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This Week's Links (12/29-1/2)
Vegas Watch —
No shortage of theories on why this guy isn't voting for Rickey. Sean Lahman predicts the HoF vote, and Repoz tallies the public votes. Gasaway on UConn and the "Thabeet Tax".
Corky Simpson: The writer who didn’t vote for Rickey Henderson
Home Run Derby —
... Sugar Bowl, prompting the other 60 AP voters to unanimously vote Alabama #1 in the final AP Poll. He was the 1988 AP National Sportswriter of the Year.
Seventeen years later, Simpson is retired, but still writes for the Green Valley News and Sun (Green Valley is a small retirement community in Southern Arizona) and is a lifetime member of the Baseball Writers Association of America - the people who vote for the Hall of Fame.
Here’s Corky Simpson’s ballot for the 2009 Baseball Hall of Fame: ...
The Waiting is the Hardest Part
Baseball Analysts —
... articles where the voters make little or no mention of the rest of their ballot. Henderson, in his first appearance on the ballot, and Rice, in his final year of eligibility, are garnering the most attention. Amazingly, one writer, Dorky Corky Simpson, didn't see fit to include Rickey on his ballot. There's always someone, right? But, all is not lost as Simpson voted for Blyleven and another personal favorite of mine, ...
BBWAA Madness: Arizona Writer Doesn’t Give Hall of Fame Vote to Rickey Henderson
The Big Lead —
That’s not even the worst part. The writer, Corky Simpson, of the Green Valley News in Arizona, voted for the following players:
* Bert Blyleven
* Andre Dawson
* Tommy John
* Don Mattingly
* Tim Raines
* Jim Rice
* Alan Trammell
* Matt Williams
No Rickey Henderson. Perhaps the greatest leadoff hitter in the history of baseball - snubbed. Was Simpson not aware of Henderson’s impressive records? So what if he’s an egocentric douche. Is this a high school ...
MATT F’ING WILLIAMS!
The Slanch Report —
... As the ballots have been handed in, many of the BBWAA are publishing their ballots for the Hall of Fame and their explanations for them. Corky Simpson of the Green Valley News and Sun started writing for newspapers in 1958 and he retired from writing full-time in 2006 after 48 years. Someone should have taken away his BBWAA membership then, and if not then, than immediately today. That’s because he released his ballot and it features 8 of the maximum 10 votes. ...
Corky say: "Yay Matt Williams Yay!'
The Sports Hernia Blog —
... We usually don't get into the sexy talk that surrounds the gigolo's over at the Baseball Writers Association of America, but today Corky Simpson of the ...
No Hall of Fame vote for Rickey … why?
ESPN Feed: neyer rob —
... won't be elected to the Hall of Fame unanimously, because Corky Simpson didn't vote for him . One oddity: Simpson didn't vote for Henderson but did vote for Tim Raines. Now, you know how I feel about Tim Raines. But you also know that Raines, as great as he was, wasn't nearly as great as Rickey Henderson. Another oddity: Simpson couldn't be bothered to explain his non-vote for the greatest leadoff man ever. Here's the only mention: Ri-i-i-i-ght. Rickey Henderson = Greg Vaughn. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Corky Simpson takes his Hall of Fame ballot ...
Rickey Henderson NOT A Hall of Famer? You're Kidding, Right?
FanHouse —
... when voting for eight other players -- including Matt Williams -- to enter baseball's Hall of Fame. Yep, Corky Simpson might be a billion years old -- and retired -- but he still has a vote. This is a mind-boggling ballot. I mean, he listed Rickey in with Ron Gant, Dan Plesac, Greg Vaughn, and Mo Vaughn like some also-ran. ...
Rickey Henderson Was Left Off Of Corky Simpson's Hall Of Fame Ballot
FanIQ Blog —
... If you're wondering what's wrong with Corky, just take a look at his article in which he explains his reasoning behind his Hall of Fame ballot. ...
Henderson Hall Update
Mop Up Duty | Baseball News Sabermetric | Baseball History Bio —
... Well, now we know this is not going to be the case. With a tip of the hat to ESPN’s Rob Neyer, BBWAA member Corky Simpson left Rickey off this year’s ballot. He does, however, vote for Tim Raines. WTF? ...
Rickey Henderson no será electo unánimamente
Planeta Béisbol —
... nos enteramos de que uno de los electores, Corky Simpson del Green Valley News and Sun, no votó por el mejor ladrón de bases de todos los tiempos. ...
An inexplicable Rickey-less ballot
River Avenue Blues —
... Now, during the Winter Meetings in December, Simpson, now retired from the Tucson Citizen but a lifetime honorary voting member of the BBWAA, unveiled his Hall of Fame ballot in the Green Valley News & Sun. This ballot languished in the Arizona community newspaper Website until Rob Neyer ...
Thursday Morning Rangers Notes: Hot Stove Fever
Baseball Time in Arlington —
... of informing everybody that, contrary to Cowlishaw's claim, Raines never led the National League in walks (oddly, the error remains uncorrected); in a related Cooperstown development, one of the BBWAA's many sportswriting luminaries -- a kindly looking older gentleman by the name of Corky Simpson -- has omitted Rickey Henderson from his ballot, thus ensuring that the "greatest [player] of all-time" will not be an unanimous selection. ...
Corky Screws Up a Ballot
Bugs & Cranks —
... I generally think that dissecting each voter’s Hall of Fame ballot is an intensely boring and pointless enterprise, but it’s not often you come across a ballot as zany as that of the Green Valley News & Sun’s Corky Simpson. Seriously, this is one of the most insane Cooperstown roll calls I think I’ve ever seen. ...
While We’re Waiting…
WaitingForNextYear —
... and most (if not all) of you said “No.” Well, this guy actually gets to vote, and Williams gets the nod. “He was the inspirational leader of the 2001 World Series champion D’backs.” [ Corky Simpson/GVSN via ...
Rickey Henderson to be Denied Unanimous Hall Vote
Athletics Nation —
... , Corky Simpson of the Green Valley News and Sun skipped over Rickey, in favor of such luminaries as Matt Williams, Jim Rice, and Allen Trammel. In his story explaining his ballot, he suggests other names might be elected, including elite players like Jesse Orosco, Dan Plesac and Greg Vaughn. (Kid you not - look it up.) He includes Rickey in that same category, of "Others honored with nomination this year and who may well be voted into the Hall of Fame". ...
HALL OF FAMER JAY BELL!!!! The only way these writers can learn a lesson!
SULLY BASEBALL —
... show pondering how someone like Greg Maddux would be left off the ballot forever due to this stupid mindset.) - Enough voters throw a sympathy vote to a non deserving entity that they get elected into the Hall of Fame. Imagine that... enough Corky Simpsons of the world forget to put Rickey on the ballot and enough nitwits who say "Well, is he a FIRST BALLOT Hall of Famer?" use the ballot as a protest that he gets less than the 5% needed to stay on. Read Corky Simpson's column: He votes for Matt Williams because liked him as a ...
Prospectus Hit and Run: Protracting the Process by Jay Jaffe
Baseball Prospectus —
... . Henderson, the all-time leader in runs scored and stolen bases as well as a member of the 3,000 Hit Club, was no surprise. What was surprising was that 28 of the 539 voters, including the immortal Corky Simpson from that bible of baseball, The Green Valley News and Sun , did not vote for Rickey, whether because of some petty personal vendetta, a blank ballot protest, or a total, catastrophic failure to understand any part of this stick-and-ball business. One way or another, that lack of a vote constitutes ...
