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Baseball fans around the world cast a record 23 million valid votes on MLB.com since the program commenced on Sunday, July 1 at approximately 7 p.m. (EDT). This year's record number of votes, including nearly one million cast via mobile phones, represents an increase of more than 20 percent from the previous mark of 18.6 million set in 2006.

The American League winner, Okajima, received 4.4 million votes en route to becoming the first rookie to win the balloting. He was followed by Jeremy Bonderman of the Detroit Tigers; Pat Neshek of the Minnesota Twins; Kelvim Escobar of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim; and Roy Halladay of the Toronto Blue Jays.

On the National League ballot, San Diego's Chris Young led all vote-getters with more than 4.5 million votes and was followed by Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs; Roy Oswalt of the Houston Astros, who was named to the National League All-Star Team earlier today as a replacement for Atlanta Braves pitcher John Smoltz; Brandon Webb of the Arizona Diamondbacks; and Tom Gorzelanny of the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Monster All-Star Final Vote program has now seen nearly 80 million votes cast since its inception in 2002, including a then-record 18.6 million last year when fans chose A.J. Pierzynski of the Chicago White Sox and Nomar Garciaparra of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Previous winners of the Monster All-Star Final Vote include: Scott Podsednik (AL, 2005); Oswalt (NL, 2005); Hideki Matsui (AL, 2004); Bobby Abreu (NL, 2004); Jason Varitek (AL, 2003); Geoff Jenkins (NL, 2003); Johnny Damon (AL, 2002); and Andruw Jones (NL, 2002).