More Election stuff

Putting GOTV in perspective and other info on elections

Random Link o’ the Day:
http://officialsmellem.com/

Did the GOP Base Show Up in 2006?
I have heard from a number of sources that one of the reasons the GOP got so hammered in the 2006 midterm elections was because of a lack of turnout among the GOP “base.” A lot of conservatives would like to believe the answer to the GOP electoral [...]

Wednesday Hero
This Weeks Soldier Was Suggested By Kathy
Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie41 years old from Ann-Arbor, Michigan
Specialist Ahmed Qusai al-Taayie is a Iraqi American U.S. Army linguist soldier, from Ann-Arbor, Michigan who was kidnapped on October 23, 2006 in Baghdad and has not been seen since.
al-Taayie joined the Army in 2004 to help not only his [...]

Baseball Research Project

Do the Minor Leagues help to mature players or improve play?

Dumpage

Political Preference Genetic
Joe Mauer not coming back as DH

Sports Column
The Bleacher Report has just published my latest column, Mike Redmond is the subject.

Random Link o’ the Day:
http://www.redstate.com/StateBlogs

Joe Mauer
He should be returning to the Twins pretty soon. JT, back from a sabbatical, noted:
The biggest star of the day, though: Mike Redmond, who went 2-for-4 with 3 RBI’s and a huge double. No wonder the Twins want to keep Chris Heintz around when Joe Mauer comes off the DL — Redmond is [...]

New Yankee Workshop

Norm Abram of the New Yankee Workshop sent a nice 8×10 w/signature after I contacted him through his website.