We all know that sports voters often have their own personal agendas when they cast their votes, and that is most obvious when it comes to the Baseball Hall of Fame voters who seem to wear their petty, elitist agendas on their sleeves. But this guy just comes across as an idiot.
Complete Oakland Tribune column.
Voter: I made a mistake not voting for Rickey Henderson
By Carl Steward
Oakland Tribune
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Corky Simpson, a retired Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen columnist, told the Bay Area News Group on Thursday that unlike the bold stand he took in the 1992 AP college football poll, he "simply goofed" by leaving Henderson off his Hall of Fame ballot and wishes he had a chance to vote again.
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In a Dec. 9 column explaining his Hall of Fame picks, the 70-year-old Simpson, who writes a weekly column for the Green Valley (Ariz.) News & Sun, cited eight choices, among them Tim Raines and Matt Williams. He relegated Rickey — expected to be announced as a first-ballot selection on Monday — to a list of also-rans without explanation as to why he didn't vote for him.
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"I'll bet it was worse than when 98 people failed to vote for Catfish Hunter some 22 years ago," he added. "The blogosphere would have exploded if it had been around when 43 people failed to vote for Mickey Mantle, 23 for Willie Mays, 36 for Jackie Robinson, nine for Hank Aaron, 31 for Roberto Clemente, 57 for Yogi Berra, 23 for Stan Musial, 20 for Ted Williams and 28 for Joe DiMaggio."
Green Valley News sportswriter Nick Prevenas said he warned Simpson about leaving Henderson off his ballot when he filed the column, but Simpson told him he "wasn't a Rickey guy and that he would vote for him next time."
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"If I had properly researched the situation, I would have voted for Rickey Henderson if for no other reason than he played for nine ball teams," he said. "Imagine that. He'll be the first Hall of Famer to have a bronze bust with nine caps stacked on his head.
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Complete Oakland Tribune column.
Voter: I made a mistake not voting for Rickey Henderson
By Carl Steward
Oakland Tribune
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Corky Simpson, a retired Tucson (Ariz.) Citizen columnist, told the Bay Area News Group on Thursday that unlike the bold stand he took in the 1992 AP college football poll, he "simply goofed" by leaving Henderson off his Hall of Fame ballot and wishes he had a chance to vote again.
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In a Dec. 9 column explaining his Hall of Fame picks, the 70-year-old Simpson, who writes a weekly column for the Green Valley (Ariz.) News & Sun, cited eight choices, among them Tim Raines and Matt Williams. He relegated Rickey — expected to be announced as a first-ballot selection on Monday — to a list of also-rans without explanation as to why he didn't vote for him.
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"I'll bet it was worse than when 98 people failed to vote for Catfish Hunter some 22 years ago," he added. "The blogosphere would have exploded if it had been around when 43 people failed to vote for Mickey Mantle, 23 for Willie Mays, 36 for Jackie Robinson, nine for Hank Aaron, 31 for Roberto Clemente, 57 for Yogi Berra, 23 for Stan Musial, 20 for Ted Williams and 28 for Joe DiMaggio."
Green Valley News sportswriter Nick Prevenas said he warned Simpson about leaving Henderson off his ballot when he filed the column, but Simpson told him he "wasn't a Rickey guy and that he would vote for him next time."
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"If I had properly researched the situation, I would have voted for Rickey Henderson if for no other reason than he played for nine ball teams," he said. "Imagine that. He'll be the first Hall of Famer to have a bronze bust with nine caps stacked on his head.
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