<P> Since the dawn of the internet age, online voting has again led to ballot stuffing . In 1999, Chris Nandor, a Red Sox fan, utilized a simple computer program to vote for Nomar Garciaparra over 39,000 times . Upon discovery, MLB disallowed the votes . Major League Baseball assures that they have taken precautions to guard against this . </P> <P> In 2015, Kansas City Royals fans were accused of stuffing the ballot box when eight of their players (Salvador Pérez, Lorenzo Cain, Mike Moustakas, Alcides Escobar, Eric Hosmer, Kendrys Morales, Alex Gordon, and Omar Infante) were leading the ballots at their respective positions before the final tally was taken . Had this result stood, the only non-Royal in the American League's starting lineup would have been Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim player Mike Trout . This also would have been a record for the most players from one team starting in the All - Star game . However, after MLB cancelled 65 million votes citing voting fraud, the final starting roster included only Salvador Pérez, Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar, and Alex Gordon (Gordon would be replaced due to injury). The only other Royals to make the final lineup were Mike Moustakas, Kelvin Herrera and Wade Davis; Moustakas as the winner of the AL All - Star Final Vote while Herrera and Davis, both pitchers, were chosen through either Player Ballots or by Royals and AL Manager, Ned Yost . </P> <P> In 1989, a designated hitter was allowed in the All - Star Game for the first time . Until 2010, the designated hitter rule was applied based on the league in which the host team plays; it was used for games played in American League ballparks--in each such instance, both teams used a designated hitter--while in National League ballparks, managers have scheduled the pitcher to hit, though pinch hitters have almost always been used in practice . This allows a deserving nonstarter to make a plate appearance . In 2010, Major League Baseball announced the designated hitter rule would apply for every All - Star Game; while the 2010 game was already to have the DH, the 2011 game was the first played in a National League park with a DH . </P> <P> The All - Star Game Most Valuable Player Award is presented annually to the most outstanding player of each season's All - Star Game . Presented each year beginning in 1962 (two games were held in 1962 and an award was presented for each game), the MVP award was originally called the Arch Ward Memorial Award, after the man who came up with the concept of the All - Star Game in 1933 . In 1970, the name was changed to the Commissioner's Trophy (two NL players were presented the award in 1975); however, the name change was reversed in 1985, so that the World Series Trophy (first awarded in 1967) could be renamed the Commissioner's Trophy . In 2002, the trophy itself retained its eponym, while the award itself was dedicated as The Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Award, in honor of former Boston Red Sox player Ted Williams, who had died earlier that year . </P>

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