Fans have the opportunity to vote for the ten finalists for the Ford C.
Frick award for baseball broadcasters. Many Bauxites voted many
times for Tom Cheek last year, and we have the opportunity to do so
again this year. You can link to the ballot here.
Just a note -- they've slightly modified the voting rules this year. Instead of one per day, it's now one per "24 hour period". So if you vote tonight after work (for example), you won't be able to vote again until the same time on Saturday evening.
Fergie Olver is a candidate for the Ford Frick Award? Even at nearly 200 candidates, that's staggering. Does the nominee list include anyone who's ever appeared on a major-league team's broadcast?
Not to be a wet blanket, but if Tom didn't get it the year he died, he's not going to get it at all. His name will keep showing up year after year on the list, but there'll always be a retiring veteran member of a US-based team's TV or radio team who gets the award. This ship has sailed.
I'm not sure I entirely agree with this. I never get the Jays broadcast on Extra Innings. (Literally, never, I'm not sure why either. They show Canadian broadcasts on Center Ice.) The other team's announcers almost always spoke highly of Cheek this year.
Cheek has the consectutive game streak and the Joe Carter call in his favor so I don't think he's necessarily out of the running.
Cheek has the consectutive game streak and the Joe Carter call in his favor so I don't think he's necessarily out of the running.
I would also strongly encourage people to consider voting for Jacques Doucet.
I think he has an equally good case as Cheek.
I think he has an equally good case as Cheek.
Two votes down for Cheek so far for me. Tossed one in for Doucet and Fergie Oliver (hey, if he is on the ballot why not? Gotta have fun when they do dumb things like that) as well. It sure is a pain in the butt entering my name and all the other info each time too though.
It sure is a pain in the butt entering my name and all the other info each time too though.
Firefox remembered all of my information for me. The only thing I had to do was uncheck the boxes that permitted MLB.com to spam me.
Firefox remembered all of my information for me. The only thing I had to do was uncheck the boxes that permitted MLB.com to spam me.
I am voting for Tom Cheek. He had an impressive resume 28 seasons as voice of the Blue Jays. Listening to the radio is not the same without Tom. I am also voting for Jerry Howarth;
The other guy that I am putting on the ballot is Dave Van Horne original voice of the Expos/ He is the current broadcaster of the Florida Marlins.