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MLB revealed on Thursday which hitters the fans voted in as starters for the league’s 91st All-Star Game, set to take place July 13 at Denver’s Coors Field. After each position was cut down to three finalists on Sunday, the vote count for each player reset to zero so fans could cast their vote this week with a clean slate based on a more updated set of statistics.