MLB Facts

There have been two instances of fans stuffing the ballot boxes since fans were allowed to vote in 1947. First, in 1957, Cincinnati Reds fans stuffed boxes with the Cincinnati Enquirer distributing ballots in their Sunday papers, and some bars even refusing to serve alcohol to customers until they filled out a ballot. Then in 1999, a Massachusetts hacker was caught casting 39,000 votes online for Nomar Garciaparra, shortstop for the Boston Red Sox.