Sep. 13, 2007 - Not Fair

So one thing that has kind of irritated me lately is the Roberto Clemente award.  The Roberto Clemente Award is given annually to a player who demonstrates the values Clemente displayed in his commitment to community and understanding the value of helping others. Each club nominates a player in September. The winner is selected from 30 nominees during the World Series. But for the first time this year, fans like you and me are able to vote.

This has been getting on me because the really popular players like David Ortiz will get a ton of votes just because they are popular. Even if that player is the most deserving, its still not fair to the other nominees.

How many people here have ever heard of Jamie Walker? Well, Walker does his charitable work with military veterans and underprivileged children, and most of it revolves around baseball. He donates money to the U.S. Army Emergency Relief Fund, and has a luxury box at Camden Yards with the sole intention of hosting soldiers who have come back from war and want to get away from their reality for a few hours.

Now, since few people have heard of him at all, he will not get a lot of votes no matter what he does for his community. This is why I DO NOT like the way the voting process is this year. The award itself is very respectable but its hard when to respect win the person who wins isn't the winner.

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