The early All-Star results are in and the ballot boxes have been stuffed in a way you might expect. After scorching hot starts to their seasons, Josh Hamilton of the Texas Rangers (2.58 million votes) and Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers (1.91 million) lead their respective leagues in voting. Balloting remains open until June 28 and it'll be interesting to see how Kemp's numbers hold (or don't) now that he's again on the sidelines with a hamstring injury. A few other observations about the early results (all of which can be viewed here ): • Winning two straight American League titles has its rewards. The Rangers currently own five of the nine starting spots in the American League with Ian Kinsler, Adrian Beltre, Mike Napoli and Nelson Cruz joining Hamilton at the top of their respective positions. Michael Young, meanwhile, trails David Ortiz by about 150K votes in the DH category. That's quite a departure from the days when only Red Sox and Yankees ruled the starting spots, though Detroit's Prince Fielder is the only player not from Texas, New York or Boston who's currently in a starting spot.