@import url("http://www.blogger.com/css/blog_controls.css"); @import url("http://www.blogger.com/dyn-css/authorization.css?blogID=6747759"); @import url(http://www.blogger.com/css/navbar/main.css); @import url(http://www.blogger.com/css/navbar/4.css); BlogThis! Baseball Guide July 10, 2003 Varitek, Jenkins are All-Stars In a year of big changes surrounding next Tuesday's All-Star Game, maybe it should not be surprising that fans selected Boston catcher Jason Varitek and Milwaukee outfielder Geoff Jenkins as the 32nd men with the etopps All-Star Final Vote that concluded Wednesday night. Both will be there for the first time, making it 30 of 64 roster picks that will be first-timers in the event at U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. Varitek and Jenkins will each fill the 32nd and final roster spots in the American and National Leagues, respectively, after three days of extremely close races and remarkable fan participation. A record 10.8 million ballots were submitted, far beyond the three million during last year's inaugural program. Varitek received 3,210,509 votes. He was followed by Frank Thomas of the Chicago White Sox, Eric Byrnes of the Oakland A's, Jason Giambi of the New York Yankees and Bengie Molina of the Anaheim Angels. All was not lost for Giambi, though; he was named as an AL replacement for Kansas City's Mike Sweeney, who has a back injury. | |
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