Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxw.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxw!tommyo From: tommyo@ihuxw.UUCP (Tom O`Connor) Newsgroups: net.sport.baseball Subject: All-Star voting Message-ID: <893@ihuxw.UUCP> Date: Tue, 19-Jun-84 14:04:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxw.893 Posted: Tue Jun 19 14:04:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 03:35:09 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 25 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