{"id":6217,"date":"2011-01-24T16:42:41","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T21:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/?p=6217"},"modified":"2011-01-24T16:42:41","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T21:42:41","slug":"allan-simpson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/allan-simpson\/","title":{"rendered":"Allan Simpson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/news\/feature\/2011-inductees-to-be-announced-monday-january-24\/attachment\/allan-simpson-hof\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6136\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6136\" title=\"Allan Simpson\" src=\"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/allan-simpson-HOF-271x300.jpg\" alt=\"Allan Simpson\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>Nom de famille :<\/strong> Allan Simpson<br \/>\n<strong>Elected: <\/strong>February 7, 2011<br \/>\n<strong>Induction:<\/strong> 18 juin 2011<br \/>\n<strong>Born (date, year, place):<\/strong> le 21 avril 1948 \u00e0 Kelowna (C.-B)<br \/>\n<strong>Position :<\/strong> Fondateur et \u00e9diteur de Baseball America<\/p>\n<p>Baseball America\u2019s motto is \u201cBaseball news you can\u2019t find anywhere else.\u201d\u00a0 The same can be said about its founder, as he is absolutely one-of-a-kind.\u00a0 A public accountant and baseball junkie, Simpson had briefly dipped his toes in baseball industry waters as general manager of the Lethbridge Expos in the rookie-level Pioneer League, and he spent three summers with the semi-pro Alaska Goldpanners, during which time\u00a0he doubled as sports editor of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab J\u2019ai \u00e9t\u00e9 assez chanceux de voir Dave Winfield devenir un joueur \u00e0 temps plein avec Fairbanks en 1972 et Andrew Dawson faire ses d\u00e9buts professionnels \u00e0 Lethbridge trois ans plus tard \u00bb, se rappelle Simpson de son domicile de Durham en Caroline du Nord.<\/p>\n<p>When The Sporting News ignored the growth of college baseball, and reduced its baseball coverage of the minor leagues, winter and summer leagues, the draft, the ambitious but admittedly naive Simpson, decided to step in and fill the void.\u00a0 He had no publishing background, limited financial resources, and few active contacts in baseball.\u00a0 Yet he believed he could produce a bi-weekly publication covering every corner of the baseball industry while doubling up as circulation manager, advertising manager and production manager, out of his garage, in Canada no less.<\/p>\n<p>Le r\u00e9cipiendaire du prix Jack Graney en 2004 a alors d\u00e9m\u00e9nag\u00e9 sa famille \u00e0 White Rock (C.-B.) et a ouvert des bo\u00eetes postales \u00e0 Blaine et \u00e0 Bellingham dans l\u2019\u00e9tat de Washington.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to do everything I could to give readers the impression this was a USA-based publication.\u00a0 Otherwise, it was akin to starting a hockey publication in the U.S. &#8211; it wouldn\u2019t have worked if readers thought it was a Canadian product,\u201d added Simpson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had none of today\u2019s sophisticated word-processing and production capabilities. My garage in White Rock was equipped with a typesetter so primitive that it had no memory. \u00a0You could see the line you were typing on the screen and nothing more. \u00a0If the processor ate your copy, it was gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Au d\u00e9part, Simpson avait 1500 abonn\u00e9s. 30 ans plus tard, on en compte pr\u00e8s de 250 000.<\/p>\n<p>Pat Gillick, intronis\u00e9 au Temple de la renomm\u00e9e en 1997, se rappelle que les meilleurs d\u00e9pisteurs avaient une certaine crainte envers Baseball America en raison des informations que Simpson r\u00e9ussissait \u00e0 trouver.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab Cette reconnaissance est m\u00e9rit\u00e9e, a dit Gillick.<\/p>\n<p>Allan a toujours eu un amour et une passion pour le baseball et, aujourd\u2019hui, lorsque les d\u00e9pisteurs, les directeurs-g\u00e9n\u00e9raux, les joueurs et les partisans veulent une information exclusive, ils vont vers Baseball America. \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>Le Temple de la renomm\u00e9e a \u00e9galement re\u00e7u des commentaires \u00e9logieux d\u2019Alex Anthopoulos, Doug Melvin, Dave Dombrowski, John Schuerholz, Terry Ryan, Gary Hughes, Greg Hamilton et Jim Callis, entre autres.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab C\u2019est v\u00e9ritablement tout un honneur personnel, certainement le meilleur que je n\u2019ai jamais re\u00e7u, a avou\u00e9 Simpson.<\/p>\n<p>De plusieurs fa\u00e7ons, ceci valide et met en perspective tout ce que j\u2019ai fait dans le monde du baseball. Et, plus important encore, c\u2019est \u00e0 propos du Canada. Je n\u2019ai jamais oubli\u00e9 mes racines canadiennes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaseball was underexposed in many areas at the grassroots level of the sport, in both Canada and the United States, when I had the good fortune to launch Baseball America 30 years ago.\u00a0 I take great satisfaction in the role that I have played through the years to help publicize and promote this great game. I am very grateful to the Canadian Hall of Fame for recognizing this contribution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simpson and his wife Jill have three children, all Canadian-born, Jordan, Kelsey and Jeffrey.\u00a0 He left Baseball America after 25 years to become vice-president and director of national scouting with Perfect Game USA,the world\u2019s largest baseball event company and scouting service.\u00a0 They are about to open a new complex in Cartersville, Georgia, where they will expand their staging of high school tournaments and showcases.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Allan Simpson Elected: February 7, 2011 Induction: June 18, 2011 Born (date, year, place): April 21, 1948 in Kelowna, B.C. Primary Position: Founder &amp; Editor of Baseball America Baseball America\u2019s motto is \u201cBaseball news you can\u2019t find anywhere else.\u201d\u00a0 The same can be said about its founder, as he is absolutely one-of-a-kind.\u00a0 A public [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557,525],"tags":[],"current":[],"class_list":["post-6217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-557","category-inductees"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Allan Simpson - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/baseballhalloffame.ca\/fr\/allan-simpson\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_CA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Allan Simpson - Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Name: Allan Simpson Elected: February 7, 2011 Induction: June 18, 2011 Born (date, year, place): April 21, 1948 in Kelowna, B.C. 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