MVP VOTE INVALIDATED BY HAVELOCK

Dear Players, On Sunday, I assumed that our deliberations on awards were over and the new winners crowned. To my surprise, in a blog on our official website (www.sfloi.com) Seung Lee declared that he had voted for the players he liked best. When given an opportunity to explain himself, Seung reiterated that this was true. As Commissioner, I have no choice but to censure Seung for doing this. I understand that he may have had some blood alcohol content at the time and that he had the added burden of taking care of his son, Mycroft, which may have distracted him. Still, voting for the players one likes is not acceptable. In addition to a league censure, I thought, initially, of not counting Seung's vote. However, as I thought about it, I realized that Seung's admission that he voted for players he liked best is the sign of principal, truthfulness and, perhaps, integrity. Instead, I have asked him to vote again, based only on the performance of the players. I have given Seung until 6 pm on Friday to send me a revised ballot based only on performance. If I receive a revised ballot by 6pm I will retally the vote and announce the winner. If I do not recieve a revised ballot I will declare Seung's vote invalid and Derek Martinez will be announced as our 2009 Weinberg Award winner. I ask that there be no politicking with Seung by others in the league. -Havelock Hewes, Commissioner