Day 3
A couple more heads today, and the odd man out in the 1957 All-Star Ballot Stuffiing Debacle. A lot of you know that the Reds basically stole the 1957 all-star lineup, with preprinted ballots that fans just put into the box. They were printed by the Cincy paper, so it was easy enough to drop it in the box when you got to the park, no pencil required. So sure enough, of the eight position players on the NL starting roster, seven were Reds. Ford Frick intervened and put Mays and Aaron into the lineup, to go along with Stan Musial. Musial actually won, making him the only non-Red to be voted in. The Reds first baseman he beat out, even with ballot shenanigans, you ask? The fella you see there, George Crowe, who by the time this card appeared, was backing up Musial in St Louis. Crowe, by the way, retired with the most pinch hit homers in history, which is a record now owned by Matt Stairs.
Take Care,
Geno
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