As Ski mentioned, Tom Cheek is the winner of the online 'Facebook limited' vote for the Ford Frick Award (HOF for broadcasters basically). This ensures his presence on the ballot for every season that the ballot has been made public.
Link: http://community.baseballhall.org/Page.aspx?pid=522
Vote totals... Cheek: 5,930 Jacques Doucet: 5,183 Joe Nuxhall: 1,363
In the past the voting was a lot more 'ballot stuffing' - namely you go to the HOF site and just pick and click and pick and click and... which led to the 2008 vote having 82,304 votes for Nuxhall (no others over 8k)
Others on the 10 man ballot are... Billy Berroa, Skip Caray, Lanny Frattare, Graham McNamee, Jon Miller, Herb Score and Dave Van Horne. Still among the living are Jon Miller, Dave Van Horn (both active), Doucet and Frattare (with the Pirates for 33 years - deserves an award for enduring their post-Bonds years).
We all hope for Tom to get it, although I'd also be happy if it goes to Jacques Doucet (the French voice of the Expos) or Dave Van Horne (English voice of the Expos, currently with the Marlins).
Link: http://community.baseballhall.org/Page.aspx?pid=522
Vote totals... Cheek: 5,930 Jacques Doucet: 5,183 Joe Nuxhall: 1,363
In the past the voting was a lot more 'ballot stuffing' - namely you go to the HOF site and just pick and click and pick and click and... which led to the 2008 vote having 82,304 votes for Nuxhall (no others over 8k)
Others on the 10 man ballot are... Billy Berroa, Skip Caray, Lanny Frattare, Graham McNamee, Jon Miller, Herb Score and Dave Van Horne. Still among the living are Jon Miller, Dave Van Horn (both active), Doucet and Frattare (with the Pirates for 33 years - deserves an award for enduring their post-Bonds years).
We all hope for Tom to get it, although I'd also be happy if it goes to Jacques Doucet (the French voice of the Expos) or Dave Van Horne (English voice of the Expos, currently with the Marlins).
