Tuesday, June 17, 2008

June 17 -- UTLEY STILL LEADS VOTING

Chase Utley continues to lead the majors in All-Star Game fan balloting. Utley has 1,743,548 votes, ahead of injured Red Sox DH David Ortiz (1,605,660 votes). The next-highest NL vote-getter is Braves third baseman Chipper Jones (1,499,185).

Other Phillies vote-getters:

- Ryan Howard is fifth among first basemen with 528,580 votes. Houston's Lance Berkman leads with 1,368,030 votes.

- Jimmy Rollins has moved into fourth place among shortstops with 637,617 votes. First-place is a battle between Houston's Miguel Tejada (894,797) and Florida's Hanley Ramirez (826,685).

- Pat Burrell ranks sixth among outfielders with 668,539 votes. He trails Chicago's Alfonso Soriano (1,444,153) and Kosuke Fukudome (1,188,459), Cincinnati's Ken Griffey Jr. (1,081,665), Milwaukee's Ryan Braun (885,932) and Houston's Carlos Lee (709,797).

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