Joey Votto

JOEY VOTTO…OF THE CINCINNATI REDS…
THE BEST CANADAIN ATHLETE…MOST CANADIANS HAVE NEVER HEARD OF…
LASTNIGHT VOTTO COLLECTED 4 HITS…INCLUDING 2 HOME RUNS AND 4 RBI’S…AS THE REDS BEAT SAN FRANSICO 12-11…
HE NOW LEADS THE NATIONAL LEAGUE WITH A .326 AVERAGE…
HIS 31 HOME RUNS ARE 2 BACK OF ALBERT PUJOLS OF THE CARDINALS…
AND HIS 90 RIB’S ARE ALSO…2 BACK OF PUJOLS…
BOTH PLAYERS ARE NOW TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST PLAYER TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN…SINCE CARL YASTRZEMSKI DID IT FOR BOSTON…BACK IN 1967…
THEY ARE ALSO TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST “NATIONAL LEAGUE” PLAYER TO WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN…
SINCE JOE “DUCKY” MEDWICK DID IT FOR ST. LOUIS…BACK IN 1937…
THAT’S 73 YEARS AGO…
ADD TO ALL THAT…
THE REDS NOW LEAD THE CARDS BY 3 AND HALF GAMES…IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE “CENTRAL”…
WHICH MEANS…IN THE NEXT MONTH JOEY VOTTO HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO:
WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN…
A DIVISION TITLE…AND BE NAMED THE MVP IN THE NATIONAL LEAGUE…
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF CANADIAN PLAYERS WIN AWARDS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL…
THE LIST INCLUDES…JUSTIN MORNEAU…LARRY WALKER…ERIC GAGNE AND FERGUSON JEKNKINS…
BUT WHAT VOTTO IS ATTEMPTING TO DO IS…”UNTHINKABLE”…
SO THE QUESTION STANDS…
WHY DOES HE REMAIN THE ANSWER TO A TRIVIA QUESTION…IN HIS OWN COUNTRY???
TWO REASONS…
THE FIRST IS…THE RELIGION IN CANADA IS HOCKEY…
AND SECONDLY…VOTTO PLAYS IN CINCINNATI…
IF HE PLAYED IN TORONTO…VOTTO WOULD ALREADY HAVE HIGH SCHOOLS NAMED AFTER HIM…
LET’S SAY…FOR ARGUMENT SAKE…JOEY VOTTO WINS THE TRIPLE CROWN…
DOES HE ALSO WIN THE LOU MARSH???…AS “CANADIAN ATHLETE OF THE YEAR”…
DON’T COUNT ON IT….THIS IS AN OLYMPIC YEAR…
STEVE NASH…LARRY WALKER…JUSTIN MORNEAU…JOE SAKIC…MARIO LEMIEUX AND WAYNE GRETZKY…ARE JUST SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES THAT HAVE BEEN SNUBBED…BY THE CLOWNS IN TORONTO WHO VOTE ON THE LOU MARSH…
IN THE MEANTIME JOEY VOTTO CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF THE BIGGEST STARS IN ALL OF SPORTS…
EVERY WHERE…EXCEPT…HIS HOME TOWN…