Several players having fine years did not make the National and American League All-Star teams in the round of initial fan-voted and manager- and player-selected choices, but at least two of them will, through MLB.com’s “The Final Vote”, being conducted now online.
2011 MLB All-Star Game: The Final Vote
Voters will select one of five nominees in each league to go to the game July 12 in Phoenix.
AL nominees are: Alex Gordon of the Royals, Adam Jones of the Orioles, Paul Konerko of the White Sox, Victor Martinez of the Tigers and Ben Zobrist of the Rays.
NL nominees are: Andre Ethier of the Dodgers, Todd Helton of the Rockies, Ian Kennedy of the host Diamondbacks, Michael Morse of the Nationals and Shane Victorino of the Phillies.
You can vote online at this MLB.com site starting now. Voting will be open through Thursday, July 7 at 4 p.m. Eastern.
Previous MLB Final Vote participants have included Evan Longoria, who was voted in on the way to being named the 2008 AL Rookie of the Year, and Joey Votto, voted in last year en route to being named NL MVP.
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