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  6. article_body => "<p>In his sixth season with the Giants, Brandon Belt is an All-Star for the first time at 28 years old.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Belt won the Final Vote for the National League Friday to earn the nod in the Midsummer Classic. Giants fans took to Twitter, blowing up social media with #VoteBelt to get their beloved first baseman in the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He finished with 10.4 million votes via text messages and Twitter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Belt's Giants teammates made sure to be active on Twitter during the voting process to get him into the game. After the news came out that Belt won the vote, several of his teammates reacted to the news on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our man <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbelt9\">@bbelt9<\/a> is going to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ASG?src=hash\">#ASG<\/a>! Thank you to everyone who voted!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VoteBelt?src=hash\">#VoteBelt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFGiants\">@SFGiants<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreGiant?src=hash\">#WeAreGiant<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qDAZ7ZeU9g\">pic.twitter.com\/qDAZ7ZeU9g<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hunter Pence (@hunterpence) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hunterpence\/status\/751521171124826112\">July 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to my ping pong nemesis <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbelt9\">@bbelt9<\/a>! Now that you're an all star, I won't feel so bad whoopin you today on the table<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mac Williamson (@mwilliamson7) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mwilliamson7\/status\/751522446340009984\">July 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congrats to my buddy Brandon on being voted in to the all star game!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BrandonsAreAwesome?src=hash\">#BrandonsAreAwesome<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yzrZkFPIYz\">pic.twitter.com\/yzrZkFPIYz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brandon Crawford (@bcraw35) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bcraw35\/status\/751546192509542400\">July 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbelt9\">@bbelt9<\/a> on making the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllStarGame\">@AllStarGame<\/a> ! Thank you fans for voting!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Panik (@JoePanik) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoePanik\/status\/751560075727089664\">July 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey now, you're an All-Star, get your game on, go play<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AthpzzSm3T\">pic.twitter.com\/AthpzzSm3T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #WeAreSF (@SFGiants) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFGiants\/status\/751575089120833536\">July 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And Belt showed his appreciation for the votes, too. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFGiants\/status\/751548034878541824\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>video posted on Twitter by the Giants<\/strong><\/a>, Belt, who leads baseball with 27 doubles, sent the following message to his fans:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\"I just want to say thank you so much to all the Giants fans out there who voted for me, and really, all the fans across the country who voted for me. This means the world to me and my family... I can't wait to get down to San Diego and play with my teammates.\"<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A few words from our ALL-STAR 1B, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbelt9\">@bbelt9<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VoteBelt?src=hash\">#VoteBelt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SFGiants?src=hash\">#SFGiants<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T7it1sPpk7\">pic.twitter.com\/T7it1sPpk7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 #WeAreSF (@SFGiants) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFGiants\/status\/751548034878541824\">July 8, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n"
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In his sixth season with the Giants, Brandon Belt is an All-Star for the first time at 28 years old. 

Belt won the Final Vote for the National League Friday to earn the nod in the Midsummer Classic. Giants fans took to Twitter, blowing up social media with #VoteBelt to get their beloved first baseman in the game. 

He finished with 10.4 million votes via text messages and Twitter. 

Belt's Giants teammates made sure to be active on Twitter during the voting process to get him into the game. After the news came out that Belt won the vote, several of his teammates reacted to the news on Twitter.

And Belt showed his appreciation for the votes, too. In a video posted on Twitter by the Giants, Belt, who leads baseball with 27 doubles, sent the following message to his fans: 

"I just want to say thank you so much to all the Giants fans out there who voted for me, and really, all the fans across the country who voted for me. This means the world to me and my family... I can't wait to get down to San Diego and play with my teammates."