Could everyone write one simple essay about something that once happened in Saltaire…that they saw or were a part of…and put it on one big website? Somebody should collect a lot of stories before we all forget. Otherwise it is like a line in “On The Beach” : The history of the war that now would never be written.” -(JO'H)

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Saltaire All-Star Voting To Begin During All Star Game

NOMINEES FOR SALTAIRE SOFTBALL ALL TIME ALL-STAR TEAMS TO BE ANNOUNCED, AND VOTING TO BEGIN FOR FINALISTS DURING THE MLB ALL STAR GAME ON JULY 15


NEW YORK, JULY 10, 2008

SALTAIRE 38.BLOGSPOT.COM, THE WEB'S MOST POPULAR SALTAIRE-RELATED BLOG, ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT THE NOMINEES FOR SALTAIRE'S ALL TIME BEST SOFTBALL PLAYERS WILL BE POSTED ON THEIR SITE DURING THE SEVENTH INNING STRETCH OF THE ALL STAR GAME AT YANKEE STADIUM ON JULY 15.

FANS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE FOR THE NOMINEES FOR BEST PLAYERS FROM FOUR SEPARATE ERAS:

THE 1950'S

THE 1960'S

THE 1970'S-1980'S

1990-PRESENT



THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER IN THE SUMMER, ACCORDING TO BLOG SPOKESMAN TOM QUINN. "THE VOTING PROCEDURES WILL BE UNIQUE FOR THIS POLL," SAID QUINN, WITH FANS BEING ABLE TO VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE PLAYERS IN ANY OR ALL FOUR OF THE ERAS. "THERE WILL BE NO LIMIT ON WHO CAN VOTE, OR HOW MANY TIMES, BUT VOTING WILL BE WEIGHTED, WITH VOTES ACCOMPANIED BY DESCRIPTIONS OF WHY A PARTICULAR NOMINEE SHOULD BE ENSHRINED WILL BE WEIGHTED MORE THAN A MERE CHECK MARK VOTE. "THE PURPOSE IS TO CREATE A SELF-JUSTIFYING POLL WHERE THE REASONS STATED FOR VOTES CAN BE SUBJECT TO SCRUTINY WHEN THE RESULTS ARE ANNOUNCED." ALTHOUGH COMMENTS MAY BE PUBLISHED, A VOTER CAN REQUEST AND WILL BE GRANTED ANONYMITY.

QUINN ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT REQUESTS FOR NOMINEES WILL STILL BE CONSIDERED. ANYONE WANTING TO REQUEST A PARTICULAR PLAYER TO BE NOMINATED MAY DO SO BY CONTACTING THE BLOG AT: SALTAIRESPORTS@AOL.COM


MARK IT ON YOU R CALENDAR NOW: SEVENTH INNING STRETCH OF THE ALL STAR GAME AND THE NOMINEES WILL BE POSTED AND VOTING WILL COMMENCE FOR THE BEST SALTAIRE PLAYERS EVER.
We report. You decide



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WWW.SALTAIRE38.BLOGSPOT.COM

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Tom Quinn???

He's "in the ground" isn't he??