Canadian Dempster Is Snubbed In Story About Canadians

Accompanying a feature on Canadian baseball players (Canadian Dempster, Canadian Morneau, et al), the Rocky Mountain News is running a reader poll on the best Canadian-born baseball players. They narrowed it down to 10:

Fergie Jenkins, Larry Walker, Jeff Heath, George Selkirk, Terry Puhl, Russell Martin, Matt Stairs, Justin Morneau, Jason Bay and Eric Gagne.

After seven votes, Fergie was leading Larry Walker 4-3. Canadian Dempster was not in the poll, but he does get quoted:

"More so in the past, the group always seemed to be kind of these bench guys or these fringe guys," said Dempster, who lives in the Denver foothills. "Now you're talking about MVPs and All-Stars and Cy Young Award winners. Gagne won a Cy Young. Morneau won an MVP." And, to complete the thought, Morneau, Gagne, Martin and Bay have been All-Stars, reporter Jack Etkin noted.

Excuse me, but Canadian Dempster has been an All-Star, too. In 2000, for the Marlins, because somebody had to be. But it counts.

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