Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Hammond man way too into this Final Vote business

A man from Hammond, Ind. really, really wants to see Jermaine Dye in that All-Star Game. Get your life in order, man. Dye probably doesn't want to go as badly as you want him to.
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CHRIS WERNICK said...

I can relate. IT was Spring of 2002: a friend and I waited outside the Metrodome to get Twins players' autographs on a baseball before the game. There were others waiting, including a man and his son sitting at a picnic table with a box full of All-Star Ballots filling them in notoriously. I left the man alone to indulge in his madness, but another Twins' Fan couldn't resist to urge to ask him just what he was doing.

The man explained he was going to get Corey Koskie into the 2003 All-star game by filling out counltess ballots BY HAND. Not only punching the hole, but also writing in Corey's name twice in the "write-in" spots at the bottom. I was more concerned for the 8 year old boy with him who he was forcing to participate which could be considered borderline breach of child labor sanctions in America.

The other fan asked the crazed fan if he really thought doing this would actually work to get Corey Koskie on the roster. The man replied "well we did the same thing for A.J. Pierzynski last year, so it must have worked".

Maybe it wasn't available at the time or the man just didn't know about online voting, but it's still insane to fill out thousands of all-star ballots by hand for a mediocre 3rd baseman who eventually had to retire early because of head trauma.

10:31
CHRIS WERNICK said...

Correction, event occured in 2003

10:35

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