[新聞] Votto, Swisher win tight Final Vote

[yichenglee (60)]

The American and National Leagues have added a couple of booming bats to
their bench Tuesday in Anaheim with the addition of Nick Swisher and Joey
Votto, now that fans have spoken in the four-day All-Star Final Vote
Sponsored by Sprint.

國聯美聯明星隊各加入一隻大棒子

Swisher, the Yankees' right-fielder and social-media titan, held off Kevin
Youkilis of the rival Red Sox in the closest race in the nine-year history of
the Final Vote to claim the 34th and final spot on the All-Star roster with a
final tally of 9.8 million votes. Swisher and Youkilis were followed by Paul
Konerko of the White Sox, Michael Young of the Rangers and Delmon Young of
the Twins.

正妹在final vote裡面拿到980萬張票

Votto was a machine throughout the Final Vote. The Reds' first baseman won
wire-to-wire, powered by a fury of snub response and leading all vote-getters
with 13.7 million en route to becoming the first Cincinnati player to win the
All-Star Final Vote. He was followed by Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals,
Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies and Billy Wagner of the Braves. Padres pitcher
Heath Bell was running in fifth the first three days then was removed from
the NL ballot after he got the good news that he was replacing Brewers
pitcher Yovani Gallardo on the NL roster.

Baseball fans and clubs alike feverishly supported the 10 candidates named by
All-Star managers Joe Girardi (AL) and Charlie Manuel (NL) during the four
days of balloting, particularly through their use of MLB.com's All-Star
Campaign Manager program, in which nearly 150,000 fans participated and
tallied points for their favorite players, and by forming joint alliances,
such as Reds-Red Sox (1975 World Series), Nationals and Rangers (Third Base
Ticket) and Rox and (White) Sox, ultimately leading to more than 52 million
votes being cast.

Swisher had the all-time campaigning day in Final Vote history on Wednesday,
par none. Using baseball's most-followed Twitter account (1,220,890
followers) to his advantage, he sought out and got endorsements from New York
mayor Michael Bloomberg, actress Jessica Alba and "The Apprentice" co-star
Ivanka Trump (among others). Then that night he was a triple shy of the cycle
in leading the Yankees to a 6-2 victory over the Athletics.

On Thursday morning, it was announced that he held a narrow lead in a
"virtual tie" with Youkilis. It didn't take Swisher long to tweet another
kick in the rear to voters. He typed: "We're in the final stretch. Can't
thank yall enough for your support. Let's finish strong!" And naturally he
used the #SENDSWISH hashtag so that as many fans as possible could find his
tweet, along with a link to the ballot.

Swisher's approach has been as opposite as could be from that of many other
athletes, including most of the Final Ballot candidates. The Wall Street
Journal even ran a story Wednesday morning on his enthusiasm of promoting
himself publicly. There is no question that it worked.

Swisher entered the night's series opener at Seattle with a .298 average to
go along with 14 homers, 48 RBIs and 52 runs.

Votto had a massive groundswell of public support to launch his Final Vote
candidacy. Even though it is an especially deep year for NL first baseman,
there was disappointment that a leading NL MVP candidate was left off the
ballot. Votto expressed that same sentiment himself after learning he had to
win the Final Vote to go.

"I was disappointed," he said on Sunday. "I would've liked to have gotten in
on the first vote, but I still consider this an honor to give myself a chance
to go to the All-Star Game with a pretty good group of guys."

He got in on the second vote.

Votto is batting .313 with an NL-best 21 homers and 59 RBIs. He was a one-man
wrecking crew for the Reds in their series opener against the Mets on Monday
at Citi Field, putting his abilities squarely in the spotlight for all to
see. He had two homers that day, went 3-for-4, took the Major League home run
lead, and at that point seemed unstoppable.

Previous winners of the All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Sprint are:
Shane Victorino (NL, 2009); Brandon Inge (AL, 2009); Evan Longoria (AL,
2008); Corey Hart (NL, 2008); Hideki Okajima (AL, 2007); Chris Young (NL,
2007); A.J. Pierzynski (AL, 2006); Nomar Garciaparra (NL, 2006); Scott
Podsednik (AL, 2005); Roy Oswalt (NL, 2005); HidekiMatsui (AL, 2004); Bobby
Abreu (NL, 2004); Jason Varitek (AL, 2003); Geoff Jenkins (NL, 2003); Johnny
Damon (AL, 2002); and Andruw Jones (NL, 2002).

The fun doesn't end with the Final Vote, either. The final phase of All-Star
Game voting will have fans once again participate in the official voting for
the All-Star Game Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award presented by
Chevrolet via the 2010 All-Star Game MLB.com MVP Vote Sponsored by Sprint.
Carl Crawford of the Rays won the award in 2009.

The 81st Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by
FOX, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet, Sportsnet HD and Le Reseau de Sport, and
around the world by Major League Baseball International, with pregame
ceremonies beginning at 8 p.m. ET. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national
radio coverage. MLB Network, MLB.com and Sirius XM also will provide
comprehensive All-Star Game coverage.

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