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Rory an All-Star??!!...Who Cares?
by IwoCPO on 12/21/06 at 02:39 PM ET
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Oh, the horror. Just three days before Christmas and we’re wringing our hands because write-in ‘Nuck Rory Fitzpatrick has vaulted ahead of St. Nick The Captain.
Ted Kulfan was astounded this morning, as we’ve already mentioned. Thankfully, James Mirtle sees the campaign for what it is.
...the impetus behind Fitzpatrick’s rocket up the all-star balloting vote has been nothing more than a clever program that votes for the blueliner.
Over and over — and over again.
Please tell me you’re not stressing over this. If you are, and you’ve voted, you have only yourselves to blame. Fan all star voting is the biggest common joke in all of sport. A popularity contest, a finger stamina exercise. Wing message boards are rife with outrage. Anguished cries of protest, demands to go Chicago on the ballots through 2 January when the “polls” close.
Until the all star rosters are determined by the players themselves, with maybe the exception of one write-in for each side, who represents each team means nothing. We, the fans, proved long ago that we can’t be trusted to vote based on stats and talent alone. Would you have voted for Patrick Roy in ‘97? I know I wouldn’t have.
I, for one, hope Fitzpatrick not only starts, but ends up the top vote getter for defensemen….just to see how Little Gary handles that one.
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