A-Rod still on top of AL All-Star voting

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06/19/2007 - New York, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez continues to lead all players in voting for the upcoming All-Star Game.

Rodriguez, who has never finished as the overall balloting leader, has garnered 1,914,162 votes. The next closest is Rodriguez's teammate, shortstop Derek Jeter, with 1,591,453 votes.

At first base Boston's David Ortiz leads all players at the position with 1,423,064 votes. Minnesota's Justin Morneau, the reigning league MVP, is second at the position with 736,786 tallies.

Detroit's Placido Polanco holds the lead at second base, while his teammate Ivan Rodriguez holds the top spot for catchers.

The top three outfielders are the Angels' Vladimir Guerrero (1,541,241), Boston's Manny Ramirez (1,098,497) and Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki (1,048,781). Detroit's Magglio Ordonez is fourth with 970,300 votes.

In-stadium balloting concludes June 22nd, while fans can vote online until June 28th at 11:59 p.m. (et).

The 78th All-Star Game will be played Tuesday, July 10th at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

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An important American Idol betting lines recap from February 20 Guys episode. The 12 men came out flat overall with Blake Lewis appearing to have the early edge after the first hour and a half.

Rudy - was quite good singing "Free Ride" to start off.  Randy was not impressed though.  Paula thought he started off fantastic.  "Never had anyone stop off so lively" said Paula but Simon (who does not like Rudy) does not feel he has a distinct voice and was not impressed either. 

Brandon was a little pitchy according to Randy and Paula agreed.  Simon said he was a good singer but the song was "too safe" and he needs to make an impact.  He was listed at +1200 odds or $1200 paid out on a $100 bet should he win the competition. 

Big favorite Sundance came in with a flat version of "Knights in White Satin" and the judges let him have it, including Paula.  Randy claimed the song was out of pitch throughout.

Korean American - and a Jenny Woo favorite - Paul Kim was up next.  Another pitchy flat one but Randy said he still liked his potential.  Kim at +3000 odds was said to have sung a "third rate version of that (George Michael) song" according to Simon Cowell.  He sang "Careless Whisper".

22 year old Chris Richardson was up next.  He was listed with +1100 odds coming in.  He got the best response from the judges though Simon did not believe the vocal was that great. 

Nick was boring and pitchy.  Simon didn't think he was that bad though and predicted he would be back next week.  Nick Pedro was a big +3000 dog coming into this competition. 

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Jared Cotter followed.  He was listed with +2000 odds early on to win the competition.  The judges felt he needs to take more risks but looked good. 

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Phil - this season's military favorite - came into this competition with +1200 odds to win the competition.  He was the last to perform.  He was certainly strong enough to get through this stage of the competition and perhaps the best one after a shaky start. 

Tomorrow night, the ladies perform and I sure hope they do a better job than the boys.  Check out all the American Idol betting odds here.

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