Athletics Nation · Nov 12, 2016
For Bill King, It’s About Fricking Time
Ken Korach, whose knowledge of Bill King is so vast it could probably fill a whole book, thinks it’s time King was finally given the Ford C. Frick award. Few A’s fans would argue with this, nor would many fans of the Warriors or Raiders, yet so far King has proven better at sports broadcasting than at winning awards for it.
You might wonder, why is this? No, it isn’t that King has failed to win New Hampshire because it may surprise you to learn that the Ford C. Frick award does not use an electoral college. For whatever reason, King often makes it to the finalist stage but is always passed up for someone else.