Stuffing The Ballot Box: MLBAM Expects Record All-Star Voting
By Eric Fisher, Staff Writer, SportsBusiness Journal
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MLB All-Star Voting Expected
To Set New Record For Total Votes |
MLBAM is poised to set a new record for online All-Star Game fan voting after passing the 200 million vote mark late last night. Last year's fan voting generated 214.7 million votes, with more than 41 million of that total arriving on the final day. This year's voting concludes at 11:59pm ET Thursday night, and thanks to several very close races -- including American League 1B and 2B -- 19.2 million votes were cast Wednesday and another mid eight-figure number is expected for Thursday. Meanwhile, MLBAM has developed a mobile premium product for the new Palm Pre smartphone. While not a stand-alone wireless application in the manner of MLB.com At Bat, the MLB.com Mobile Premium for the Pre contains many of the same features including live home and away audio feeds, in-game video highlights and expanded scoreboards. The mobile web-based product will be sold for $14.99 for the rest of the season, including the postseason, or $2.99 per month.
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