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This is not fair to Giants fans to vote for the Greatest Living Player because by limiting us to four players we cannot fill out a proper ballot which would include:
- Willie Mays
- Barry Bonds
- Buster Posey
- Will Clark
- Willie McCovey
I had to write in Buster Posey, thereby leaving off Will Clark and Willie McCovey.
A real travesty.
Tom Seaver gets a vote he was not entitled to, so if he wins, you know why.
There is also a ballot for Baseball Pioneers:
It's not what you think. I'm thinking Jackie Robinson, Minnie Minoso and then some others of merit. But NO!!!. Cap Anson, a widely acknowledged racist. Buck Ewing? instead of Buck O'Neill?
I wrote in Jackie Robinson and left the rest of the ballot blank. I don't even know what the other folks pioneered and I consider myself a reasonable student of baseball history. Perhaps I'm missing something here.
At least I found Buck O'Neil here,
Top Players in Negro League History:
Here, I voted for
- Josh Gibson
- Cool Papa Bell
- Satchel Paige
- Buck O'Neill
MLB deserves whatever adverse attention and publicity they may receive for folks having to write Jackie Robinson in on a ballot, like he was some sort of after-thought in baseball history. Are you serious?!?! This is MAJOR LEAGUE DUMB!!!
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