The American League East has a stranglehold on the starting positions for the upcoming All Star Game. For the seven positions being voted for by fans, an AL East player is leading the voting. Boston's David Ortiz leads all vote-getters with 1,749,956 at the designated hitter spot. He holds over a 1.3 million vote lead over Baltimore's Rafael Palmeiro. Fellow Red Sox outfielder Manny Ramirez and catcher Jason Varitek also lead the voting at their positions. Ramirez (1,261,827) is joined in the outfield by Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki (1,219,510) and the Angels' Vladimir Guerrero (1,198,198). The AL East trio of Boston's Johnny Damon, and New York's Gary Sheffield and Hideki Matsui are four through six in the outfield. Varitek (1,161,022) is ahead of Detroit's Ivan Rodriguez by over 300,000 votes. The Baltimore double-play combination of Miguel Tejada and Brian Roberts lead at their respective positions. Tejada (1,356,842) leads fellow shortstops Derek Jeter of New York (911,275) and Edgar Renteria (617,893) of the Red Sox. Roberts (1,159,241) leads Texas' Alfonso Soriano (1,037,627) by just over 120,000 votes. New York third baseman Alex Rodriguez leads all players at his position. Rodriguez (1,524,514) is the second overall vote-getter has a comfortable lead on Boston's Bill Mueller (5-2,770) and Baltimore's Melvin Mora (425,962). New York's Tino Martinez (738,865) continues to lead all AL first basemen, despite not serving as the Yankees everyday player at the position. Texas' Mark Teixeira (694,157) is the next closest player.