Nov 11th 2008 11:15AM by Matt Snyder (author feed)
The Rookie of the Year voting yesterday went as it should have, if you only look at the winners of the awards. It’s hard to congratulate the crusty old members of the Baseball Writers Association of America, though, in light of the fact that those two choices were awfully clear-cut.

If you dive further into the results, however, you will be left scratching your head. Kosuke Fukudome netted a third place vote … oh, and a second place vote. That voter put Geovany Soto first and Fukudome second. So Fukudome had a better season than Joey Votto? Really?

This was not even close to the biggest mistake, though. Edinson Volquez of the Reds was not a rookie, yet received some votes. Not even just one. Three idiots voted for him to finish second. I have no idea why these ballots were even counted, as they voted for an ineligible player. Rules are rules, and yet we’re going to look at the voting results for the 2008 NL Rookie of the Year voting in twenty years on BBReference and see Volquez in fourth place.Continue Reading