Individual fans are allowed to vote up to 35 times for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, but the league has concerns that some fans have gone way over that limit.

The league is canceling between 60 and 65 million votes for the All-Star Game, fearing fraud. This is a practice that happens annually, as the league tries to cancel out votes that go over the limit. These votes do not count to the main total.

Bob Bowman, CEO of MLB Advanced Media, spoke with Yahoo Sports:

“I’m not saying we bat 1.000,” Bowman said. “But it’s between 60 and 65 million votes that have been canceled. We don’t really trumpet it because if someone thinks they’re getting away with it, they’ll try to again.”

The concerns about fraud are especially high this year because Kansas City fans have voted nearly the entire Royals starting lineup in the All-Star Game. Royals fans say they just organized and mobilized well, and there is no chicanery involved.

I’m sure the league is fine with Eric Hosmer, one of the best young first basemen in the game, starting. The fact that Omar Infante, who is batting .227, could start at second base is more a cause for concern. Seeing eight Royals start the All-Star Game would be a fun gimmick, but in the end, wouldn’t you just be watching a Royals game?

MLB is doing its best to keep the voting fair, but it might just spur the Royals fans to vote more often. And then we could see eight Royals, and the lone Mike Trout (the only player with as many votes as any Royals player) starting for the AL in the All-Star Game.

(Correction: This article originally implied the league was canceling votes in response to higher Kansas City voting, but this is a standard practice to cancel votes that were deemed fraudulent.)

(Thanks to Yahoo for sharing.)