In practically every category, Detroit Tiger second baseman Placido Polanco has the edge over Yankees 2nd bagger Robinson Cano: batting average (Polanco is hitting .343 and 4th the majors), on base percentage, batting average with runners in scoring position, fielding (0 to 6 errors), and a little matter of team record. Yet Cano was leading in the All Star voting, prompting the Quo Vadimus blog to start a "Go to the Polls for Placido! All Star Campaign".
Apparently, the campaign helped as Major League Baseball reports that Placido Polanco has overtaken the Yankees' Robinson Cano as the top vote-getter among American League second baseman with 572,238.
Mission accomplished?
Not quite. Voting now moves to MLB.com and while Polanco and Tiger Catcher Ivan Rodriguez are leading at their position, current Major League batting leader Magglio Ordonez is trailing in the outfielder voting.
Head over to cast your All Star ballot at MLB.com.
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feeling with major league baseball fans is that magglio is not good enough defensively to a starting outfielder ahead of gold glover Hunter who is having a great season offensively as well.308 ave. with 15 home runs
Torii Hunter is a great ballplayer and deserves a starting spot. Unfortunately the All Star balloting is as much about popularity with the fans as talent and all three leaders (Vlad Guerrero of the Angels, Manny Ramirez of the Red Sox and Ichiro Suzuki of the Mariners) are in large markets.
MLB.com has an interesting article about the fact that neither AL batting leader Ordonez nor NL leader Matt Holliday would be starting if voting ended today.
FYI, Ordonez has one error in about 200 chances this season.
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