Frickin' Overwhelming

[Guest Edgy DC]

The ballot for the Ford C. Frick Award, honoring baseball broadcasters with their own Hall of Fame status, has been announced.

Ten men associated with the Mets booth are on the ballot. How is that possible? Well, everybody and his brother are on the ballot.

Metly candidates include:

Juan Alicea
Billy Berroa
Gary Cohen
Fran Healy
Ralph Kiner
Tim McCarver
Dave O'Brien
Ted Robinson
Tom Seaver
Rusty Staub

Also, guys with Met unform service time like Tom Grieve are on the ballot. Over 180 names. What do they expect fans to do except vote for their team's guy? It's not like Royals fans would tend to know Jerry Coleman.

[metsmarathon]

is it fair to say that anybody who would vote for francis should have their voting rights immediately stripped?

[Centerfield]

What the hell...no love for Howie?

[Guest Edgy DC]

It's fair to say, but when guys who've merely dallied in broadcasting, like Rusty Staub, are on the ballot....

[Theoldmole]

My vote is for Ralph.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sure, but how the devil would we know if he was actually a better broadcaster than, say, Rowsey Roswell? I actually have no basis of knowing if he's better than Alicea or Berroa.

Actually, Kiner's stories are the only way I know about Rowsey Roswell at all.

I didn't initially link the ballot correctly. It's linked above.

[nymr83]

in sticking with my conservative approach to the players' HOF i'll only vote for one guy here- Ralph Kiner....i have to assume Bob Murphy is already in, right?

[Guest ScarletKnight41]

You assume correctly 83.

[metirish]

Does only one person get voted in a year?, any women on the ballot?

[Zvon]

Of course I vote for Ralph.
With the Mets since day one, probly the only person left on earth who can boast that.

There was a time when Ralph was a real mess.
A joke even.
My brothers and I used to watch games listening for what we called "Kinerism's" back in his drinking days and he rarely let us down.
But even then he was good, and always entertaining.

Ive grown to love him like I did the Murph,.....
kinda like part of the family.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Sure, but the problem is that every team, and its fans, have their own family. You grow up listening to a single guy tell the story, and --- no matter how good or bad he is --- he's what baseball sounds like to you.

How do we distinguish who, from what family, is most worthy? Surely, this ballot is no way to effectively do that.

[MFS62]

metsmarathon wrote: is it fair to say that anybody who would vote for francis should have their voting rights immediately stripped?

Its more than fair. I would consider it mandatory.

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