I’m surprised that the 2 campaigns have done so well in online fundraising, yet still don’t quite get the concept of permission marketing. (See Seth Godin for more info on this concept.)
Baseball fans have to endure interruption marketing between innings. But, they expect to see beer commercials and promos for the latest shows on Fox. They tolerate it in exchange for a free couch seat for the Fall Classic.
What they don’t expect, and thus haven’t given permission, is to endure campaign commercials. Even worse, Obama is going to delay game …

… and 1 Reason to Sign up for Twitter.
1) It’s a nice escape from the election. (Or so I thought until the campaign commercials invaded the WS experience. I’m calling them both Un-American for that, and no I’m not going to apologize or take it back. If Obama and McCain want to mess with baseball and not give us a few hours peace, they’re going to feel my wrath!)
2) The Rays have never been to the World Series.
3) The Phillies have Jamie Moyer. (I got to meet Jamie when he …

I am officially calling shenanigans on the Obama Campaign.  I’m asking all baseball fans to unite to defeat the menace that is Barack Obama.  I don’t care about his policies, his associations, or his complete lack of experience. What I do care about, and every American should join me in this, is his willingness to defame an American institution.  Of course, I’m talking about the World Series.
Barack Obama has accumulated more campaign money than any other Presidential candidate in history. It’s obscene enough that this money isn’t going to agencies …

100 years is a long time to wait. For Cubs fans, the wait will be longer. After posting 97 wins and the best record in the National League, the Cubs were swept by the Dodgers last night. Many fans believe that the curse began in 1945 and is related to a billy goat. They’re wrong. I believe they’ve been cursed since the 1918 World Series. Many baseball historians believe the Cubs threw the 1918 Series a year before the south siders did it in the famous Black Sox scandal. Some …

I boycotted my usual baseball playoff post last night, in favor of the Druid story.  I had to mount some sort of protest to Bud Selig’s latest bastardization of the game: the Twins/White Sox 1 game playoff. No offense to White Sox fans, but no way that game should have been played in Chicago. In fact it shouldn’t have been played at all. The Twins won the regular season series between the two. They should have been in. At the very least, they should have hosted the game.
It’s been a …

The Milwaukee Brewers fired Manager Ned Yost today.  Under Yost, the Brewers enjoyed some of their best seasons since 1992. I can see the Yankees not being satisfied with second place and a shot at the wild card, but the Brewers?  Come on these guys haven’t been in the playoffs since 1982. If you haven’t been to the post season since I was in middle school, you don’t have a winning tradition. You should be counting your blessings.
Anyway, my condolences to Brewers fans. Hey, at least the Packers are 2-0!
Carry …

In a stunning proclamation during his Democratic Convention acceptance speech, Barack Obama promised to end one of America’s greatest injustices. Overlooked by most of the media as they dissect his energy, tax, and foreign policies was a nod to one of the causes I have championed tirelessly for years on this blog. It’s time for the Citizen’s to rejoice, because Obama will overturn the most evil policy faux pas of the previous administration.
That’s right. He’s going to end Interleague play. No longer will fans be subjected to the Reds vs …

SI.com has the epilogue from the new paperback version of Game of Shadows.
I love this excerpt because it cofirms the Bobble Head Barry accusations I’ve been making for the past couple of years:
“For his part, Murphy could document Bonds’ physical changes via the changes in his uniform size. Since joining the Giants, Bonds had gone from a size 42 to a size 52 jersey; from size 10 ½ to size 13 cleats; and from a size 7 1/8 to size 7 ¼ cap, even though he had taken to shaving …