Major League Baseball finalized the AL and NL All-Star rosters with the additions of Philadelphia’s Shane Victorino and the White Sox’s Paul Konerko via the Final Vote.
Victorino becomes the first player ever to be elected to the All-Star game through the Final Vote twice. He won the vote back in 2009 with a record 15.9 million votes. This season though he received 9.2 million votes beating out Andre Ethier of the Dodgers, Todd Helton of the Rockies, Mike Morse of the Nationals and Ian Kennedy of the Diamondbacks.
Konerko on the AL side of things beat out Detroit’s Victor Martinez, Kansas City’s Alex Gordon, Baltimore’s Adam Jones and Tampa Bay’s Ben Zobrist, receiving 8.4 million votes.
Konerko certainly deserved the nomination after batting .319 with 22 homers and 64 RBIs this season.
This year’s MLB All-Star Game will take place on July 12th from Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.
Source: Associated Press