All-Star Game Starters, Reserves, and Pitchers Announced

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez and Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley have finished as Major League Baseball’s leading vote-getters in a record year for fan balloting and will start in the 79th All-Star Game, to be played on Tuesday, July 15th as a part of the final season at Yankee Stadium. MLB’s All-Star Balloting Program is the largest of its kind in professional sports. This year, an all-time high 20 million votes were cast. The 2008 American League and National League All-Star Teams were revealed today on the “MLB All-Star Game Selection Show presented by Chevy” on TBS. Rodriguez, now a 12-time American League All-Star who has been fan-elected 11 times, earned Major League Baseball’s highest vote total for the second consecutive year with 3,934,518, surpassing his total from last year (3,890,515). Rodriguez is the first player to be MLB’s overall balloting leader in consecutive years since Ichiro Suzuki of the S...