November 01, 2005
King for a Day
Major League Baseball and the Hall of Fame have opened up fan balloting for the Ford Frick Award, which honors baseball broadcasters. You’re not voting for the recipient of the award, mind you — just who will be on the final ballot. And the top vote-getters are not even assured of winning the honor — the powers that be pick seven other names to go on the final ballot as well.
So why should you take the time to vote? Because I can think of no better honor for the late Bill King — other than a donation to the two causes he was passionate about — than to vote early and often for this great broadcaster to finally get his spot in a Hall of Fame. Perhaps, the basketball and football versions will be moved to follow suit.
You can vote once a day for up to three candidates. If the other two spots on your ballot contain the names “Joe Morgan,” “Tim McCarver,” or “Steve Physioc,” then I’m afraid we can’t be friends any more.
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I can get behind Bill King, especially if it means dissing Joe "I played the game, so no one may disagree with me" Morgan and Tim "Mrs. Derek Jeter" McCarver.
Is there a place in the HoF for stadium announcers? or at least some kind of baseball lifetime recognition? Because I want some kind of award or something for the late Bob Casey, who died this year after eleventy-trillion years doing Twins games. he was the crankiest and funniest of them all.
Nope, ntohing for PA announcers. You would figure that Casey would be a shoe-in -- "Remember fans -- there is no smoking in _your_ Metrodome!" -- as would Bob Sheppard and Rex Barney and probably a few other people I'm forgetting.
But when you think about all the people the Hall of Fame doesn't have a way of honoring -- scouts can't get voted in, nor can coaches -- P.A. announcers will have to take their place in line.
Oh, yeah. The smoking thing is classic Casey. "Nooooo smoking! Don't do it!!!!"
Besides, even people who barely know what a baseball is have probably heard his introduction for Kirbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Puck-ett!!!!!! that takes about a week to finish.
It seems ridiculous that scouts and coaches can't get in.
Phil - I was thinking that it would take about 5 years for me to get over the horrendous choice of Jerry "hang a star on it" Coleman for 2005, but that drops to 1 year if King can somehow manage to get one of the 3 fan nominations this year.
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