JoeyB

Congratulations to Angel Berroa, who rightly deserved the Rookie of the Year Award. His numbers were at least comparable to most of the other possible choices and since it is subjective, I support the choice.

HOWEVER...

How does someone leave Hideki Matsui complete off of their ballot?? Bill Ballou from the Worcester [Massachusetts] Telegram & Gazette left him off because 'while he [Matsui] is technically a rookie by the rules of Major League Baseball, he is not a rookie in the spirit of the award.'

Hello? The spirit of the award? What does that mean? Ballou admitted that Matsui was a rookie, but then turned around and decided that he knew better than what the rules required and just voted a different way.

Since when can the writers just disregard the rules to fit their own wants? If you need to change the rule after the voting, fine...do that. Until then, vote using the rules that are in place. Jackie Robinson played in a high quality league before he hit the majors. They not only gave him the award, they named it after him.

Berroa deserved the award---but Matsui deserved better.

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