Lead Changes Highlight Day Two of All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote

Sandoval and Kinsler re-gain top spots in tight races after briefly losing
them overnight

NEW YORK, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Both races in this year's All-Star Game
Sprint Final Vote saw lead changes last night after day one frontrunners Pablo
Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants and Ian Kinsler of the Texas Rangers fell
behind Shane Victorino of the Philadelphia Phillies and Brandon Inge of the
Detroit Tigers, respectively. At the 48-hour mark, Sandoval and Kinsler have
each re-gained those leads with balloting ahead of last year's record pace as
22.2 million votes have been cast exclusively on MLB.com and the individual
Club sites.

While Sandoval and Victorino swapped the top spot on the ballot last night,
Mark Reynolds of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles
Dodgers each have garnered nearly two million votes and are looming in this
very close race for the final roster spot on the 2009 National League All-Star
Team. They are followed by Cristian Guzman of the Washington Nationals.

Over in the American League, Inge eclipsed Kinsler for first place last night
before the Rangers second baseman re-gained the lead earlier today. Overall,
Kinsler, Inge and Chone Figgins of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim each have
tallied more than two million votes while Carlos Pena of the Tampa Bay Rays
and Adam Lind of the Toronto Blue Jays are in position to make a run.

The eighth annual All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote ballot commenced exclusively
on MLB.com and the individual Club sites at 2 p.m. (EDT) on Sunday and will
continue until the voting concludes at 4 p.m. (EDT) on Thursday, July 9, 2009.

Mobile voting is available exclusively on Sprint capable mobile phones and
fans can send the word "Vote" to 1122 to receive the 2009 All-Star Game Sprint
Final Vote ballot. Standard text rates apply. In Canada, fans should text the
word "Vote" to 88555.

The All-Star Sprint Game Final Vote program has seen nearly 140 million votes
cast since its inception in 2002, including last year's record-setting total
when fans chose Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays and Corey Hart of the
Milwaukee Brewers. Previous winners of the All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote
are: Hideki Okajima (AL, 2007); Chris Young (NL, 2007); A.J. Pierzynski (AL,
2006); Nomar Garciaparra (NL, 2006); Scott Podsednik (AL, 2005); Roy Oswalt
(NL, 2005); Hideki Matsui (AL, 2004); Bobby Abreu (NL, 2004); Jason Varitek
(AL, 2003); Geoff Jenkins (NL, 2003); Johnny Damon (AL, 2002); and Andruw
Jones (NL, 2002).

The 80th Major League Baseball All-Star Game will be televised nationally by
FOX Sports, in Canada by Rogers Sportsnet and Sportsnet HD and televised
around the world by Major League Baseball International, with pregame
ceremonies beginning at 8:00 p.m. (EDT)/7:00 p.m. (CDT).

SOURCE MLB.com

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