http://0rz.tw/OTpkV Posey leads catchers in votes; Panda in running By Chris Haft / MLB.com | 05/31/11 3:00 PM ET The first round of All-Star voting results announced Tuesday might arouse some bittersweet feelings among the Giants and their fans. Buster Posey leads National League catchers with 785,314 votes, more than 150,000 ahead of second-place Brian McCann of Atlanta. The vast majority of those votes, of course, were turned in before May 25, when Posey sustained a broken left leg and torn ankle ligaments that will sideline him for the rest of the season. Another inactive Giant who's thriving at the ballot box is third baseman Pablo Sandoval, who ranks third at his position with 522,037 votes. Sandoval, who trails first-place Placido Polanco of Philadelphia by about 200,000 votes and second-place Chipper Jones of Atlanta by approximately 18,000 votes, hasn't played since April 29 as he recovers from surgery to remove a fractured hamate bone from his right hand. Yet if Sandoval returns in two weeks, as the Giants hope, he'll have time to make a legitimate push for inclusion on the NL squad. Sandoval was leading the Giants in batting average (.313), on-base percentage (.374) and slugging percentage (.530) when he was hurt. Freddy Sanchez ranks fifth among second basemen with 347,713 votes, about 490,000 votes behind the leader, Cincinnati's Brandon Phillips. Sanchez entered Tuesday as the hottest-hitting Giant, batting .386 (22-for-57) while hitting safely in 12 of his previous 14 games. Fans can cast their votes for starters up to 25 times at MLB.com and all 30 club sites -- online or via your mobile device -- using the 2011 All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Sprint until June 30 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Starting rosters will be announced during the 2011 All-Star Game Selection Show on TBS on July 3. Baseball fans around the world will then be able to select the final player on each team via the 2011 All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Sprint. And the voting doesn't end there. Fans will have the opportunity to participate in the official voting for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet at the Midsummer Classic via the 2011 All-Star Game MVP Vote Sponsored by Sprint. The All-Star Game, to be played in Phoenix on July 12, will be televised nationally by FOX and around the world by Major League Baseball International. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio play-by-play, while MLB.com will offer extensive online coverage. Fan balloting at AT&T Park ends June 22. Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs. --

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