Fan vote all-star hopefuls around the league deployed similar campaigns like Chicago White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko and teammates who sported “PaulieWood” t-shirts, and Nick “Swish-ilicious” Swisher used a commercial to seal his spot on the All-Star team.
Votto made a strong case for an All-Star bid in the past two weeks has been playing outstanding. His most recent homer before the announcement was a deep shot that landed on the “Big Apple” in dead centerfield off New York Mets ace pitcher Mike Pelfrey
Votto made a strong case for an All-Star bid in the past two weeks has been playing outstanding. His most recent homer before the announcement was a deep shot that landed on the “Big Apple” in dead centerfield off New York Mets ace pitcher Mike Pelfrey
Regarding the All-Star Selection Votto said,
“I didn’t expect all the attention, I didn’t expect that it would be this big. I appreciate all the votes and everything, but it became a popularity contest, which is not really up my alley.”
When asked about fans who voted many times over he remarked,
“They must really like Cincinnati Redsbaseball and want to see a lot of guys go to the All-Star Game … or they have a lot of e-mail addresses” – Votto didn’t crack a smile. This all was a little overwhelming, particularly a year after the most trying one of his career.” READ MORE
National League All-Star manager Charlie Manuel witnessed Votto’s skills Thursday when he hit his league-leading 22nd home-run against the Phillies. Votto is currently batting .314 and has an NL-best with.417 on-base percentage and NL-best .595 slugging percentage.
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