Braun IS All-Star starter, Sheets in as well

[Brewer Fever]

Bite it NY Post!

[PeaveyFury]

Congrats to Ryan.... Brewer fans must have put on a huge rush, as Hardy supposedly finished 2nd at SS.

[splitterpfj]

I believe they said he finished ahead of Fukudome in the voting.

[AJAY]

Great job by our fans and the Brewers organization for promoting the vote campaign.

 

Congratulations to Ryan.

[PeaveyFury]

I believe they said he finished ahead of Fukudome in the voting.

 

Wow, so much for not being able to keep up with Cubs fans and an entire nation in voting. Extremely impressive!

[PeaveyFury]

Congrats to Big Ben as well, as expected!

[Brewer Fever]

Not only did Braun lead ALL NL outfielders in voting, he was second on the NL squad in total votes, only behind Utley. Nice reporting NY Post.

[SeriesFinale]

I heard them say that he beat Fukudome but BA appears to have misspoke...it's definitely Griffey who got passed. Kinda refreshing.

[dlk9s]

And to celebrate, Braun hits a homer.

[SeriesFinale]

J.J.'s not gonna make it...I bet he goes as an alternate though

[brewtank34]

Unfortunate for Hardy, but Tejada deserves it as well. Way to go Benny! I'm glad to see Adrian Gonzo got in as well.

[PeaveyFury]

Braun actually finished first in all OF voting- unreal, really, and how wrong the NY Post was.

[SeriesFinale]

Yeah, it's hard to get too upset with Tejada and Guzman's selections--even for a "token" pick Guzman earned it.

[ELCABALLO45]

7 cubs make the team

[Team Canada]

That's amazing that Braun finished #2 overall behind Utley.

[SeriesFinale]

7 cubs make the team

Greatest team ever.

 

[SeriesFinale]

Varitek going is an absolute joke; Francona should be embarrassed

[logan82]

Good job Brewers fans. I don't agree that he is deserving, but it is nice to see that the smallest market team is able to get a guy voted into the all star game.

[razzzorsharp]

Varitek going is an absolute joke; Francona should be embarrassed

18 Runs, 7 HRs, 27 RBIs, and an OPS of .661.

 

Very pathetic atleast offensively.

[Kurt]

Sexson is more deserving of an allstar bid than Varitek and that's just sad.

 

He just might be the worst allstar statistically wise ever.

[kramnoj]

Varitek going is an absolute joke; Francona should be embarrassed

 

Tito may be embarrassed, but he didn't make that choice. Tek was voted in by the players. Francona selected Carlos Guillen of the Tigers, catcher Dioner Navarro of the Rays and pitchers George Sherrill of the Orioles, Justin Duchscherer of the A's and Joe Nathan of the Twins.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080706&content_id=3076848&vkey=allstar2008&fext=.jsp

[Diskono]

"Once you're an all-star, you're always an all-star, even if you suck every year."

 

I love Ben Sheets.

[owbc]

I'm just shocked that J.J. nearly made it as a starter as well--he passed up Tejada and finished only about 120,000 votes behind Hanley Ramirez.

 

What an awesome response by Brewers fans to get Braun voted in.

[pitchleague]

keep in mind that the Japanese/foreign vote was probably counted, tabulated, and finalized over the last week-plus. Those people are baseball savvy and probably gave Braun a truckload of votes as the defending ROY, knowing that Griffey is old and sub par.

 

Just a theory, of course.

[Brew Man Dan]

Does anyone have a link to the final vote totals. I tried to find them on mlb.com but i couldn't. Thanks for the help