In a bid to age myself somewhat, I have very fond memories of going to ballgames where the team had kiosks set up all over the stadium with paper All-Star ballots. To my memory, they often had punchouts for each player’s name along with areas for write-ins. But those ballots didn’t include the players’ statistics or much context other than their nominated positions, their team, and their league. I also don’t have any memory of there being any kind of verification whatsoever so the ballot boxes would be regularly stuffed with completed ballots. That lack of verification certainly aided my father-in-law and his brother’s (nearly) singlehanded effort to elevate Bucky Dent to an unlikely all-star game.
Thursday Tidbits: All-Star Phase One
