A little over a week ago, Bob Bowman, Major League Baseball’s president of business and media, told The Kansas City Star there has been no evidence of foul play or irregularities in the All-Star Game balloting.
Instead, it was just enthusiasm by Royals fans.
Well, something changed.
Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports recently caught up with Bowman, who said “the league disallowed (votes) because of concerns over fake or improper voting.”
“I’m not saying we bat 1.000,” Bowman said in the article. “But it’s between 60 and 65 million votes that have been canceled.