The results are in, and congratulations go out to Nick Swisher, Joey Votto and all the fans who supported their election to the 2010 All Star Game. Here’s the story from MLB.com:
Swisher, the Yankees’ right-fielder and social-media titan, held off Kevin Youkilis of the rival Red Sox in the closest race in the nine-year history of the Final Vote to claim the 34th and final spot on the All-Star roster with a final tally of 9.8 million votes. Swisher and Youkilis were followed by Paul Konerko of the White Sox, Michael Young of the Rangers and Delmon Young of the Twins.
Votto was a machine throughout the Final Vote. The Reds’ first baseman won wire-to-wire, powered by a fury of snub response and leading all vote-getters with 13.7 million en route to becoming the first Cincinnati player to win the All-Star Final Vote. He was followed by Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals, Carlos Gonzalez of the Rockies and Billy Wagner of the Braves. Padres pitcher Heath Bell was running in fifth the first three days then was removed from the NL ballot after he got the good news that he was replacing Brewers pitcher Yovani Gallardo on the NL roster.
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Swisher had the all-time campaigning day in Final Vote history on Wednesday, bar none. Using baseball’s most-followed Twitter account (1,220,890 followers) to his advantage, he sought out and got endorsements from New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, actress Jessica Alba and “The Apprentice” co-star Ivanka Trump (among others). Then that night he was a triple shy of the cycle in leading the Yankees to a 6-2 victory over the Athletics.
On Thursday morning, it was announced that he held a narrow lead in a “virtual tie” with Youkilis. It didn’t take Swisher long to tweet another kick in the rear to voters. He typed: “We’re in the final stretch. Can’t thank yall enough for your support. Let’s finish strong!” And naturally he used the #SENDSWISH hashtag so that as many fans as possible could find his tweet, along with a link to the ballot.
You did it! Nick’s an All Star!
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TIQ IQ
the guy came real far..he has taken instruction with an open mind and became a very good player..congrats nick.
Well, to be fair, he was already a very good player. ;)
Matt,, i think you just like to bump heads with me..it will be fun..”a very good player” what do you consider “very”..until this year what was his over all B.A…and his defense was also very good? whom else do you think is very good ..granderson..arod jeter just yanks right now..maybe e differ on good and very good
Swisher was a very good player. He had an awful year in 2008, no doubt, but before and since then, he’s been very good. He’s never failed to hit 20 home runs in a season. He’s never had an IsoP (SLG-BA to take singles out of it, a true measure of power) of below .190.
Swisher wasn’t a high average guy, but that doesn’t make him not “very good.” He did what good players do: get on base (not make outs) and hit for power. He’s continued to do that this year (10.3% walk rate, .221 IsoP), while also hitting for a more solid batting average. This would definitely be his best year, but he’s been very good before this.