank Aaron of the Milwaukee Braves to substitute for Bell and Post, and to strip the fans of their voting rights; Bell was kept as a reserve, while Post was injured and would have been unable to play in any event. Managers, players, and coaches picked the entire team until 1970, when the vote again returned to the fans, and to avoid a repeat of this incident, MLB officials evenly distributed the 26 million ballots to 75,000 retail outlets and 150 minor and major league stadiums, while a special panel was also created to review the voting."

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Major_League_Baseball_All-Star_Game
 
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"This time it matters!"

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I don't think anyone would care if it didn't determine the world series home field advantage. Hopefully MLB wises up and simply gives home field to the team with the best record.....or is that too logical for them? I don't vote nor do I watch the all star game, its a complete joke, unless youre Ray Fosse, then its no laughing matter
 
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I like Yost's response: "If you don't like it, vote."
 
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Demonstrates the need to get rid of the dumb fan vote rule. Leave it to the BWAA in my opinion.
 
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