All-Star Series Selections Announced
A total of 3.2M votes decided this years All-Star Series, July 22-23. Six 阪神 Tigers were selected to the starting lineup for the Central League. Pacific League leading ソフトバンク Hawks saw four selected and second place ロッテ Marines placed three.
Here are your starters for the Pacific and Central League
Zoomstick favorite of the week, Kenji Jojima received the most votes in either league for the second straight year, let's hope that next year he is the starting AL All-Star catcher for your Seattle Mariners.
Kiyohara, who hit his 500th home run earlier this year, will make his 18th All-Star appearance as the lone representative of from the Giants. Shinjo received the most votes for outfielders in the Pacific League, despite not having All-Star numbers. Just goes to show that even in Japan, a players actual production on the field may take a back seat to overall popularity.
Shinjo proves, it's not what you do on the field that that always matters
Here are your starters for the Pacific and Central League
Zoomstick favorite of the week, Kenji Jojima received the most votes in either league for the second straight year, let's hope that next year he is the starting AL All-Star catcher for your Seattle Mariners.
Kiyohara, who hit his 500th home run earlier this year, will make his 18th All-Star appearance as the lone representative of from the Giants. Shinjo received the most votes for outfielders in the Pacific League, despite not having All-Star numbers. Just goes to show that even in Japan, a players actual production on the field may take a back seat to overall popularity.
Shinjo proves, it's not what you do on the field that that always matters
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