I think he jumped up and walked off on purpose. To try to get fans to vote for him since he was on the 32nd man ballot (toughness). They probably declared him out for the year so they can take him off the ballot so he does not finish last in voting!
Since when is Lofton on the vote instead of Patterson. My ballot says:
National League
O. Cabrera, MON
L. Castillo, FLA
G. Jenkins, MIL
K. Lofton, PIT
B. Santiago, SF
HAHA! They took the Scrubbie off the ballot
Does anybody notice that the a code can come up more than once? Or is that just something messing with my head? I have voted 69 times and I think Ive seen the same few codes a couple times?