NEW YORK
Chesapeake's David Wright won't be playing in the All-Star game.
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 Sox, Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees, Brian Roberts of Baltimore and Jose Guillen of Kansas City.
Hart got 8 million votes and was followed by the New York Mets' David Wright, Philadelphia's Pat Burrell, San Francisco's Aaron Rowand and Houston's Carlos Lee.
Major League Baseball said a record 47.8 million votes were cast, more than double last year's 23.1 million.
One more roster spot remained to be filled, with NL manager Clint Hurdle having to decide on a replacement for injured Chicago Cubs outfielder Alfonso Soriano. Colorado's Matt Holliday, originally selected as a reserve, will replace Soriano in the starting lineup.
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Get a life rcamp. It's news around here when a local boy did or did not make the all star team. Especially the way the voting took place with 43 million votes cast by sports fans all accross the nation. Your obviously not a sports fan so you don't care. Those of us that are sports fans believe its a good story and why worry about all the other stuff in the world that you cannot control anyway. Enjoy your weekend and don't worry too much.
Hey rcamp
you're reading the SPORTS section. What were you expecting?? Commentary on global warming??
Go Brewers!!
It's great to see the MLB smallest market beat out the largest market! Brewers fans really step up to the plate when they need to.
Creative Writing?
I doubt seriously that the original AP wire story had the lead shown in The Pilot story.
It's news that somebody DIDN'T get to the All Stars? Who really cares when there's so much serious stuff going on in the world?