2015 Franchise Four - The Other Ballots

from mlb.com

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2015/franchise_four.jsp?c_id=greatest_players

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:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2015/franchise_four.jsp?c_id=pio

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:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2015/franchise_four.jsp?c_id=nl

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!!!