ALL-STAR UPDATE: NO. 30'S FATE IN HANDS OF FANS.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer Angels outfielder Darin Erstad Darin Charles Erstad (born June 4, 1974 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a first baseman/center fielder in Major League Baseball currently with the Chicago White Sox. Prior to 2007, he had played his entire career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise (1996-2006). has one more chance to be an All-Star, and his fate is in the hands of the fans. For the first time, Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. is allowing fans to vote online for the 30th and last player on the rosters of the American and National League teams for the July 9 game in Milwaukee. Voting, at www.mlb.com, ends today at 3 p.m. and results will be announced on the Web site. In the American League American League (AL) One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL). , fans can choose among Erstad, Oakland third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Eric Chavez Eric Cesar Chavez (pronounced CHA-vez) (born December 7, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is a Mexican-American third baseman in Major League Baseball who has played for the Oakland Athletics since 1998. , Boston outfielder Johnny Damon This article or section does not cite its . You can Wikipedia by including appropriate citations. Johnny David Damon (born November 5, 1973 in Fort Riley, Kansas) is a Major League Baseball outfielder and designated hitter who plays for the New York Yankees. , Chicago outfielder Magglio Ordonez and Cleveland first baseman Jim Thome. National League candidates are Pittsburgh outfielder Brian Giles, Atlanta outfielder Andruw Jones, San Diego first baseman Ryan Klesko, St. Louis outfielder Albert Pujols and Colorado outfielder Larry Walker. Write-in votes also are accepted. A spokesperson said 500,000 ballots had been cast in the first 10 hours of voting, which began Sunday night. Fans traditionally vote for starters at the eight regular positions and managers choose the pitching staff and reserves, leading to inevitable controversy when a handful of deserving players are left off the teams. This year, managers Bob Brenly and Joe Torre cut off their rosters at 29 players, then each chose five more deserving players for baseball's version of a run-off. ``It's much easier because when you get down to that last spot, you want to pick more than one,'' Torre said in a mlb.com story. ``This way, I got to pick guys that I thought deserved to be on the team and then leave it to the fans to vote. ``It was easier being able to pick that last group of five. You always get down to that last handful, and you can only take one. Now it's not my decision.'' About three million ballots were cast this year in online voting for starters, which has been done since 1996. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: If Darin Erstad (17) is to be an All-Star, it will be because of the fans' final vote. LM Otero/Associated Press |
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