Seattle's David Bell topped the All-Star voting among American League third basemen this week, giving the Mariners five leaders in the nine positions for the starting lineup July 10 at Seattle's Safeco Field.

        Bell, a Moeller High grad, is having less than an All-Star season: .250 BA, 7 HR, 34 RBI. But he took over the lead this week from perennial All-Star Cal Ripken.

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        The Seattle landslide is reminiscent of Reds fans stuffing the All-Star ballot boxes in 1957 and electing seven starters. Commissioner Ford Frick replaced Reds outfielders Gus Bell and Wally Post with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays. See a connection? Gus Bell happens to be David Bell's grandfather.

        Other Mariners leading the voting are 1B John Olerud, 2B Bret Boone, DH Edgar Martinez and OF Ichiro Suzuki. Another Mariner, Mike Cameron, is fourth among outfielders and only 35,000 votes behind Cleveland's Juan Gonzalez for the third starting spot.

        Former Mariner Alex Rodriguez of Texas leads among shortstops, making Texas catcher Ivan Rodriquez the only AL leader without ties to the Mariners.

        Ripken, who recently announced this would be his last season, has been guaranteed a spot on the All-Star team by Yankees manager Joe Torre.

        Ballpark voting has ended. Online voting continues through Saturday.

        This week's leaders:

        First Base: 1, John Olerud, Seattle, 934,720. 2, Carlos Delgado, Toronto, 442,741. 3, Jason Giambi, Oakland, 377,868. 4, Doug Mientkiewicz, Minnesota, 325,227. 5, Jim Thome, Cleveland, 278,116.

        Second Base: 1, Bret Boone, Seattle, 1,311,776. 2, Roberto Alomar, Cleveland, 860,713. 3, Alfonso Soriano, New York, 216,725. 4, Adam Kennedy, Anaheim, 139,431. 5, Jose Offerman, Boston, 121,662.

        Third Base: 1, David Bell, Seattle, 612,665. 2, Troy Glaus, Anaheim, 579,416. 3, Cal Ripken Jr., Baltimore, 558,336. 4, Scott Brosius, New York, 287,220. 5, Tony Batista, Toronto, 213,936.

        Shortstop: 1, Alex Rodriguez, Texas, 764,139. 2, Derek Jeter, New York, 631,535. 3, Carlos Guillen, Seattle, 465,659. 4, Omar Vizquel, Cleveland, 391,792. 5, Nomar Garciaparra, Boston, 264,435.

        Catcher: 1, Ivan Rodriguez, Texas, 1,204,132. 2, Dan Wilson, Seattle, 557,199. 3, Jorge Posada, New York, 361,424. 4, Einar Diaz, Cleveland, 201,965. 5, Sandy Alomar Jr., Chicago, 196,424.

        Designated Hitter: 1, Edgar Martinez, Seattle, 1,528,619. 2, David Justice, New York, 347,599. 3, Andres Galarraga, Texas, 315,665. 4, Russell Branyan, Cleveland, 195,751. 5, Dante Bichette, Boston, 140,494.

        Outfield: 1, Ichiro Suzuki, Seattle, 1,734,905. 2, Manny Ramirez, Boston, 1,062,582. 3, Juan Gonzalez, Cleveland, 786,544. 4, Mike Cameron, Seattle, 751,785. 5, Bernie Williams, New York, 418,684. 6, Kenny Lofton, Cleveland, 348,193. 7, Ellis Burks, Cleveland, 285,947. 8, Al Martin, Seattle, 254,782. 9, Paul O'Neill, New York, 254,651. 10, Raul Mondesi, Toronto, 253,391. 10, Chuck Knoblauch, New York, 227,387. 12, Darin Erstad, Anaheim, 195,886. 13, Jose Cruz Jr., Toronto, 190,177. 14, Carl Everett, Boston , 171,119. 15, Jermaine Dye, Kansas, City 166,268.

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