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JULY 07, 2008

Longoria leads in voting for final All-Star spot

With fans voting in record-setting numbers, Rays rookie third baseman Evan Longoria is leading the very close race for the final All-Star spot, which MLB said Monday afternoon is separated by only a few percentage points.

Longoria_2 Longoria (left), one of the five candidates for the last spot in the American League, is followed by White Sox OF Jermaine Dye, Yankees 1B Jason Giambi, Orioles INF Brian Roberts and Royals slugger Jose Guillen.

MLB said that in the opening 24 hours of voting, more than 11 million votes were cast, a record for the first day and an increase of 115 percent compared to the same period in 2007.

The online voting on mlb.com will conclude Thursday at 5 p.m.

To vote, click here.

-JOE SMITH


joesmith@sptimes.com

[James Borchuck, Times files]

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