You've got a pick for the Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster's wing: Enberg, Porter, Monday or Mota?
The annual online vote to determine three of the 10 finalists for the National Baesball Hall of Fame recepient of the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence starts with a list of 75 names for fans to pick over.
Through Sept. 30, you can go to the Hall's Facebook page -- www.facebook.com/baseballhall -- and pick a name from the list (linked here). One vote a day permitted.
This is the ninth year the Hall has been doing this fan-interactive vote.
The list is based, they say, on popularity, longevity and past voting results by fan balloting. The requirement is 10 years of continuous service with a team, network, or combination.
Results will be revealed Oct. 5, and the final ballot of 10 will be sent to the Hall's pannel of voters, with the winner announced on Dec. 6. The Hall's final selection team includes previous Frick winners Vin Scully, Jaime Jarrin, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola, Tony Kubek, Jon Miller and Bob Uecker.
There are two names per MLB team on the fans' list -- the Dodgers are represented by Ross Porter and Rick Monday, while the Angels have Dick Enberg and Jose Mota.
The "at-large" candidates look pretty sweet, though: Al Michaels, Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, Joe Morgan and Phil Rizzuto, just for starters.
Larry Dieker, the former Taft High of Woodland Hills star who pitched many years for the Houston Astros, is one of the two candidates for that franchise.
Bill King, the former L.A. Raiders play-by-play man who did Oakland A's games for many years, is on that team's ballot as well. He was one of the 10 finalists from a year ago.



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