Guest Festa Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 I knew it was nearly impossible for someone as hated as him to get that many votes in that short amount of time. Bonds Votes for All-Star Game May Have Been Rigged Written by Maury Brown Saturday, 07 July 2007 Maury Brown Barry Bonds may have had his All-Star vote count juiced, allowing him to surpass Alfonso Soriano in the closing days of voting for the upcoming All-Star Game. That's the word being circulated just a few days before the event. Reportedly, the method for the juiced records came by way of an automated recursive script posted on a Giants message board. As the All-Star Game announcement states, "Bonds overtook Alfonso Soriano (2,202,513) of the Chicago Cubs in the final phase of balloting." Bonds, by the way, had 2,325,391 total votes. The difference between Bonds and Soriano wound up being 122,878. Getting that many fake votes -- and more -- would be a piece of cake to simulate. As someone who does consulting as a software test engineer, I have run scripts that have generated far more records than that. It's not something wiz-bang. It's that the system allowed for such a sophomoric act to occur. Read the rest here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramp Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 conspiracy theories! who cares, he deserves to be starting, especially in San Fran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Festa Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Eh, it doesn't matter anyway. It's all BS in the end. How's it any different than people here going to the ballpark and punching through 100 ballots at once? It isn't. But it explains a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish4Life Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 conspiracy theories! who cares, he deserves to be starting, especially in San Fran Love him or hate him you are totally right Ramp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 :lol If this is a matter of "deserving" to start.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passion Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Bonds > Soriano anyways. That said, get rid of the fan voting if you are going to have this game mean something or get rid of the game meaning something if you are going to have fan voting. Can't have both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammerhead Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Who cares? The guy deserves to be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Who cares? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FishFanInPA Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Yeah, Bonds would have been in there anyways.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelmsE Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 That said, get rid of the fan voting if you are going to have this game mean something or get rid of the game meaning something if you are going to have fan voting. Can't have both. My thoughts exactly... the game is a bit of a joke at this point Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FishFanInPA Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 does it say anything about this story that it's no longer on the website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Festa Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 does it say anything about this story that it's no longer on the website? The whole website is having server issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike 3 Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Bonds > Soriano anyways. That said, get rid of the fan voting if you are going to have this game mean something or get rid of the game meaning something if you are going to have fan voting. Can't have both. I completely agree. It is either an exhibition game or it's not. To try to have it both ways is ridiculous and a knee-jerk reaction to the infamous tie game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimeWrecker Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Your headline makes it sound like it happened... the story says its possible. Whop De Doo, its possible for Barry to have never been enhanced, just having spent 15 years with his team of trainers to gain the muscle... isnt it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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