ALL STAR GAME RESULTS
* July 23, Toyama Alpine Stadium: 2 to 4 Central League
* July 21, Tokyo Dome: 3 to 7 Pacific League
Out fielder, Ichiro of the Blue Wave pitched one batter out in the 9th inning.
Fans were overjoyed to see the most popular player playing a different position!
* July 20, Fukuoka Dome: 4 to 7 Pacific League
MVP went to 38-year old Kazu Yamamoto of the Hawks who hit a 3 run homer.
It's his 2nd time to receive the award. He was so thrilled to receive the title,
he was almost breaking into tears during his hero interview.
ALL STAR VOTES
As expected, Ichiro of the Blue Wave earned the most number of votes. It was thought,
he'd get over a million votes. He received much less or 865,086. Anyway, for the second
year in the row he is Japan's most popular baseball player.
See whom baseball fans have selected according to positions:
| PACIFIC LEAGUE | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | Yukihiro Nishizaki (Fighters) |
| Catcher | Satoshi Nakajima (Blue Wave) |
| 1st Base | Kazuhiro Kiyohara (Lions) |
| 2nd Base | Hiroki Kokubo (Hawks) |
| 3rd Base | Ryoji Nakamura (Buffaloes) |
| Shortstop | Chihiro Hamana (Hawks) |
| Outfield | Ichiro (Blue Wave) |
| Koji Akiyama (Hawks) | |
| Kazu Yamamoto (Buffaloes) |
| CENTRAL LEAGUE | |
|---|---|
| Pitcher | Masaki Saito (Giants) |
| Catcher | Atsuya Furuta (Swallows) |
| 1st Base | Hiromitsu Ochiai (Giants) |
| 2nd Base | Kazuyoshi Tatsunami (Dragons) |
| 3rd Base | Akira Etoh (Carp) |
| Shortstop | Kenjiro Nomura (Carp) |
| Outfield | Hideki Matsui (Giants) |
| Tomonori Maeda (Carp) | |
| Tomoaki Kanemoto (Carp) |