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After leading the Majors with Kendry Morales Jersey six home runs in an eight-game span last week, Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez was named the National League Player of the Week, the league announced on Tuesday.

Ramirez hit .393 (11-for-28) with the six homers, 10 RBIs and a 1.071 slugging percentage over the eight games, and the 33-year-old was also tied for first in the NL with nine runs scored.

He began the week with his 24th Angels of Anaheim Kendry Morales Jersey career multi-homer game on June 27 against the Rockies as part of a 3-for-4 outing. On Thursday, his game-tying home run in the bottom of the ninth against the Giants helped the Cubs to an eventual 5-2 extra-inning victory in the rubber match of the three-game set against the defending World Champions.

He also had a walk-off pinch-hit single in the ninth inning Wednesday and smacked his 300th career home run on Friday.

The right-hander is batting .295 this season with 12 home runs and is tied for the club lead with 44 RBIs. The Cubs are back in action Tuesday night against the Nationals.

It is Ramirez's fourth career Brewers Ryan Braun Jersey weekly award, the most recent coming in July 2010. He was also honored in May 2001 and July 2005.

Victorino was out Monday and Tuesday with a swollen thumb, but he held onto his lead in the National League in a bid to become the first two-time Final Vote winner. Trailing him were Dodgers right fielder Andre Ethier, Rockies first baseman Todd Helton, Nationals left fielder Michael Torii Hunter Jersey Morse and D-backs pitcher Ian Kennedy.

One player from each league will be added as a 34th man to round out the rosters.

Balloting commenced at 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, following the announcement of 66 All-Star starters and reserves, and it continues until 4 p.m. ET on Thursday exclusively at MLB.com, where the winners will be announced shortly thereafter. There is no limit on the number of times you can vote, and updated standings will be announced daily.

For those voting by mobile device: U.S. residents can send "VOTE" to 89269 to receive the 2011 All-Star Game Sprint Final Vote ballot, and in Brewers Zack Greinke Jersey Canada, text "VOTE" to 65246.

The Nationals and Orioles joined forces on the "Beltway Ballot," rallying together for Morse and Jones, while the 1998 expansion brethren D-backs and Authentic Ryan Braun Jersey Rays are jointly behind their respective players, Kennedy and Zobrist.

The 2009 "Bran Torino" alliance worked so well for Brandon Inge and Victorino, the Tigers and Phillies are renewing their commitment with "Victor Victorino." The Dodgers and White Sox are Spring Training neighbors in Glendale, Ariz., so they are co-promoting Ethier and Angels of Anaheim Jered Weaver Jersey Konerko.

And the Rockies and and Royals have joined in alliance for Todd Helton and Alex Gordon: "Vote Rox & Royals."

Fans are doing their own grassroots work at MLB.com with the All-Star Campaign Manager program. It allows fans to tally points by getting friends, family and co-workers to vote through social networking, and competing to be recognized as an "official" Final Vote Campaign Manager for any player they helped support.

Here is a campaign update:

National League

Andre Ethier, RF, Dodgers: If you vote for Ethier, you can win Angels of Anaheim Torii Hunter Jersey two tickets to a Dodgers home game this season, an autographed Ethier jersey or baseball, and a meet-and-greet with Ethier for you and a guest. You also will be eligible to receive a 70-percent-off discount offer for tickets in locations valued up to $50 to either the July 27 or July 30 games Authentic Zack Greinke Jersey at Dodger Stadium.

Ethier, hitting .317 entering Tuesday and having a 30-game hitting streak in his 2011 credentials, said in a video message to fans: "Punch your fingers away. There's East Coast bias out there, so this is a chance for us West Coasters to overcome it. If we need added incentive, there it is, to put a Dodger in the All-Star Game."

Dodgers season-ticket holder Alyssa Milano obliged, typing the #VoteAndre hashtag for her "favorite" Dodger and tweeting: "Help send Ethier to his hometown for the All-Star Game by texting N1 to 89269!"

Ethier was the Authentic Torii Hunter Jersey talk of baseball during his April-into-May hitting streak. Fans voted him to the starting lineup last year in Anaheim, and he ranked among the outfield leaders early in the balloting this year. Ethier ranked seventh in the NL with Ryan Braun Jersey a .317 average entering Tuesday.

Now that Konerko has the early lead, will the Dodgers-White Sox alliance help Ethier? The last time the Dodgers had a big-name former All-Star on the Final Vote ballot, they won big with Nomar Garciaparra in 2006. The Dodgers are home all week against the Mets and Padres so expect a heavy campaign theme in Chavez Ravine until the ballot closes.

Todd Helton, 1B, Rockies: The Rockies sweetened the pot, offering Helton voters a chance to win four Midfield Box Premium or Value Game tickets to a 2011 regular-season game at Coors Authentic Kendry Morales Jersey Field. In addition, eligible voters also will receive a 50-percent discount offer for tickets in select seating categories

"He's having an unbelievable year. His numbers speak for themselves," Troy Tulowitzki says of his teammate, hoping they might be a 6-3 combo at some point during the night of July 12. "So the fans really need to Jered Weaver Jersey get behind him, and hopefully he'll come through."

Helton is batting .319 (career .324), and recently played in his 2,000th career game. Will he return to the All-Star Game, where he was a fixture in those 1.000-plus OPS days of 2000-04?

Ian Kennedy, RHP, D-backs: No Final Vote winner ever has come from a team hosting an All-Star Game. Kennedy could be the first. The right-hander has been a workhorse for the D-backs, fashioning an 8-2 record with a 3.01 ERA over 116 2/3 innings. Most impressive, he is on pace for a 200-strikeout season, ranking in the NL's top 10.

In addition to partnering with the Rays in the Authentic Jered Weaver Jersey alliance, the D-backs have made a big push in traditional and social media with the #VoteIanIn hashtag on Twitter and more. He appeared on ESPN's "First Take" Tuesday morning, and teammates have rallied support for him. CEO Derrick Hall said he has received "emails and calls from fans saying they have been working hard to get Ian support. It's really heartening to see how involved our fans are and how strongly they feel about this."

"It's exciting to be part of the All-Star Game Final Vote campaign and still have an opportunity to make the National League All-Star team," Kennedy said. "I appreciate the support D-backs fans have given me all season, and hopefully it will carry over into this campaign. I would be honored to make the team, especially to have the chance to pitch in front of our fans at Chase Field."

Michael Morse, LF, Nationals: Morse is batting .299 with 15 homers and 46 RBIs, and voting for him has perks. If you vote for Morse and choose the Nationals Zack Greinke Jersey as your favorite or other favorite team, you receive a 50-percent-off discount for two tickets to a select Nationals home game this regular season. Not only that, but you are entered into a sweepstakes to win one of his game-used jerseys.

Morse, who had Monday off, called his friend Ichiro Suzuki and asked him to help get out the Japan vote, in an effort to join teammate Tyler Clippard on the NL roster. "Right now, I'll do whatever it takes," Morse said. "I'm kind of excited. It's kind of fun. It's going to be tough, with the big markets out there. It's an opportunity. I hope to represent Brewers Rickie Weeks Jersey the Nationals and join Clip."

Shane Victorino, CF, Phillies: Fans who vote for Victorino at least 100 times at phillies.com/votevictorino are eligible to be entered into a random drawing to win a meet-and-greet with Victorino at Citizens Bank Park, two tickets to an upcoming game, parking and a signed Victorino jersey.

Not only is Victorino away from Citizens Bank Park and unable to press the flesh along with a mayor this time, but due to a fall on Sunday he is out temporarily with a swollen thumb and is expected to rejoin the Phillies on Wednesday after coming home Tuesday to see a hand specialist. The "re-election campaign" goes on for a player who has been a reliable and steady force behind the Phillies' Major League-best record.

"I'm excited to be recognized again," Victorino said. "If you had asked me a month ago when I was on the DL [with a strained right hamstring] if I'd be in this position, I'd say no, missing three weeks. Obviously being back now, I'm excited. I'm excited, and I'm sure Philly fans will do what they did last time. It's happened once. Why can't it happen again?"