…And speaking of baseball… The Fat Guy wants to take a tempered Maple game bat to the knee caps of MLB labor agitators:

Here’s a little something that all of you Internet-wired baseball fans can do to send a message about labor relations. Go and vote for all Montreal and Minnesota players on the All-Star ballot. You can vote 25 times per email address (they say…haven’t done it yet). Nobody gets hurt here, since it’s an exhibition. It’s a big ol’ middle finger to Bud Selig primarily, and to the prima donna players, too. Just to be clear, do this only if you feel like another “work” stoppage is not in the best interests of the game of baseball.

As Hitzges put it, I love the idea of Selig throwing out the first pitch to Pierzynski, then sitting at an All-Star Game in his stadium in Milwaukee watching an All-Star game played by Montreal and Minnesota players exclusively. Ain’t gonna happen, but if we can swing one or two players that wouldn’t be there otherwise, it’s worth the effort.

And if you’re a bloggy-type, spread the word. I’m a microscopic barnacle encrusting the fin of a minnow in the ocean of the blogosphere, but some of you out there are bloggish All-Stars and can help do one a’ them meme spreading thingys (Tony? J-Go? Ken? “Lair“? Listening? Agree or disagree?)

UPDATE: If you’re not the bloggy type, spread the word by emailing my link to your friends…or the baseballvote.com link. I don’t care. Just want to see something happen that the honest-to-God fan started for a change.

According to the Plump one, you can get 25 of these puppies done in about a half hour:

I did my first 25 All-Star ballots for Montreal and Minnesota. It’s kind of mindless, and it takes about 30 minutes total to do 25 votes. One hint: do a COPY on your authorization code, and paste it the rest of the time. It changes every 4-6 votes, so just pay attention to when it changes. You can get through this with minimal keyboard action.

You know, I passed over Montreal’s Jose Vidro at this year’s Fantasy League draft, opting instead for Jose Ortiz, the Rockies’ second sacker. Since that time, the Rockies have starting putting game balls in a humidor, Ortiz was dropped to eighth in the batting order, and Vidro’s shoulder healed — at least enough for him to be leading the NL in batting average.

I also selected Ken Griffey over Vladimir Guerrero, but that’s another sad story entirely…

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