After combining to make eight previous All-Star appearances as player or manager selectees, outfielder Matt Holliday and shortstop Jhonny Peralta learned on Sunday that they will represent the Cardinals in the July 14 Midsummer Classic as fan-elected starters for the first times in their respective careers.
St. Louis Official Site
For Jhonny Peralta, it was redemption. For Matt Holliday, it was validation.
Post-Dispatch
The Cardinals officially have their first two of what figures to be a healthy amount of All Stars in 2015, as Matt Holliday and Jhonny Peralta were named starters for the National League.
KMOV
Playing in the 12th season of his big-league career, Matt Holliday has already been an All-Star six times. But 2015 marks the first season the fans have chosen the St. Louis Cardinals outfielder to start in the Mid-Summer Classic.
STL Baseball Weekly
For the first time in his career, Jhonny Peralta has been chosen by the fans to be a starter in the Major League All-Star Game.
STL Baseball Weekly
As happy as Matt Holliday was on Sunday to find out he had been voted in as a starter for the National League All-Star team, there were a couple of other people in the Holliday household who were even more excited.
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