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From: tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor)
Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball
Subject: All-Star voting
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Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 14:04:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 19 14:04:00 1984
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You want to talk about a joke, let`s talk about the voting for
All-Stars going on.  I took a look at the current vote
tallies and was appalled.  In the NL, you`ve got Steve Sax
on top.  Where`s Sandburg at?  About 5th or 6th.  He`s having
a tremendous year.  No mention of Francona at first.  Sure,
he`s not on the ballot, but where are the write-ins?  Garvey
made it as a write-in, and I see Francona as about the best
hitter in the NL this season.  Or how about Gwynn from SD?
He`s on top of the league, but nothing in the standings.
Then we fly to the Junior Circuit to see more injustice.
Davis of Seattle is having a great season - another guy
who deserves write-in votes.  Garcia of Toronto is a poor
5th or 6th at his spot.  And the thing that galls me the
most is Reggie Jackson being #2 in the outfield.  Come on,
let`s quit this vote for name stuff and vote for the players
having great seasons.  How about Kingman in Oakland?
Talk about turning yourself around by switching teams!
I think they should either give the vote back to the teams,
or revise the procedure somehow of how names get placed
on the ballot.  I used all the write-in spaces available
on my ballot.  Others should do the same.  And while I`m at
it, why can`t we vote for pitchers also?  I never understood
that.  Enough from me for a bit.

Tom O`Connor