Look at the rosters for Major League Baseball's 2010 All-Star Game and you'll see a pretty glaring trend.
When all the shuffling due to player unavailability was done, the National League had 38 members and the American League had 39 for a grand total of 77 honorees.
Of those athletes, 26 came to the diamond from outside the United States of America:
Canada (2)—Justin Morneau, Joey Votto
Dominican Republic (13)—Jose Bautista, Adrian Beltre, Robinson Cano, Fausto Carmona, Neftali Feliz, Rafael Furcal, Vladimir Guerrero, Ubaldo Jimenez, David Ortiz, Albert Pujols, Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, Jose Valverde
Japan (1)—Ichiro Suzuki
Mexico (2)—Yovani Gallardo, Joakim Soria
Panama (1)—Mariano Rivera
Puerto Rico (1)—Yadier Molina
Taiwan (1)—Hong-Chih Kuo
Venezuela (5)—Elvis Andrus, Miguel Cabrera, Omar Infante, Victor Martinez, Martin Prado
That's over a third of the combined roster devoted to those with intimate tie...
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