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Originally posted by Skipaway
Isn't that a given when you let 28 guys vote for something like this? What happened here is actually very consistent with all the other award or hall of fame votings. There are always voters who vote for all the wrong reasons. Steinbrenner could have made a better case if he's complaining about the system instead of the writers that didn't vote for his player. He's not pissed that writers are manipulating the vote. He's pissed that it's not manipulated his way.
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"I firmly believe that a great injustice has been done to Hideki Matsui. Two misguided writers clearly made up their own rules to determine who was and was not eligible for the award and disqualified an eligible candidate who could have won."
certainly, the fact that it's his player is what's spurring this on. But what he's saying is correct - 2 writers were attempting to make up their own rules. And yes, it happens all the time (I stated that above). And, hopefully, every time it happens, someone will speak out just like George did here until this crap gets fixed.