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Just as the American League All Star fan voting is seemingly dominated by fans of the World Series champion New York Yankees, the National League voting is lopsided favoring the NL champion Philadelphia Phillies. The Phils have players at or near the top of the ballot at every position. At first base, the fans have gotten it right so far. Albert Pujols of St. Louis, the best player in the NL, has a sizeable lead over Philly’s Ryan Howard. I’m sure both players will be on the all star squad and Pujols should be the starter. Joey Votto of the Reds deserves some consideration also.  At second base Chase Utley of the Phils leads the voting, and is deserving, but he’s injured right now and the second place player, Atlanta’s Martin Prado, is a capable replacement. Jimmy Rollins slightly trails Florida’s Hanley Ramirez at shortstop, and the vote is right in my mind, despite the negative attention Ramirez brought on himself early in the season. Placido Polanco of the Phils leads the 3rd base voting, but my choice would be the player in 2nd place, the Mets’ David Wright. My choice for NL catcher would be a sentimental one, currently in third place on the ballot, Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez of Washington.  Two of the three players leading in the outfield voting are good choices – Ryan Braun of the Brewers and the Dodgers’ Andre Ethier. The third player is Atlanta rookie Jason Heyward but he has said he won’t play in the game because he’s nursing an injury.  For this last starting spot, I’ll go with a dark horse, the Cubs’ Marlon Byrd.