All-Star Balloting Concludes in Record Fashion; Teams to Be Announced Sunday at 4:00 PM EDT on TBS; Final Man Online Voting to Begin Immediately Following the Show

All-Star Balloting Concludes in Record Fashion; Teams to Be Announced Sunday at 4:00 PM EDT on TBS; Final Man Online Voting to Begin Immediately Following the Show

NEW YORK, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Fan voting for the 16 elected starters in the 78th All-Star Game, to be played Tuesday, July 10 at AT&T Park in San Francisco, ended last night with the conclusion of the Monster 2007 Online All-Star Ballot on MLB.com, the official website of Major League Baseball.

Spurred by tight races at several positions in each League, a record 11.8 million ballots were cast online during the voting period, including three million ballots over the final 48 hours after the most recent voting updates were announced.

"MLB.com thanks the great baseball fans around the globe whose knowledge and diligence helped establish an unprecedented standard for online balloting," said Dinn Mann, Executive Vice President, Content, Editor-in- Chief, MLB Advanced Media. "We are proud to provide an interactive balloting platform in the digital space for fans to cast their votes for the best players in baseball, 62 of whom will be unveiled on Sunday during the exclusive announcement of the American and National League All-Star teams on TBS."

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game Selection Show presented by Chevrolet airs exclusively on TBS at approximately 4:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, July 1, immediately following the conclusion of the Florida Marlins-Atlanta Braves game.

For the sixth year, immediately following the conclusion of the show, fans will once again select the final player for each League's 32-man roster via an online vote exclusively at MLB.com. In addition, fans will be able to cast their Monster All-Star Final Vote via their mobile phones by texting the word 'VOTE' to 99778 in the United States and 88555 in Canada.

The Monster 2007 All-Star Final Vote will provide fans the opportunity to cast their votes from two lists of five players, one from each League, over a four-day period. American League All-Star manager Jim Leyland of the Detroit Tigers and National League All-Star manager Tony La Russa of the St. Louis Cardinals, each will designate five players who will be the candidates for the Monster All-Star Final Vote. Balloting continues until 6 p.m. EDT on Thursday, July 5. The winners will be announced exclusively on MLB.com shortly thereafter.

The 78th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will determine home- field advantage in the 2007 World Series, 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). ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage, while MLB.com will provide extensive online coverage of all festivities surrounding the 78th All-Star Game. XM will provide satellite radio play-by-play coverage of the XM All-Star Futures Game in addition to its other live coverage from San Francisco.

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