NEW YORK, July 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American and National League All-Star Team managersRon Washingtonand Bruce Bochy, in conjunction with Major League Baseball, have announced the candidates for the 2011 All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Sprint (#FinalVote), which is held exclusively on MLB.com, the official Web site of Major League Baseball, and the individual Club Web sites.
Last week, MLB.com finished the voting for the 17 starting position players via the 2011 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Sprint in record-setting fashion with 357.5 million votes and 27.4 million ballots, setting the stage for a dramatic, four-day online voting for the two remaining All-Star roster spots among the following 10 players:
American League
Alex Gordon (KC) - #VoteAlex
Adam Jones (BAL) - #VoteAdam
Paul Konerko (CWS) - #PaulStar
Victor Martinez (DET) - #VoteVictor
Ben Zobrist (TB) - #helpZogo
National League
Andre Ethier (LAD) - #VoteAndre
Todd Helton (COL) - #VoteHelton
Ian Kennedy (ARI) - #VoteIanIn
Mike Morse (WAS) - #VoteMorse
Shane Victorino (PHI) - #voteforshane
Fans began casting votes for the 2011 All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Sprint on MLB.com and the Club sites immediately following today's Major League Baseball All-Star Selection Show presented by Taco Bell on TBS and can continue until balloting concludes at 4 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, July 7. The winners, as chosen exclusively by online fan voting totals, will be announced on MLB.com shortly thereafter.
Mobile voting for U.S. residents is available by sending "VOTE" to 89269 to receive the 2011 All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote ballot. In Canada, fans should text "VOTE" to 65246. Msg&Data rates may apply.
FINAL VOTE CAMPAIGN MANAGER
MLB.com also will launch the 2011 All-Star Game Campaign Headquarters, which gives fans the chance to join a campaign for any of the 10 candidates and compete to become that player's online "Campaign Manager."
After completing the 2011 All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Sprint, fans are presented with the option to support the campaign of either of the two players for whom they just voted. When a player is chosen, MLB.com will track every vote that fan helps generate for that specific player, whether it comes from Facebook, Twitter or MLB.com links forwarded. The fans generating the most votes will be ranked on that player's campaign page.
ALL-STAR GAME FINAL VOTE CELEBRATES 10th YEAR
The All-Star Game Final Vote program has seen over 250 million votes cast since its inception in 2002. In recognition of this milepost, MLB.com is giving eligible voters a 10-day free trial of MLB.TV from July 9-19, 2011. Fans will receive an e-mail notifying them of the instructions for redeeming this All-Star Final Vote offer.
Also, MLB.com and its partner Jib Jab, the leader in personalized entertainment, have introduced a specially-created Starring You® campaign featuring each League's five Final Vote candidates in a humorous, animated video of the traditional seventh-inning stretch song, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame."
Fans can watch the candidates' Starring You® videos and then cast their online votes for the 2011 All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Sprint here. They then can create their own free Starring You® video where they can choose their favorite teams and insert photos of themselves, family and friends. The videos, including those featuring the 10 All-Star Game Final Vote candidates, are embeddable and can be shared via e-mail and through social network platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. For complete details, visit MLB.com/jibjab.
The 82nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet HD and Le Reseau des Sports, and around the world by Major League Baseball International, with pregame ceremonies beginning at 8:00 p.m. (EDT)/5:00 p.m. (local). For more information, please visit allstargame.com or dbacks.com/asg.
All-Star Game Final Vote Candidates - Historical Listing
(*All-Star Final Vote winner)
American League
Jeremy Bonderman (2007 DET)
Eric Byrnes (2003 OAK)
Eric Chavez (2002 OAK)
Carl Crawford (2005 TB)
Johnny Damon (2002 BOS*)
Jermaine Dye (2008 CWS)
Darin Erstad (2002 ANA)
Kelvim Escobar (2007 LAA)
Chone Figgins (2009 LAA)
Lew Ford (2004 MIN)
Jason Giambi (2003 NYY, 2008 NYY)
Jose Guillen (2008 KC)
Travis Hafner (2004 CLE, 2006 CLE)
Roy Halladay (2007 TOR)
Ramon Hernandez (2006 BAL)
Torii Hunter (2005 MIN)
Brandon Inge (2009 DET*)
Derek Jeter (2005 NYY)
Ian Kinsler (2009 TEX)
Paul Konerko (2004 CWS, 2010 CWS)
Adam Lind (2009 TOR)
Francisco Liriano (2006 MIN)
Evan Longoria (2008 TB*)
Hideki Matsui (2004 NYY*, 2005 NYY)
Bengie Molina (2003 ANA)
Pat Neshek (2007 MIN)
Hideki Okajima (2007 BOS*)
Magglio Ordonez (2002 CWS)
Carlos Pena (2009 TB)
A.J. Pierzynski (2006 CWS*)
Scott Podsednik (2005 CWS*)
Brian Roberts (2008 BAL)
Nick Swisher (2010 NYY*)
Frank Thomas (2003 CWS, 2004 CWS)
Jim Thome (2002 CLE)
Jason Varitek (2003 BOS*)
Justin Verlander (2006 DET)
Kevin Youkilis (2010 BOS)
Delmon Young (2010 MIN)
Michael Young (2010 TEX)
National League
Bobby Abreu (2004 PHI*, 2006 PHI)
Heath Bell (2010 SD)
Pat Burrell (2008 PHI)
Orlando Cabrera (2003 MON)
Chris Capuano (2006 MIL)
Luis Castillo (2003 FLA)
Steve Finley (2004 ARI)
Nomar Garciaparra (2006 LAD*)
Brian Giles (2002 PIT)
Carlos Gonzalez (2010 COL)
Tom Gorzelanny (2007 PIT)
Cristian Guzman (2009 WAS)
Corey Hart (2008 MIL*)
Trevor Hoffman (2005 SD)
Geoff Jenkins (2003 MIL*)
Andruw Jones (2002 ATL*)
Matt Kemp (2009 LAD)
Jason Kendall (2004 PIT)
Ryan Klesko (2002 SD)
Carlos Lee (2008 HOU)
Kenny Lofton (2003 PIT)
Brett Myers (2005 PHI)
Roy Oswalt (2005 HOU*, 2007 HOU)
Corey Patterson (2003 CHI)
Juan Pierre (2004 FLA)
Albert Pujols (2002 STL)
Aramis Ramirez (2004 CHI)
Mark Reynolds (2009 ARI)
Aaron Rowand (2008 SF)
Pablo Sandoval (2009 SF)
Benito Santiago (2003 SF)
Shane Victorino (2009 PHI*)
Joey Votto (2010 CIN*)
Billy Wagner (2005 PHI, 2006 NYM, 2010 ATL)
Larry Walker (2002 COL)
Brandon Webb (2005 ARI, 2007 ARI)
David Wright (2008 NYM)
Chris Young (2006 SD, 2007 SD*)
Carlos Zambrano (2007 CHI)
Ryan Zimmerman (2010 WAS)
SOURCE MLB.com
