Fans push for the Kansas City Royals to take over the All-Star Game
More than 500 million fan votes have been cast for Major League Baseball's All-Star Game and the Kansas City Royals still dominate the American League field, with five players hanging on to spots — and that's knocked down from eight players two weeks ago.
"Prepare for the apocalypse," the Washington Post warned yesterday. "We're one week closer to a Royals-vs.-the-National League Midsummer Classic."
A whole 40 million more votes have been cast for Kansas City players this year as compared to last. Bob Bowman, the president and CEO of MLB Advanced Media, told the Washington Post that, overall, 2015 could see the most votes ever cast for the All-Star Game.
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The Midsummer Classic will be held on July 14 in Cincinnati, and voting closes Thursday (you can submit your ballot here). Royals fans, don't forget — you can vote up to 35 times. Jeva Lange
