Manny Ramirez Drops to Seventh in NL All Star Voting

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Manny Ramirez has dropped to seventh place in All-Star voting among National League  outfielders with four days left in the voting for starters.

The Los Angeles Dodgers star will be playing in his final minor league tuneup game Monday night before returning from a 50-game drug suspension on Friday.

He had 1,343,011 votes and trailed Philadelphia’s Raul Ibanez (2,970,139), Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun (2,654.061), the Mets’ Carlos Beltran (2,085,028), the Cubs’ Alfonso Soriano (1,916,598), Philadelphia’s Shane Victorino (1,642,248) and Milwaukee’s Mike Cameron (1,345,763). The top three outfielders are elected to start the July 14 game at St. Louis.

Others leading their positions in totals announced Monday were St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols (3,602,765), Philadelphia second baseman Chase Utley (3,510,082), Florida shortstop Hanley Ramirez (2,026,174), Mets third baseman David Wright (2,049,487) and St. Louis catcher Yadier Molina (1,846,629).

Voting runs through this Thursday, and starters and reserves for both leagues will be announced Sunday.

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