This started out as a campaign on HFboards and Somethingawful, to show how inane the voting process. Over time, it has morphed into a wholehearted campaign to get a journeyman, hard working, behind the scenes guy into the all-star game. During the lockout he was busy doing odd-jobs just to earn a   more...
Original Story: http://www.voteforrory.com.

Rory Fitzpatrick, (16 games, 0 pts, -2 plus/minus) is currently fifth in all star voting for defencemen.
Original Story: http://www.pulledmygroin.com/Sports/488/....

The NHL All-Star game will not have Rory Fitzpatrick, the campaign came up just a bit short, Rory most likely finished third in the voting.Great! Now we get to listen to Scott Neidermayer "Mic'd Up" the Allstate/Nike presents Shooting Foam Circles on a Goal, and other such swine.
Original Story: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/s....

Rory Fitzpatrick for the NHL All Star Game. Rafeal Palmeiro for the Gold Glove when he only played 28 games at first base. Gino Torretta over Marshall Faulk for the Heisman Trophy. This page 2 article discusses some of the strange occurences when fans and players are allowed to decide.
Original Story: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sto....