Celebrate 5/5: Vote up to 5 times for ASG

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Jeff Bagwell, Johnny Bench, Lou Boudreau, George Brett, Joe DiMaggio, Hank Greenberg and Brooks Robinson combined for 73 All-Star Game selections, and May 5, aka 5/5, is a good time to mention that they are the only players whose No. 5 jerseys were retired.

Matt Duffy, Eduardo Escobar, Freddie Freeman, Carlos Gonzalez, Josh Harrison, Albert Pujols, Corey Seager, Jonathan Villar and David Wright are among your choices on the Esurance MLB All-Star Game Ballot, and 5/5 is a good time to point out that they all wear No. 5.

• Cast your Esurance All-Star ballot for #ASGWorthy players

Balloting continues to select starters for the 87th All-Star Game presented by MasterCard on July 12 at Petco Park in San Diego, and here’s something else that is worth talking about on 5/5: Fans are allowed to submit up to five ballots per any 24-hour period, the new wrinkle introduced in 2016 to the largest All-Star balloting program in professional sports.

So in honor of 5/5, go ahead and submit your five ballots. You can cast …

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