Your Hometown Heroes Ballot

no correlation between vote and worth of player, 'hometown heroes' seems pretty vaguely defined. not sure if i had any guiding criteria or if i applied it consistently.

o's - brooks robinson
dbacks - luis gonzalez
bosox - ted williams
braves - phil niekro
chisox - minnie minoso
cubs - ernie banks
cleveland - bob feller
reds - johnny bench
tigers - al kaline
rockies - larry 'sky' walker
kc royals - frank white
marlins - jeff conine
angels - rod carew
astros - nolan ryan
twins - kirby puckett
dodgers - sandy koufax
yanks - joe dimaggio
brewers - paul molitor
a's - rickey
mets - tom seaver
mariners - ichiro
phillies - richie ashburn
d'rays - fred mcgriff
pirates - willie stargell
texas rangers - pudge rodriguez
cardinals - stan musial
blue jays - tony fernandez
padres - tony gwynn
giants - willie mccovey
nats - jose guillen (write-in)

interesting no mcgwire under cards or a's, no sosa under cubs, rusty greer getting a slot before palmeiro under the rangers. no andre dawson under expos/nats either wtf.

no vlad, tim raines, tim wallach, steve rogers under the expos/nats? i guess they wanted to pad it out with dudes who played for the nats.

Never even heard about this until today. Nonetheless:

AL:
Baltimore - Cal Ripken Jr.
Boston - Ted Williams
Chicago - Frank Thomas
Cleveland - Bob Feller
Detroit - Hank Greenberg
Kansas City - George Brett
Anaheim - Rod Carew
Minnesota - Kirby Puckett
New York - Mickey Mantle
Oakland - Reggie Jackson
Seattle - Edgar Martinez
Tampa Bay - Carl Crawford
Texas - Nolan Ryan
Toronto - Joe Carter

NL:
Arizona - Luis Gonzalez
Atlanta - Hank Aaron
Chicago - Ernie Banks
Cincinnati - Johnny Bench
Colorado - Todd Helton
Florida - Jeff Conine
Houson - Nolan Ryan
Los Angeles - Sandy Koufax
Milwaukee - Robin Yount
New York - Tom Seaver
Philadelphia - Mike Schmidt
Pittsburgh - Roberto Clemente
St. Louis - Ozzie Smith
San Diego - Tony Gwynn
San Franscisco - Willie Mays
Washington - Gary Carter

AL:
Baltimore - Cal Ripken Jr.
Boston - Ted Williams
Chicago - Frank Thomas
Cleveland - Tris Speaker
Detroit - Hank Greenberg
Kansas City - George Brett
Anaheim - Rod Carew
Minnesota - Kirby Puckett
New York - Babe Ruth
Oakland - Rickey Henderson
Seattle - Ichiro
Tampa Bay - Carl Crawford
Texas - I-Rod
Toronto - Joe Carter

NL:
Arizona - Big Unit
Atlanta - Hank Aaron
Chicago - Ernie Banks
Cincinnati - Joe Morgan
Colorado - Larry Walker
Florida - D-Train
Houston - Jeff Bagwell
Los Angeles - Jackie Robinson
Milwaukee - Robin Yount
New York - Tom Seaver
Philadelphia - Mike Schmidt
Pittsburgh - Roberto Clemente
St. Louis - Stan Musial
San Diego - Tony Gwynn
San Franscisco - Willie Mays
Washington - Gary Carter

i'd have written in ryan for anaheim, tim raines for wash/mont, molitor for the blue jays, and derek bell for the pirates, but i forgot about that option.

they should split this up by both city and team. so you can vote for Hank Aaron under both Milwaukee and the Braves, but Phil Niekro or Dale Murphy or Glavine or Maddux for Atlanta.

Okay, just looked at the site: what the hell? No Murphy, Glavine, or Maddux for Atlanta?

THE FREE LANYARD SUCKS

Stenc is right. That lanyard does suck. How can something as simple as a lanyard suck so hard?

AL:
Baltimore - Brooks Robinson
Boston - Ted Williams
Chicago - Frank Thomas
Cleveland - Nap Lajoie
Detroit - Ty Cobb
Kansas City - George Brett
Anaheim - Rod Carew
Minnesota - Harmon Killebrew
New York - Joe Dimaggio
Oakland - Rickey Henderson
Seattle - Ken Griffey Jr.
Tampa Bay - Carl Crawford
Texas - Ivan Rodriguez
Toronto - Roberto Alomar

NL:
Arizona - Randy Johnson
Atlanta - Hank Aaron
Chicago - Ernie Banks
Cincinnati - Johnny Bench
Colorado - Todd Helton
Florida - Dontrelle Willis (the two Florida teams are kind of lame aren't they)
Houson - Nolan Ryan
Los Angeles - Jackie Robinson
Milwaukee - Robin Yount
New York - Tom Seaver
Philadelphia - Mike Schmidt
Pittsburgh - Roberto Clemente
St. Louis - Stan Musial
San Diego - Tony Gwynn
San Franscisco - Willie Mays
Washington - Andre Dawson

Cleveland (Speaker vs. Lajoie, jeez) New York (EVERYONE), Philadelphia (Carlton vs. Schmidt), Cincinnati (Bench vs. Morgan) and Oakland (Rickey vs. Reggie) were the hardest non-Floridian picks for me. I picked Clemente for totally sentimental reasons (cuz based on numbers no one is touching Wagner.)