Utley takes over overall NL All-Star lead
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Utley takes over overall NL All-Star lead
Daily News staff
Phillies second baseman Chase Utley has stormed past Albert Pujols to take the overall lead regardless of position in voting for the National League All-Star team, according to results announced today.
Utley now has 2,273,355 votes to Pujols' 2,158,036. Utley is pulling away from the Dogers' Orlando Hudson, who is in second place at second base with 904,648.
The Phillies' Raul Ibanez leads among outfielders with 1,897,905 votes and is third overall in his effort to make his first All-Star appearance. Milwaukee's Ryan Braun is second (1,667,029) and the Mets' Carlos Beltran is third (1,367,412). Beltran holds a slight lead over the Cubs' Alfonso Soriano (1,340,699). The Phillies' Shane Victorino (1,116,524 )has moved into fifth place, a spot ahead of suspended Dodgers slugger Manny Ramirez (999,800).
Jimmy Rollins remains the leading votegetter at shortstop after taking the top spot from Florida's Hanley Ramirez last week. Rollins has 1,216,007 votes, with Ramirez at 1,128,547.
First baseman Ryan Howard remains in second place behind Pujols for the July 14 game in St. Louis.
Carlos Ruiz has moved up to fourth among catchers and Pedro Feliz is fourth among third basemen.
Charlie Manuel will manage the NL All-Stars.
Utley and Ibanez deserve their spots, but you can see how much of a joke this allstar game is with Rollins leading the shortstops. He should politely reject it if he wins.— wolfburn
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Charlie gets to pick the extras right? Seems to me that would lock up Howard and give Victorino an outside shot...maybe.- Wow!!! Noticed none of our pitchers on that list.— martin710
- Sounds more and more like the NL All-Star line-up is going to look like the Phils regular every day line-up. I'd still bat Rollins 6th...— WC-Jonesy
- manny shouldn't be anywhere on the list for OFs.— palmyra21
- yeah i think Rollins should give that spot to Hanley Ramierez. I didnt vote for J-Roll b/c he doesnt deserve it plain & simple.— R Mexico
- "He should politely reject it if he wins." Nah, it just evens it up for the year that he won MVP but didn't make the all-star game.— legatus
- Hey Martin, there is a reason that there aren't any pitchers on the list... Do some research bub. Unfortunately, the fan voting system is pretty much a popularity contest. But the fans are getting it right with Ibanez and Utley.— Ticow021
- VOTE FOR PEDRO!!!!!— EndTheDrought
- martin710- you realize fans don't vote for pitchers, right?— Potus415
- All-start voting is a joke. People get obsessed with names and don't bother to look at performance--kind of like the WIPtards who call 610 and clamor for the Phillies to sign Glavine, thinking they would get the Cy Young winner even though he has been a shell of himself for a couple of years.— Captain Awesome
- Captain Awesome- 2 things: Great name and great point.— Ticow021
- i bet i could throw this football over that mountain— Remember Tim Kerr
Comment removed.- The all star game rewards popularity, not stats. If Phillies are on the roster, it only means we have great attendance at our ball park. There were people at a game I went to voting throughout the night. Not a bad thing, just saying. If Rollins gets the invite and declines it, the fans would cry that he was a jerk who snubbed their votes. IF the people want to see him, he should go.— Scorekeeper
