Fans Asked to #VoteDozier
7/9/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. - There is not much time left to help former Southern Miss baseball player and current Minnesota Twin, Brian Dozier, in the Esurance MLB All-Star Game Final Vote.
Through two days of voting, Dozier ranks second behind Kansas City Royals Mike Moustakas and ahead of the other three American League Final Vote candidates, Yeonis Cespedes (Detroit Tigers), Brett Gardner (New York Yankees) and Xander Bogaerts (Boston Red Sox).
The Esurance MLB All-Star Game Final Vote (#FinalVote) is being held exclusively on MLB.com and the individual Club sites, including Twinsbaseball.com/vote. Voting continues until 3 p.m. (CST) on Friday, July 10.
Fans can use their mobile devices to vote at Twinsbaseball.com/vote or via text message. To receive the ballot, text the word "VOTE" to 89269. To vote for a specific player, fans can text the choice to 89269. (EXAMPLE: Text "A3" to vote for AL Player 3, which is Brian Dozier.)
The MLB All-Star Game Final Vote also will include social balloting, as Twitter support from the 10 candidates' fans over the last six hours of balloting will count toward their final vote totals. From 9 a.m. -- 3 p.m. (CST) on Friday, July 10, any tweet that includes a designated player hashtag (#VoteDozier) will be tabulated as part of the official vote total used to determine the AL and NL winners.
In addition, the Minnesota Twins and the National League's New York franchise have teamed together to form #MetropoliTwins to vote for Dozier and the Mets right-handed pitcher Jeurys Familia (#VoteFamilia, text vote N2) to win tickets to a Twins and a Mets game. Click here for more details.
Dozier looks to become just the second former Southern Miss player to reach the MLB All-Star game, along with Jim "Peanuts" Davenport who appeared in 1962.
The 2015 All-Star Game will be played at Great American Ball Park on Tuesday, July 14. The 86th All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage. MLB Network, MLB.com and Sirius XM also will provide comprehensive All-Star Week coverage. For more information, please visit allstargame.com.
Top 10 Reasons to #VoteDozier (Stats entering July 9 games)
1. Leads the American League (AL) in extra-base hits with 47 and is second in MLB
2. Has the most extra-base hits of any Twins player (and former Washington Senator) by the all-star break
3. Ranks tied for second in the MLB in runs scored (64)
4. Leads all MLB second basemen in home runs (18) and doubles (26)
5. Ranks second in doubles in MLB
6. Fifth in the AL in total bases (172)
7. Tied for 10 in AL in home runs
8. Has 11 career home runs to leadoff games
9. Committed just three errors in 439 fielding chances (.993); Has more chances than any 2B in the AL
10. Been involved in more double plays (63) than any other 2B in the AL