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Sons of Sam Horn _ MLB Discussion _ Thrilledgeville: Burned to the Ground :(
Posted by: Rogerwho? May 6 2009, 07:12 PM
Natstown has made it to the front page on Yahoo! Sports!
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2009/ballot_reg.html
Posted by: hawaiirsn May 6 2009, 07:26 PM
This is wonderful, but did anyone read the comments below people are leaving on this article? Ridiculous.
Posted by: Dionysus May 6 2009, 09:43 PM
The article is flawed. It clearly does not explain the true nature of the phenomena that is NatsTown
Posted by: CzarAlexander May 6 2009, 11:38 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Could-Red-Sox-Nation-really-vote-Lastings-into-A;_ylt=AqxTqYGF62ZjSbibXt9KxQqsO4d4?urn=mlb,161585
Posted by: DLew On Roids May 7 2009, 06:39 AM
Even worse, the commenters there and at BBTF clearly don't understand the roller-coaster ride of a true citizen of NatsTown. Every day is like a simultaneous ejaculation and shart. A shartulation, if you will.
Posted by: NickEsasky May 7 2009, 07:43 AM
Those comments are hysterical. Those damn bandwagon fans over at SoSH.
Posted by: The Four Peters May 7 2009, 08:08 AM
What angers me is that those commenting bad doubt the sincerity of our citizenship in Natstown. Natstown is not a joke. It's a way of life.
Posted by: Drocca May 7 2009, 08:22 AM
I don't read comments in any thread on the internet other than this one. I suggest you guys start adopting the same policy.
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 7 2009, 08:35 AM
Hopefully that post of mine will start something big. Thrilledge to the ASG!
Posted by: URISoxFan May 7 2009, 08:42 AM
We spawned a facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78152373090
Posted by: absintheofmalaise May 7 2009, 08:43 AM
I like being nefarious.
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 7 2009, 08:53 AM
Now that it's out, we have to deliver.
Posted by: Drocca May 7 2009, 08:55 AM
There's no way we're going to be able to deliver. This is NATSTOWN!
Posted by: Smiling Joe Hesketh May 7 2009, 08:57 AM
Perfect.
Posted by: Drocca May 7 2009, 09:00 AM
I, for one, am not even going to try.
Posted by: NickEsasky May 7 2009, 09:03 AM
In true Natstown fashion Milledge will get out to a lead but we won't be able to protect it.
Posted by: The Four Peters May 7 2009, 09:05 AM
In true Natstown fashion, we will be writing in votes for Lastings Millage.
Posted by: URISoxFan May 7 2009, 09:07 AM
In true NATSTOWN fashion, we will be voting for Nate McLouth.
Posted by: Drocca May 7 2009, 09:18 AM
In true NATSTOWN fashion, we will know we lost the vote but imagine that we did so in St. Louis.
Posted by: gtg807y May 7 2009, 09:20 AM
In true NATSTOWN fashion we will vote for eight outfielders and have our ballots invalidated.
Posted by: absintheofmalaise May 7 2009, 09:31 AM
In true NATSTOWN fashion I thought the July 4th series was down here and was planning a bash to honor the occasion.
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 7 2009, 09:58 AM
In true NatsTown fashion, I will be skimming off some of Lastings' votes.
Posted by: TomRicardo May 7 2009, 11:29 AM
See I think it would extremely fitting the lone Nationals rep be a minor league player.
Posted by: hawaiirsn May 7 2009, 01:00 PM
Today's events seem to help Lastings out, with a huge blow to other NL OF All-Star probable Manuel going down, down, down...
Posted by: TomRicardo May 7 2009, 03:41 PM
I already voted 25 times. I am already shopping for my Natinal League All Star Jersey. On the back: Thrilledge
Posted by: dylanmarsh May 7 2009, 04:29 PM
Voted 25 times and made sure to include the newest member of the PED club. It should be a great All-Star game.
NATSTOWN!
Posted by: phrenile May 7 2009, 04:49 PM
Along the way, I lost count of how many times I had voted, so I kept voting until it told me to stop. Kind of like how the Nats don't track outs and just keep playing until someone tells them they've lost and can go home.
Posted by: ngruz25 May 7 2009, 05:14 PM
My roommate and I just voted 25 times each. I like making a mockery of our natin's pasttime.
Posted by: CzarAlexander May 7 2009, 05:31 PM
I am part of the 25 club.
http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2009/ballot_reg.html
Posted by: JohnnyK May 7 2009, 05:41 PM
For the lazy (like me) I suggest recording a macro to fill in the first page apart from the CAPTCHA (the votes remain checked if you do your 25 ballots in one go). I used SeleniumIDE (Firefox addon), but any form autofill (there's a bunch out there for FF) works just as well.
Posted by: educatedcheese May 7 2009, 05:42 PM
25 more votes for Thrilledge here!!
Rick Ankiel is gonna be pissed.
Posted by: Dogman2 May 7 2009, 06:08 PM
Voted.
Posted by: Hyde Park Factor May 7 2009, 06:08 PM
Proud new member of the 25 vote club! Getting into the mile high club was certainly more fun, but this seems to have a much greater purpose in the world.
Posted by: SeanBerry May 7 2009, 06:57 PM
I am in the 25 for Lastings Club.
Let's make it a TRUE mid-summer classic.
Posted by: CzarAlexander May 7 2009, 07:08 PM
This is blowing up like you thought it would. NBC Washington is on it after Yahoo! picked it up.
http://www.nbcwashington.com/sports/baseball/Vote-Milledge.html
Edit: Educated Cheese gets the love on the link below
http://ballhype.com/story/welcome_to_natstown_population_you/
Posted by: Sille Skrub May 7 2009, 07:11 PM
From that article:
Don't test us, Needham. We'll totally make this happen.
Posted by: SeanBerry May 7 2009, 07:12 PM
Are you fucking me right now?
Yahoo! AND NBC Washington wrote stories about what we are doing in this thread???
I feel like I found my reason for being born.
NATSTOWN!!!
Posted by: mt8thsw9th May 7 2009, 07:13 PM
I just voted for Milledge.
I have to say, that AL SS crop is absolutely PUTRID.
Posted by: PedroSpecialK May 7 2009, 07:25 PM
There's a guy named Eric Van Nostrand in that facebook group. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted by: Sille Skrub May 7 2009, 07:28 PM
I'm a member of NATSTOWN and I vote.
Posted by: Rudy's Curve May 7 2009, 07:30 PM
It was a hassle entering 25 different validation codes, but it's absolutely worth it to get Thrilledge where he belongs.
If you're a citizen of NatsTown and haven't done it already, please take the time to do so.
Posted by: gtg807y May 7 2009, 07:34 PM
I'm proud to have taken part in what is surely one of the finest moments in the history of democracy. 25 votes for Lastings.
Posted by: BoSox Rule May 7 2009, 07:35 PM
Baseball Think Factory has it too. Hilarious.
Just reading some of the comments from the articles about SoSH voting Milledge in makes it worth it to join Natstown.
Posted by: JulE6 May 7 2009, 07:35 PM
In true NATSTOWN! fashion, I voted for Milledge 24 times.
Posted by: MetSox1 May 7 2009, 07:35 PM
I'm in for 25. It took like 10 minutes, but it was worth it since I knew deep down that Lastings would thank me for my patients.
Posted by: Wingack May 7 2009, 07:45 PM
I just started a thread over NYYF urging the vote for Milledge.
I think this is something Yankees and Red Sox fans can unite on.
Posted by: URISoxFan May 7 2009, 07:46 PM
They better not ruin NATSTOWN with their dickery.
Posted by: educatedcheese May 7 2009, 07:50 PM
Don't make vacation plans for mid-July, Lastings. You're goin' to Saint Louie.
This. must. happen.
Posted by: Wingack May 7 2009, 07:50 PM
Haha well, they weren't invited to NatsTown, we just need their votes.
Sort of like the GOP reaching out to the Religious Right to get W. elected in 2000.
Posted by: URISoxFan May 7 2009, 07:53 PM
Sort of like the GOP reaching out to the Religious Right to get W. elected in 2000.
True I guess...I would guess that the chances of one of those mouthbreathers over there to read one of the articles and then put two and two together and come over here and break all our nice things is pretty slim.
Posted by: Orange Julia May 7 2009, 07:54 PM
ditto.d
Posted by: mabrowndog May 7 2009, 08:05 PM
Not only did Lastings Milledge get 25 votes from me, but so did every other Natinals starter on the ballot.
The only way to improve on this is would be casting 25 write-in votes for the departed Jim Bowden somewhere.
Posted by: CaptainLaddie May 7 2009, 08:12 PM
Count me in as one of the 25.
Posted by: Gdiguy May 7 2009, 08:31 PM
That's me, so shockingly enough, it actually is a coincidence... =)
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 7 2009, 08:31 PM
We should have a slogan for our movement to get Lastings on the All-Star Team.
Casting Lastings?
Posted by: DLew On Roids May 7 2009, 08:35 PM
Since you aren't at Tulane, I guess you weren't one of the guys who cherry-picked the idea. I'm surprised.
NATSTOWN!
Posted by: PC Drunken Friar May 7 2009, 08:50 PM
i just did my 25. i am so freaking shaking!
edit: eff me
Posted by: Blacken May 7 2009, 09:16 PM
Posted by: AlNipper49 May 7 2009, 09:37 PM
I have voted 25 times and have changed my avatar in a move of solidarity with Mr.Berry.
Let's bring it home
Posted by: ToxicSmed May 7 2009, 09:46 PM
Remember when you are voting not to vote for other NL outfielders who might win. What's the point in casting a vote for the good Mr. Milledge if you cast one for his competition as well?
Posted by: dylanmarsh May 7 2009, 09:51 PM
Lastings just doesn't get it. NatsTown! is not for the strong willed. You must give yourself completely to its succubus.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2009/05/leading_off_the_morning_readin.html?wprss=nationalsjournal
Posted by: Dionysus May 7 2009, 09:54 PM
Let's bring it home
I'm in as well, and have ALSO added my first Avatar, inspired by Nipper and Berry, to help the cause - in true NATSTOWN fashion.
Posted by: Drocca May 7 2009, 09:55 PM
In a glorious NATSTOWN maneuver I decided to not be lazy and vote for Milledge, but when I went to mlb.com I couldn't find the link.
Then I made a sandwich.
Posted by: ToxicSmed May 7 2009, 09:57 PM
http://vote.mlb.com
Posted by: ngruz25 May 7 2009, 09:59 PM
I don't have enough good things to say about your avatar. "Millege"... brilliant, sir, brilliant! A true natinal hero you are!
Posted by: BucketOBalls May 7 2009, 10:08 PM
The idea of of the NL having an outfield of Milledge and Elijah Dukes is hilarious. It felt un-NATSTOWN to vote for Dunn however, as he's actually a decent player(although not in the OF, so maybe it's OK). Advice?
Posted by: Insert Former Player Here May 7 2009, 10:31 PM
Voted often!
Posted by: mikeford May 7 2009, 10:35 PM
I voted for the entirety of NatsTown for all 25 ballots. I feel I have done my civic duty.
Posted by: phrenile May 7 2009, 10:39 PM
Doesn't voting for multiple Natinals players reduce the probability that Milledge would get in via the one-player-per-team rule? Or is that too remote anyway.
Posted by: URISoxFan May 7 2009, 10:41 PM
Not if we can get them all elected.
The only way Milledge is getting in is if we vote him in. So election is the way to go...if we get him and Dunn in, then they both go. If anything, electing Milledge will screw Dunn over.
Posted by: Dionysus May 7 2009, 10:43 PM
Valid concern. I basically voted for JUST Milledge and no other OFs.. then regular voting for the infield. I still want to see Pujols, guys.
I occasionally check a few NATSTOWN! blogs, to amuse myself, and to my shock none have reported on the Milledge Project yet. Considering it showed up on Yahoo! Sports, I fully expected at least Federal Baseball to find it and thus this thread, and make some sort of angry comment.
Maybe they aren't angry. Maybe they are true residents of NATSTOWN! and just understand.
Posted by: yep May 7 2009, 11:11 PM
Okay, I just did my business over there 25 times. Usually I don't have much patients for these things, but it's actually really easy to cast the same ballot over and over.
THIS IS WHAT DEMOCROCY LOOKS LIKE!
Posted by: Grunherz54 May 8 2009, 12:06 AM
Twenty-five more votes for Milledge!
Posted by: knucklecup May 8 2009, 12:43 AM
Add 25 more to Milledge.
Posted by: ngruz25 May 8 2009, 01:32 AM
Alright, so if this is really going to happen, we need some strategy. Last year's vote tally for the top 5 went like this:
1 Ryan Braun, Brewers - 3,835,840
2 Alfonso Soriano, Cubs - 3,353,840
3 Kosuke Fukudome, Cubs - 2,994,935
4 Ken Griffey Jr., Reds - 2,907,746
5 Corey Hart - 2,366,008
So if we really want to get Milledge into the game, we need about 3 million votes. That means we need about 120,000 people to vote 25 times each. Or can you vote 25 times a day? That would change things greatly.
Posted by: Wingack May 8 2009, 01:48 AM
1 Ryan Braun, Brewers - 3,835,840
2 Alfonso Soriano, Cubs - 3,353,840
3 Kosuke Fukudome, Cubs - 2,994,935
4 Ken Griffey Jr., Reds - 2,907,746
5 Corey Hart - 2,366,008
So if we really want to get Milledge into the game, we need about 3 million votes. That means we need about 120,000 people to vote 25 times each. Or can you vote 25 times a day? That would change things greatly.
You can use multiple emails.
The real way to get this done is to get the Colbert Nation to get the vote out on this. Anyone got connections with his show here?
Posted by: Dionysus May 8 2009, 02:16 AM
The real way to get this done is to get the Colbert Nation to get the vote out on this. Anyone got connections with his show here?
Or...
... and I'm not seriously suggesting this, mind you...
... we can contract with the devil, himself. And by the Devil, I mean 4chan. I don't even know how that's done and, frankly, I'm not sure I want to. Isn't there some sort of ancient ritual and a sacrifice?
Still, getting Colbert Nation on board would be hilarious.
EDIT: Actually the real question is how many votes the LAST ranking Outfielder got last year? In theory we can assign that many votes to Milledge as those votes probably came from people spamming their whole hometeam roster. Then we simply need to make up the difference.
Posted by: Blacken May 8 2009, 02:19 AM
... and I'm not seriously suggesting this, mind you...
... we can contract with the devil, himself. And by the Devil, I mean 4chan. I don't even know how that's done and, frankly, I'm not sure I want to. Isn't there some sort of ancient ritual and a sacrifice?
Posted by: CaptainLaddie May 8 2009, 02:34 AM
You are 100% correct. Good luck finding porn they don't have or DO NOT WANT.
For the record, Nate McLouth finished 15th and got just over a million votes.
Posted by: MaydayMalone16 May 8 2009, 07:22 AM
Just voted 25 times for Milledge. Of course, I have three other email addresses I have not voted with yet...
NATSTOWN!
Posted by: dylanmarsh May 8 2009, 07:50 AM
NATSTOWN!
Wait, you have three more email addresses? Are you a special friend of Jim Bowden or something? No one has more than one email address in NatsTown. You must come from money.
NATSTOWN!
Posted by: Sille Skrub May 8 2009, 07:54 AM
Who?
Posted by: Adirondack jack May 8 2009, 08:21 AM
Political satirist, from comedy central, Stephen Colbert.
http://www.colbertnation.com/home
Posted by: phrenile May 8 2009, 08:29 AM
25 times per e-mail address, all days combined.
But quite frankly, it doesn't even seem to verify that an e-mail address you give it even exists, and you can always get a new yahoo/hotmail/whatever address each day and use that.
Posted by: spacewoman May 8 2009, 08:37 AM
25 times per e-mail address, all days combined.
But quite frankly, it doesn't even seem to verify that an e-mail address you give it even exists, and you can always get a new yahoo/hotmail/whatever address each day and use that.
I think it does comfirm the address, because I just got an email thanking me for voting and saying I had reached my 25x limit.
My husband, unbeknownst to him, will be voting next.
NATSTOWN!!
Posted by: 04101Seadog May 8 2009, 08:46 AM
5 email addresses x 25 = 125 more votes for the Thrill.
NATSTOWN!!
Posted by: bostonbeerbelly May 8 2009, 09:35 AM
My 25 is in. I am making family and friends obligated to vote if they want to talk to me again.
Posted by: LondonSox May 8 2009, 09:46 AM
Natstown! I will be starting a campaign in London directly, whole untapped market
Posted by: TomRicardo May 8 2009, 10:00 AM
I already promised my friend that when Thrilledge makes the Natinal League Team I am buying and All Star Thrilledge Jersey.
Posted by: CoolPapaBellhorn May 8 2009, 10:03 AM
50 votes and counting, I've got a few more e-mails I can use, and I'm hitting up both of my fantasy leagues for support. This is happening.
Long live NATSTWN!
Posted by: Maalox May 8 2009, 10:03 AM
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=78152373090
This is obviously a fraud. A Facebook page in Irish? Every Irish speaker knows that all native Irish speakers use Bebo.
Posted by: dynomite May 8 2009, 10:09 AM
Shout out from Joe Pos!!!
*You probably have heard that some fans are trying desperately to stuff the All-Star ballot box to get Washington Nationals minor leaguer http://www.nbcwashington.com/sports/baseball/Vote-Milledge.html This blog heartily supports the effort.
http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2009/05/08/hotter-than-hot/#more-2048
True/false: Thrillegeville is more newsworthy than anything the actual Nationals have done this season?
Posted by: MetSox1 May 8 2009, 10:13 AM
http://forum.colbertnation.com/tcr/board/message?board.id=TCR&thread.id=8198
Posted by: boteman May 8 2009, 10:15 AM
I've been poking around discovering how much traction the Vote Milledge effort is getting and stumbled across that one. Amazing amount of vitriol there, and on that Yahoo Sports post. Yeesh! You sure take a lot of heat for being even remotely associated with the Red Sox, eh? Maybe living in NatsTown aint so bad?
Too bad MannyGate might steal the thunder of this nascent effort. Timing is something.
Posted by: The Four Peters May 8 2009, 10:17 AM
MannyGate will pass. All-Star voting ends the day Manny is scheduled to return from his suspension, so there's plenty of time.
NatsTown will endure, have patients.
Posted by: Alternate34 May 8 2009, 10:31 AM
25 vtes fr Thrilledge.
NATSTWN!!!!
Posted by: rembrat May 8 2009, 10:35 AM
With Joe Posnanski and CN on board this is very doable. I just hope he doesn't mysteriously disappear from the ballot. Oh and 25 more from me.
Posted by: AlNipper49 May 8 2009, 10:37 AM
Someone should submit this to Digg, the Yahoo Digg ripoff, etc
BTW I voted 60 times last night. I created myself 100 e-mail addresses. If someone wants to do bulk voting let me know and I can set up some forwarders for you.
Posted by: Drocca May 8 2009, 10:40 AM
I still haven't voted once. I may though.
As an aside, I know who Colbert is, obviously, but what is so good about having his nation? Are they particularly influencial? Have they done this sort of thing in the past?
Posted by: TomRicardo May 8 2009, 10:41 AM
I plan on going to Yankee Stadium this weekend and stealing as many ballots as I can. FOR THRILLEDGE.
Posted by: phrenile May 8 2009, 10:44 AM
He's had a http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?collectionId=167949 about Time's most-influential-100 poll in past years (the one that 4chan rigged this year), so his viewers are used to being asked to stuff online ballots.
Posted by: Alternate34 May 8 2009, 10:45 AM
As an aside, I know who Colbert is, obviously, but what is so good about having his nation? Are they particularly influencial? Have they done this sort of thing in the past?
They were able to win the public vote by writein to name a node on a NASA space station Colbert. NASA did not name the node Colbert, but they did agree to name a treadmill in the station Colbert.
Posted by: yep May 8 2009, 10:49 AM
It's really kind of sad that it's too late to get the space station named NATSTOWN!
Posted by: TomRicardo May 8 2009, 10:59 AM
Remember why we vote...
Posted by: boteman May 8 2009, 11:01 AM
I'm not sure, but did post #2 over there give you a Wag of the Finger?
Posted by: educatedcheese May 8 2009, 11:27 AM
Email address alter-ego's #2 and #3 have joined the 25 Vote Club.
I love democracy!
Posted by: MetSox1 May 8 2009, 11:34 AM
I don't really know how it works over there. Possibly. He seems to be quite a hater, for no particular reason. Also have no idea why the post was moved. Those boards seem like chaos. Hopefully someone over at the Report reads it though and thinks its worth bringing up, it definitely does have humor potential.
Posted by: Drocca May 8 2009, 11:41 AM
Well, I can now report, having voted 25 times, that since you don't have to keep re-voting and instead just have to keep pressing submit and typing in some numbers --- this thing is almost NATSTOWN PROOF!
Posted by: CrackpotTheory May 8 2009, 11:42 AM
Done my duty.
Posted by: educatedcheese May 8 2009, 11:43 AM
In true NATSTOWN fashion, MLB didn't stop me until I had already cast 28 votes.
Posted by: phrenile May 8 2009, 11:49 AM
NatsTown!
Posted by: ypioca May 8 2009, 11:51 AM
Anyone can give me a proper US zip code number? I'll be damed if I can't put up 25 endorsements for the Thrilledge.
BTW, the Nats came back from 6 runs yesterday. Didn't see that coming.
Posted by: AlNipper49 May 8 2009, 11:53 AM
20001 is the first in DC isn't it ?
Posted by: phrenile May 8 2009, 11:54 AM
10001 is midtown Manhattan.
Posted by: Comeback Kid May 8 2009, 11:54 AM
Got my 25 votes in. IIRC, you can make up phony email addresses as well, for unlimited voting.
I'm going to recruit my fantasy baseball league to pitch in as well.
Posted by: JulE6 May 8 2009, 11:55 AM
BTW, the Nats came back from 6 runs yesterday. Didn't see that coming.
Posted by: The Four Peters May 8 2009, 11:55 AM
Also, when voting, don't forget to list the Natinals as your favorite team, which gives you the privilege of hearing all NatsTown news firsthand.
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 8 2009, 11:56 AM
Yes.
Posted by: Comeback Kid May 8 2009, 11:56 AM
Just noticed that the "Vote Millege" avatar image spells Milledge wrong.. I'm assuming the logo was created by the Nats?
Posted by: phrenile May 8 2009, 11:56 AM
Yes. Other options include 20500 (the White House) and 20050 (the Pentagon).
Posted by: AlNipper49 May 8 2009, 11:56 AM
http://digg.com/baseball/VOTE_MILLEDGE
Posted by: zougwa May 8 2009, 11:56 AM
Civic duty fulfilled. Fifty votes for Milledge via two email addresses. I heartily support this endeavor and all that it stands for.
Posted by: ypioca May 8 2009, 11:57 AM
Pure NATSTOWN worksmanship.
Posted by: NickEsasky May 8 2009, 12:19 PM
Second 25 is in.
Posted by: 3rd Degree May 8 2009, 12:32 PM
Dugg.
As the newest citizen of NatsTown, I'm going to vote for Milledge 100 times today.
Posted by: NYCSox May 8 2009, 12:32 PM
Cross-post from Natstown thread:
Keith Law: (1:26 PM ET ) It would be phenomenal. In fact, I need to remember to vote for him 25 times. Thanks for the reminder.
Posted by: AlNipper49 May 8 2009, 12:37 PM
LEAD US TO VICTORY, BERRY
Posted by: E5 Yaz May 8 2009, 12:48 PM
A Google search for "Milledge All-Star" returns an impressive array of followers
Posted by: mikeford May 8 2009, 12:49 PM
Posted by: NickEsasky May 8 2009, 12:50 PM
Milledge Fever is more virulent than swine flu!
Posted by: TomRicardo May 8 2009, 12:54 PM
Tonight I will have to make a campaign video. What describe Thrilledge more: Hope, Change, or Bone Crushing Awesomeness?
Posted by: NickEsasky May 8 2009, 12:55 PM
Thrilledge personifies personification.
Posted by: Smiling Joe Hesketh May 8 2009, 12:57 PM
With Pos and Keith Law on our side, how can we be wrong?
25 more votes cast today.
Posted by: ScubaSteveAvery May 8 2009, 12:58 PM
This is the most awesome thing on the internets. Consider me a convert.
Posted by: TomRicardo May 8 2009, 12:58 PM
Good point.
Posted by: Dogman2 May 8 2009, 01:00 PM
Jack Cust is a raging Vag.
Posted by: ngruz25 May 8 2009, 01:06 PM
Someone get this thing on Fark. There are plenty of legitimate news articles to make it worthy of submission.
Posted by: TheYaz67 May 8 2009, 01:07 PM
Does anyone know when the MLB does the first press release "update" on voting? Maybe the end of May or something? If Thrilledge is in the top 5 or 10 at that time, this will most certainly go very viral - much more so that it already has.
That is the beachhead - make that first list, and we cannot be stopped like the Allies after D-Day....
Posted by: PrimusSucks626 May 8 2009, 01:14 PM
50 votes from me.
This is NATSTOWN, baby!
Posted by: ypioca May 8 2009, 01:17 PM
The ultimate goal here, of course, is getting MASN to make an ad, describing the Thrilledge at the ASG a "Defining Moment".
NATSTOWN!
Posted by: Wingack May 8 2009, 01:18 PM
Lead headline on MLB.com
"Who gets Manny's All-Star votes in the outfield?"
That's an easy one.
MILLEDGE!
Posted by: ypioca May 8 2009, 01:23 PM
Next step: editing his Wikipedia page. Anyone?
Posted by: CaptainLaddie May 8 2009, 01:24 PM
Anyone able to get on a Bloomberg terminal to put this out there?
Posted by: Comeback Kid May 8 2009, 01:28 PM
Got it onto the /sp/ (sports) section of http://zip.4chan.org/sp/res/952502.html.. working on /b/ next...
Please reply to the post to keep it on top...
Posted by: ypioca May 8 2009, 01:40 PM
I have too much free time on my hands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lastings_Milledge
NATSTOWN REPRESENT THE WIKIS!
Posted by: Smiling Joe Hesketh May 8 2009, 01:41 PM
That'll probably get whacked by the Wiki Dopes. They take that shit seriously.
Posted by: ypioca May 8 2009, 01:43 PM
We'll, it's factual... I tried to be as objective as possible, and even slapped a couple of references in there.
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 8 2009, 01:49 PM
The Facebook group is over 100 members strong. The group should be re-named "Casting Lastings for the All-Star Game (1,000,000 strong for THRILLEDGE!)"
Posted by: cannonball 1729 May 8 2009, 01:56 PM
Yep. It's particularly ignorant of anything ending in .edu, e.g. it thinks that anything @natstown.edu is a real address.
Posted by: MetSox1 May 8 2009, 01:57 PM
Yeah, I got like 10 of my friends onto that. I don't have that many friends. I shouldn't have invited 10% of the group. Send those invites out people, we need some community involvement here, vte early, vte ften!
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 8 2009, 02:02 PM
If we actually get a critical mass of votes, though, we don't want MLB to invalidate them for lack of legitimate email addresses. In NatsTown, we play by the rules.
Posted by: Drocca May 8 2009, 02:10 PM
If we choose to play at all.
Posted by: Wingack May 8 2009, 02:14 PM
Anyway we could get VoteForTheWorst.com in on this?
After American Idol is over they are going to need something else to vote for.
Posted by: AlNipper49 May 8 2009, 02:27 PM
Votefortheworst would likely be more interested in the AL short stops.... geez. Not one there that should even be driving the bus to the goddamned all star game
Posted by: TomRicardo May 8 2009, 02:30 PM
I wrote in Lars Anderson
Posted by: ethangl May 8 2009, 02:30 PM
voted twice, became disinterested, natstown.
Posted by: Bucknahs Bum Ankle May 8 2009, 02:35 PM
Bartlett is the correct pick, but Jeter will win it by default.
Posted by: berstch May 8 2009, 02:43 PM
Just sent an e-mail to Simmons asking for a plug on the B.S. Report. This is something he should be able to get behind.
Posted by: absintheofmalaise May 8 2009, 02:43 PM
If we wanted to talk real baseball, we wouldn't live in NatsTown!
Posted by: Rogerwho? May 8 2009, 02:55 PM
If Simmons was able to get behind it, our chances would improve immensely.
Posted by: jose melendez May 8 2009, 03:06 PM
I've done my share. 25 votes.
Posted by: UNCSoxFan5 May 8 2009, 03:14 PM
Wrote in Nick Green.
Posted by: jose melendez May 8 2009, 03:20 PM
http://www.nbcwashington.com/sports/baseball/Vote-Milledge.html
Posted by: The Four Peters May 8 2009, 03:23 PM
Brilliant.
What's also very NatsTown! about this is that they are linking to a thread that now contains very little discussion about Thrilledge's quest, as that has now been incorporated into its own township of Natstown!
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 8 2009, 03:24 PM
You should've written in Lastings Milledge.
Posted by: NickEsasky May 8 2009, 03:25 PM
What's also very NatsTown! about this is that they are linking to a thread that now contains very little discussion about Thrilledge's quest, as that has now been incorporated into its own township of Natstown!
It's just a temporary glitch. It be passing soon I am sure.
Posted by: Trlicek's Whip May 8 2009, 03:44 PM
In NATSTOWN!, it's easier to say you're sorry later than to get permission now:
Edit: 25 + 25 + 25
Posted by: UNCSoxFan5 May 8 2009, 03:56 PM
Voted for Lastings. Wrote in Green. Doing my part for Natstown.
Posted by: phrenile May 8 2009, 03:57 PM
Made the first cut but ultimately wasn't posted. Needed a better headline, though.
Posted by: ypioca May 8 2009, 04:13 PM
Looks like my Wikipedia edit is not getting taken down... at least it's still up there.
This is not very NatsTown!
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 8 2009, 04:23 PM
Vote Lastings for AL SS write-in and NL OF.
Posted by: TomRicardo May 8 2009, 04:45 PM
Crapbag? Crapbags are not nearly this entertaining.
Posted by: SeanBerry May 8 2009, 05:05 PM
You guys are fucking amazing.
Some really good ideas here... keep them coming. It tracks e-mail addresses not IP addresses so it should be pretty easy to keep voting. Also, as many have said, you don't need to keep re-entering your information so it is actualy easier then it sounds.
Casting for Lastings!
Posted by: mwonow May 8 2009, 05:24 PM
Looks like the campaign has gone international:
http://www.drunkjaysfans.com/2009/05/game-threat-lost-angels-vs-blue-jays.html
Posted by: Foulkey Reese May 8 2009, 05:25 PM
http://www.drunkjaysfans.com/2009/05/game-threat-lost-angels-vs-blue-jays.html
I couldn't care less about how MLB does these things. I have no interest in changing any process or even making a satirical comment on the uselessness of the Mid-Summer Classic.
Plain and simple, I just want to be a shit in the cut of Bud Selig. And I'm even willing to jump on the bus of some fucking bean-eating, blue-collared, cunt-face in Boston to do it.
Love that site.
Posted by: E5 Yaz May 8 2009, 05:41 PM
http://www.syracuse.com/chiefs/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/1241686606267460.xml&coll=1
Posted by: boteman May 8 2009, 05:41 PM
...and we still lose.
NatsTown!
Posted by: jimc May 8 2009, 05:50 PM
It was on Fark http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4374000... it's an I-see-what-you-did-there headline, but not exactly comedy gold.
Posted by: Comeback Kid May 8 2009, 06:32 PM
/b/ at http://img.4chan.org/b/res/135723287.html was down earlier but now back up... if we can get them on board it would be a huge help... please reply to the post to keep it on top
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 8 2009, 07:15 PM
In true NatsTown fashion, that link doesn't work for me.
Posted by: Jneen May 8 2009, 07:15 PM
Dude, he pretty much seared right into Berry's soul here.
Except Berry's not from Boston, per se.
Drunk Jay's Fans - SoSH's hat
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 8 2009, 07:31 PM
"Have you voted for me yet? If you haven't, you better get to it or my associate here will make sure you do."
Posted by: Ryo Sen May 8 2009, 08:00 PM
Did my part -- twice. 50 votes for Milledge.
Posted by: Laser Show May 8 2009, 08:10 PM
Count me in. This would be simply amazing.
Posted by: hi neighbor May 8 2009, 08:17 PM
When you vote, vote for no other NL OF.
And, you can also write him in for the HR Derby
Posted by: AlNipper49 May 8 2009, 08:26 PM
I've been voting for Randy Winn and Elijah Dukes. In addition to THE THRILL
Posted by: CoolPapaBellhorn May 8 2009, 09:49 PM
Just got back from Fenway, where I voted for Thriilledge again on a paper ballot. In true NatsTown fashion, I forgot to to drop it in the ballot box before I left the park.
Posted by: Sprowl May 8 2009, 10:20 PM
An angel came to me last night in a vision and bade me seek out the Son of BABIP come to earth to redeem us from our sins. I saddled my camel, gathered up some frankincense and myrrh, and set out on the desert road, following the All-Star shining brightly in the East. Lo I came unto a manger, and there before me was the Anointed One, the Milledge foretold to us. And so I have voted 25 times that he shall be made known unto the world and the Word of BABIP revealed.
For he is the Milledge, the Mikki of Baseball, and the Glory of BABIP, for ever and ever. Amen.
Posted by: BigPapiLumber Co. May 8 2009, 11:37 PM
50 more for Mlledge. Just doin my part for NatsTown and its 'burbs.
Posted by: Puffy May 8 2009, 11:42 PM
Add 25 more to Lastngs tally! I will spread the word.
Posted by: Drocca May 9 2009, 12:03 AM
I am recommending you for Member status STAT.
Posted by: jippaman May 9 2009, 12:09 AM
As the campaign grows, Lastings will need a running mate - someone smart and experienced, informed and well-respected. He'll need a NATSTOWN outsider who will inject excitement into the election and ultimately change how Washington is run.
He's going to need Sarah Palin.
Posted by: Dionysus May 9 2009, 12:59 AM
So, while spending time with my girlfriend tonight I talked her into submitting 50 votes (home and work emails) as a favor to me. She isn't a baseball fan and doesnt understand this at all, but heck.. that's 50 more Votes!
I WILL NOT REST!
Posted by: USFSoxFan May 9 2009, 06:18 AM
I did my civic duty and voted 75 times.
Posted by: MaydayMalone16 May 9 2009, 08:15 AM
75 more votes for the biggest name on the Syracuse Chiefs. When did they drop the Sky from their name?
NATSTOWN!
Posted by: phrenile May 9 2009, 09:21 AM
http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061211&content_id=148192&vkey=pr_t552&fext=.jsp. They'd only added it in 1997.
Posted by: Apisith May 9 2009, 09:48 AM
Voted 100 times today.
You can just create a fake email address ending in .edu and it works every single time.
Posted by: Bowlerman9 May 9 2009, 10:31 AM
Whatever do you mean, you are not voting for the man known as Thrilledge?
Posted by: TomRicardo May 9 2009, 10:39 AM
I voted the entire Nationals team except Dunn. Instead I voted for Manny.
Posted by: JulE6 May 9 2009, 10:41 AM
In true NATSTOWN! fashion, I have no idea how many times I've voted. Like, 32 or something.
I'm also voting for Anderson Hernandez every time, too
Posted by: ypioca May 9 2009, 10:45 AM
In true NATSTOWN fashion, my Wikipedia edit got deleted.
Posted by: mikeford May 9 2009, 11:14 AM
On a serious note about getting this to actually work... Don't vote for Ryan Zimmerman. He's going to get more than enough votes from non-Natstown citizens. I suggest D. Freese of STL (Who?) or Geoff Blum of Houston instead. I think voting for guys like Randy Winn and Ryan Church or C. Dickerson (Reds) or Michael Bourn (Houston) is also a good idea. They seem like fine pairs.
No sense in giving others real votes that might propel them ahead of Thrilledge.
Posted by: SeanBerry May 9 2009, 11:16 AM
Don't vote for any other OF except Milledge.
Posted by: BucketOBalls May 9 2009, 11:23 AM
25 for Milldedge
and 25 for Thrilledge for AL SS.
A true all-star can play 2 positions on opposing teams. NATSTOWN.
Posted by: Trlicek's Whip May 9 2009, 11:27 AM
Apparently *any* former email address will work. I used a slew from several different defunct companies or accounts (AOL, Excite, local web servers) and had no problems.
You also can make unlimited Gmail accounts. The only caveat is that they need a pre-existing "secondary" email. But once you create the new one that then becomes your secondary on any future accounts you make.
I've registered and voted at MLB with the following:
thrilledge@gmail.com
welcometonatstown@gmail.com
natinals@gmail.com
("Natstown" was already taken. And in true NATSTOWN! fashion Gmail addys don't recognize CAPS or exclamation points).
Posted by: boteman May 9 2009, 12:45 PM
My prob/stats professor in college agrees wholeheartedly!
The only outfielder for me is Lastings Milledge.
Posted by: E5 Yaz May 9 2009, 12:52 PM
"My whole life, I've been playing this game for a long time, I could take a lot of stuff, more stuff than anyone else. That's the edge I have. I don't get discouraged easy. I have thick skin. I don't care what anybody says about me. I think that's what makes me better than another person getting sent down. I know I can overcome anything. There's nothing in this game I can't take."
-- Lastings Milledge
"You'd be pretty stupid to not understand how high the ceiling would be on a Lastings Milledge if he got it all together."
-- Tim Foli, manager, Syracuse Chiefs
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2009/05/leading_off_the_morning_readin.html?wprss=nationalsjournal
Posted by: boteman May 9 2009, 01:52 PM
If 1000 people vote 25 times each and every day until the ASG voting cutoff, that's worth 1.25 million votes.
That's either encouraging if expanded to a huge scale, or discouraging in a NatsTown sort of way if we let down Lastings.
Fight the good fight!
Now where'd I put Colbert's cell phone number...
Posted by: Dernells Casket n Flagon May 9 2009, 01:57 PM
50 more votes for NATSTOWN!
Maybe someone with more technical knowledge can figure this out. But would it be possible to create a grease monkey script for those who use firefox that will make it so the only thing you need to do to vote is enter the 5 digit security code? It would make it much quicker to save the 5 clicks or so between each vote, if all that were required was the 5 digit code and then every 25 votes you enter a new e-mail address which you could sign up through mailinator.com. Ideally it could just be like those mafia war scripts that people use on facebook.
Anyone know how to make this happen?
Posted by: Trlicek's Whip May 9 2009, 02:11 PM
I set up a http://twitter.com/lastingsmillege for Lastings Milledge.
It's early and our applications for it aren't sussed out yet, but there's time between now and 7/2/09 to figure it out. With phenomena like hashtags + trending topics there, and the fact it's exponentially growing with new users like a wild frontier gold rush, it's a beneficial option to have when waging a social networking offensive on that beachhead.
And FYI I made sure that the tiled-wallpaper background I chose to trick it out would completely obscure the action shot of Lastings at the plate. NATSTOWN! 
Posted by: TomRicardo May 9 2009, 02:12 PM
But Thrilledge will be lonely without Elijah Dukes.
Posted by: CoolPapaBellhorn May 9 2009, 03:18 PM
McCarver just mentioned off-hand that MLB would be in quite a bind if Manny got voted into the all-star game. He has no idea what MLB will have to deal with when Thrilledge gets in.
Posted by: oilers99999999 May 9 2009, 03:25 PM
Seconded. I voted 25 times for Thrilledge and Dukes.
Posted by: JMDurron May 9 2009, 03:32 PM
You can add 25 more votes for Milledge to the cause. You can thank Fox for forcing me onto MLB Gameday to follow today's game (we got Braves-Phillies here), so I figured I should get in gear and get behind this great movement as long as I was online anyway.
Question - would anyone be surprised if this organization called Milledge up and tried to use him to sell tickets if he's at the top of any ASG voting leaderboards in June?
Posted by: CoolPapaBellhorn May 9 2009, 03:35 PM
That would be smart, and positively un-NatsTown. They'll leave him in AAA and keep trying to convince people to vote for Zimmerman and Dunn.
Posted by: behindthepen May 9 2009, 03:50 PM
There is a ballot box in the fenway bleachers stuffed with 100s of thrilledge only ballots
Natstoown!
Posted by: MaydayMalone16 May 9 2009, 05:29 PM
I would caution people against using fake email addresses to vote for The Thrill. While it never asks you to confirm your email, they do send an email to thank you for voting. My guess is if that email bounces back, they don't count the votes. Making Hotmal, Yahoo or Gmail accounts is fine, but just giving them some natstown.edu address won't work, I don't think.
Posted by: Barbara May 9 2009, 05:37 PM
50 votes. More to come.
Posted by: Laser Show May 9 2009, 05:50 PM
25 more for THE THRILL. Lots to come.
I am very anxious for the first voting update now, to see what progress we've made.
Posted by: mikeford May 9 2009, 06:03 PM
Emailed our goal to With Leather.... maybe we can get some more mainstream blog attention for Thrilledge.
Posted by: Buckner's Boots May 9 2009, 06:55 PM
100 votes for Thrilledge, Manny (I couldn't resist) and Nick Green. Also for Longoria, because it's not his fault pitchers won't knock him down.
Posted by: Laser Show May 9 2009, 07:00 PM
I'm up to 100 today for THRILLEDGE
Posted by: koufax32 May 9 2009, 07:18 PM
Does anyone know when the first vote count will be released?
Posted by: hi neighbor May 9 2009, 09:00 PM
Dunn's defense is brutal through six innings. He could be the Giambi player of the game
Posted by: JVTek May 9 2009, 09:00 PM
25 more from me. In true NatsTown fashion, I incorrectly entered the security code 6 times.
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 9 2009, 10:12 PM
I'm happy to report from Camden Yards tonight that Thrilledge has received plenty of votes from O's and MFY fans alike. Casting Lastings is a unifying moment among fans of the AL East.
Posted by: ypioca May 9 2009, 10:15 PM
It's "Blastings".
Posted by: oilers99999999 May 10 2009, 12:10 AM
I have reached out to Leafs Nation. They were instrumental in getting out the vote for the Rory Fitzpatrick 2007 NHL ASG campaign.
http://chat.mapleleafs.com/index.php?showtopic=96146
NATSTOWN!!!!
Posted by: Rice4HOF May 10 2009, 11:09 AM
I'm at 200... and counting.
It does let you submit any e-mail which has a valid format (i.e. x@y.com), but as some have mentioned, it might reject it if the confirmation message they send you is bounces. And sure you can set up a zillion hotmail/gmail/yahoo email addresses, but it's a bit of a pain to go through the process for each one. Luckily, if you have a gmail account there is a very easy way of generating as many alias addresses as you want and they all redirect to the same inbox (and you can set up a filter to automatically delete the ones sent to a specific alias).
All you need is to include a + sign at the end of your gmail username. e.g. if my email was Rice4HoF@gmail.com, I could use Rice4Hof+mlb@gmail.com, and that looks like a different email address, but anything sent there will go to my regular inbox. You can also set up a filter to automatically delete anything that was sent to this "new" address you created and you don't have to see any spam. You can create as many of these as you want.
Details are on this gmail help page: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12096
Let's say between SOSH and everyone else who have picked up on this there are 10,000 willing participants. If we each vote 25 times that is only 250,000 votes. But if we each vote 25 times a DAY, 20 times, now we're talking 5 million votes. So for everyone who has already votes 25 times, get out there and vote again today. And tomorrow....
Posted by: findguapo May 10 2009, 11:20 AM
It does let you submit any e-mail which has a valid format (i.e. x@y.com), but as some have mentioned, it might reject it if the confirmation message they send you is bounces. And sure you can set up a zillion hotmail/gmail/yahoo email addresses, but it's a bit of a pain to go through the process for each one. Luckily, if you have a gmail account there is a very easy way of generating as many alias addresses as you want and they all redirect to the same inbox (and you can set up a filter to automatically delete the ones sent to a specific alias).
All you need is to include a + sign at the end of your gmail username. e.g. if my email was Rice4HoF@gmail.com, I could use Rice4Hof+mlb@gmail.com, and that looks like a different email address, but anything sent there will go to my regular inbox. You can also set up a filter to automatically delete anything that was sent to this "new" address you created and you don't have to see any spam. You can create as many of these as you want.
Details are on this gmail help page: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12096
Let's say between SOSH and everyone else who have picked up on this there are 10,000 willing participants. If we each vote 25 times that is only 250,000 votes. But if we each vote 25 times a DAY, 20 times, now we're talking 5 million votes. So for everyone who has already votes 25 times, get out there and vote again today. And tomorrow....
another easy solution... just use any email address @makemetheking.com. It is an anonymous email service that anyone can use, and anyone can check the mailbox for any email address. No mail will get bounced. Vote till your heart's content.
Posted by: Curtis Pride May 10 2009, 11:45 AM
I know that I am being the turd in the punchbowl, but what if MLB sees all this and tosses out the votes for Lastings due to "ballot-stuffing?"
At the rate we're going, Lastings Milledge might get more votes than Albert Pujols.
Posted by: GoWhalers May 10 2009, 11:59 AM
At the rate we're going, Lastings Milledge might get more votes than Albert Pujols.
They let each person vote 25 times, I think ballot stuffing is the least of their concerns.
Posted by: Buckner's Boots May 10 2009, 12:06 PM
At the rate we're going, Lastings Milledge might get more votes than Albert Pujols.
Yep, it's intrinsic to the system. They are the ones who have chosen to make a mockery of their league, and we are playing by their rules. With any luck, Thrilledge is (rightfully) elected to the AS game, as is Manny (not so rightfully), highlighting the embarrassment that has been the Selig administration.
Posted by: phrenile May 10 2009, 12:22 PM
And arguably intrinsic to the Natinals.
Posted by: Trlicek's Whip May 10 2009, 12:35 PM
Lazlo: These are entries into the Frito Lay Sweepstakes. No purchase necessary, enter as often as you want so I am... this batch makes it one million, six-hundred thousand. I should win 32.6 percent of the votes including the car...
Chris Knight: Kind of takes the fun out of it, doesn't it?
Lazlo: I suppose so. But they set up the rules, and lately, I have come to realize that I have certain materialistic needs.
WIN IT FOR THRILLEDGE!1
Posted by: Wingack May 10 2009, 01:00 PM
My Milledge finger hurts from voting so much.
Posted by: Curtis Pride May 10 2009, 01:39 PM
Well, I submitted 25 votes for Thrilledge. I also have 3 other e-mail accounts.. 
Posted by: educatedcheese May 10 2009, 02:00 PM
50 more from me using Rice4HOF's clever Gmail strategy.
I pledge 50 votes per day from now til July.
Posted by: Laser Show May 10 2009, 02:04 PM
In true, Natstown fashion, I just accidentally submitted an entirely blank online ballot.
NATSTOWN!
Posted by: Standard Bearer May 10 2009, 02:56 PM
May 26
Posted by: boteman May 10 2009, 06:39 PM
Come on, man! We need you! Muscle up!
I'll tell you what, I will award Milledge's first-born son to every man who votes at least 25 Thrilledge votes each day until the voting deadline. Who's with me?
Posted by: Jody Reeds Well May 10 2009, 10:01 PM
A comedy of errs... voting in Thrilledgeville:
1. Yesterday, I voted 25 times under one email address. On my 4th time voting under a seperate email address, my computer froze.
2. Today, I grabbed two ballots today at a Mets game but didn't have a pen to punch the vote. So, I put them in my pocket for later. I forgot that they were in my back pocket...
!NATSTOWN!
Posted by: O Captain! My Captain! May 10 2009, 10:13 PM
This thread literally made my lungs hurt. 25 votes in for Thrilledge, 25 more from a different email address coming soon
Posted by: Stuffy McInnis May 10 2009, 10:32 PM
50 more Votes for Thrilledge.
Posted by: DieHardSoxFan1 May 10 2009, 11:54 PM
57 ballots cast for THRILLEDGE.
Posted by: Gdiguy May 11 2009, 03:11 AM
50 so far; I should be good for another hundred before I have to resort to fake (/friends, mwahaha) email addresses
Btw, someone should really put a link to the ballot on the first post in this thread - http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2009/ballot_reg.html
Posted by: Alternate34 May 11 2009, 08:34 AM
http://chat.mapleleafs.com/index.php?showtopic=96146
NATSTOWN!!!!
While the Leafs helped, it was the Sabres fans who got the ball rolling. They had Fitzpatrick the year prior and it was started by an upstate New Yorker.
http://www.slate.com/id/2157741/
Posted by: boteman May 11 2009, 08:44 AM
If you think this thread provides great entertainment value, then I commend to you the parent thread entitled "Welcome to NatsTown. Population: You"
I don't think I laughed so hard for so long in my life. I'm gonna write a book about this sorry-ass team.
Now I need to go do my daily Thrilledge voting sesh.
Posted by: Jneen May 11 2009, 09:11 AM
you know, it just occurred to me that Thrilledge is set to play the Pawsox at The Bucket on July 11 - the weekend before the ASG.
We should go.
Posted by: Bowlerman9 May 11 2009, 09:29 AM
Another 25 votes for the Thrilledge. Lets get him those 3M votes he needs!
Posted by: MoGator71 May 11 2009, 10:19 AM
25 for Thrilledge. Voted all Nats actually, so Cristian Guzman is also getting my votes.
NATSTOWN!
Posted by: bsj May 11 2009, 11:43 AM
Posted by Mike Waters / The Post-Standard May 11, 2009 10:51AM
Categories: Breaking News
Syracuse outfielder Lastings Milledge suffered an injury to his right hand while attempting to bunt in the first inning of the Chiefs game against the Indianapolis Indians here at Alliance Bank Stadium on Monday morning.
Milledge was facing Indianapolis pitcher Ty Taubenheim with no one out and Chiefs leadoff hitter Ryan Langerhans on first base. As Milledge squared to bunt, the pitch from Taubenheim struck Milledge's right hand.
Milledge writhed on the ground in pain as Chiefs manager Tim Foli and team trainer Beth Jarrett came to his aid.
Cory Patterson replaced Milledge in the lineup.
Mike Waters
mwaters@syracuse.com
http://blog.syracuse.com/chiefs/2009/05/syracuse_outfielder_lastings_m.html
Posted by: BoSox Rule May 11 2009, 11:50 AM
Like 80 votes from me
Posted by: Ryo Sen May 11 2009, 11:54 AM
Grabbed a handful of ballots at Fenway Saturday, spent some time during that suck of a game voting... and then walked out with them in my bag. NATSTOWN!
However, I ended up going to last night's game, dropped them off then, *and* recruited my casual-fan friend to the cause. Like 40 more votes!
Posted by: Huntington Avenue Grounds May 11 2009, 12:03 PM
20-something votes for the Thrill. I started out counting how many ballots had been filled out but lost track and just kinda drifted away from it after a while.
!NATSTOWN!
Posted by: Dernells Casket n Flagon May 11 2009, 12:49 PM
If last years results give us any clue into this year, he will need at least 250K votes by the end of May to be in the top 3.
Outfield
RANK PLAYER NAME NL TEAM TOTAL VOTES
1. Soriano, A. Cubs 352,267
2. Fukudome, K. Cubs 325,456
3. Griffey, K. Reds 300,230
4. Beltran, C. Mets 253,297
5. Holliday, M. Rockies 249,881
6. Burrell, P. Phillies 220,596
It will probably also help that Griffey, Holliday and Burrell are out of the league. Manny moving to the NL would have almost surely made him a definite top 3 vote getter, but I imagine he will now lose a lot of votes with his 50 game suspension. You have to think that Soriano, Fukudome and Beltran are definitely the biggest competition this year.
Posted by: AlNipper49 May 11 2009, 12:51 PM
So to put things in perspective we get about 10,000 unique IPs here daily. Literally everyone of those people need to vote for him 25 times. That likely isn't happening. The most effective thing that you can do is vote 25 times then post the link explaining what this is on your facebook walls, twitter feeds, email buddies, underage Korean boy-workers, etc.
Posted by: Pedroia's Laser Show May 11 2009, 01:03 PM
Just got in on the action and voted 25 times myself. I plan on spreading the word to my fantasy leagues and Facebook friends once I get home from work. In true NATSTOWN fashion I will probably be ignored.
Posted by: Dernells Casket n Flagon May 11 2009, 01:03 PM
The final results were actually much worse too.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
The Cubs also will send outfielders Alfonso Soriano (3,353,977), an All-Star for the sixth straight year, and Kosuke Fukudome (2,994,935), the first-year Major Leaguer who will become just the third Japanese position player to start in the All-Star Game, joining Ichiro and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui (a replacement in the A.L.s starting lineup in 2003). Overall, Fukudome is the eighth Japanese native to make the Midsummer Classic. Fukudome, who was among the N.L.s leading outfielders from the outset of balloting, edged out Cincinnati Reds veteran Ken Griffey, Jr. (2,907,746), the most popular player in the history of All-Star balloting.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
With Griffey out of the league, I imagine it is possible that 2-2.5M votes will be enough.
If Milledge is in the top 3 (or even the top 5) when the first ballot comes out it might be a big enough story to get some blogs and more websites covering the underground campaign. Vote NATSTOWN! early and often.
Posted by: hikeeba May 11 2009, 01:16 PM
All you need is to include a + sign at the end of your gmail username. e.g. if my email was Rice4HoF@gmail.com, I could use Rice4Hof+mlb@gmail.com, and that looks like a different email address, but anything sent there will go to my regular inbox. You can also set up a filter to automatically delete anything that was sent to this "new" address you created and you don't have to see any spam. You can create as many of these as you want.
Details are on this gmail help page: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12096
Let's say between SOSH and everyone else who have picked up on this there are 10,000 willing participants. If we each vote 25 times that is only 250,000 votes. But if we each vote 25 times a DAY, 20 times, now we're talking 5 million votes. So for everyone who has already votes 25 times, get out there and vote again today. And tomorrow....
Great tip! 100 and counting!! (We can also get to 5 million if 1000 willing participants vote 100 times a day every day until voting ends on July 2)
Thrilledge - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow!!!
Posted by: Rogerwho? May 11 2009, 01:20 PM
PTI is having mailtime today and their asking to tweet them full sentences issues you'd like to see them discuss. Tweet for Thrilledge! I already did.
http://twitter.com/ptishow
The only way getting him into the ASG is if this goes mainstream. Make it happen.
Posted by: rembrat May 11 2009, 01:25 PM
Why hasn't Deadspin picked up on this? We need their help.
Posted by: TomRicardo May 11 2009, 01:26 PM
http://twitter.com/ptishow
The only way getting him into the ASG is if this goes mainstream. Make it happen.
Why? Mainstream sucks. Grassroots is where it is at in NatsTown. If the Natinals were Mianstream they wouldn't have AAA player on the ballot and suck so wonderfully.
Posted by: jmm57 May 11 2009, 02:00 PM
http://withleather.uproxx.com/2009/05/minor-leaguer-has-all-star-campaigns
Not sure if this was posted yet, but whoever sent the info to With Leather- it worked!
Edit: Good work mikeford!
Posted by: Blacken May 11 2009, 02:01 PM
http://natinals.net
I probably should get around to filling out that Vote Thrilledge page.
Posted by: TheYellowDart5 May 11 2009, 02:52 PM
Jesus, is there any way to convince Japan that Thrilledge is Japanese? That alone would be an extra 100,000 votes.
Posted by: Comeback Kid May 11 2009, 03:06 PM
Boo.... Lastings broke his finger.
http://www.rotoworld.com/Content/playerpages/player_main.aspx?sport=MLB&id=826
This could derail the entire effort, as they would just appoint an injury replacement even if he gets elected.
Posted by: AlNipper49 May 11 2009, 03:08 PM
Only in Natstown could this happen. It only makes our Milledge votes more meaningful now. We're voting for a way of life, not a player.
Posted by: ypioca May 11 2009, 03:11 PM
What kinda athlete takes 2 months to heal a broken finger?
On the other hand, he's a NATSTWN! athlete. I suspect gangrene will occur.
Posted by: Trlicek's Whip May 11 2009, 03:56 PM
Rotoworld ganked it from the http://tr.im/l4o0.
Posted by: MaydayMalone16 May 11 2009, 04:02 PM
I'm kind of shocked that many people responded to a post on a Natinals blog, to be honest.
Posted by: phrenile May 11 2009, 04:04 PM
Ty "Milledge-molestor" Taubenheim.
Posted by: mikeford May 11 2009, 04:38 PM
Not sure if this was posted yet, but whoever sent the info to With Leather- it worked!
Edit: Good work mikeford!
I feel I have done a great service to Natstown today. Like I have earned my citizenship.
Posted by: javaisfun May 11 2009, 05:40 PM
Here's a way to vote lots and lots of times.
1. Download the iMacros addon (available for http://download.cnet.com/iMacros-for-Internet-Explorer/3000-12512_4-10586882.html or https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863). This will download, and restart your browser.
2. Leave the left side iMacros bar open, and go through the voting process once so it registers your picks: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/all_star/y2009/ballot_reg.html.
3. Once you've submitted it once, click here: http://tinyurl.com/p28fth. This will go to the correct page.
4. Type in the 5 digit registration code, then click Continue on the left.
5. It will complete the voting once. Now, on the left sidebar, in the Repeat Macro Max field(by default displays 3), type 23. Then click Play (Loop).
6. The program will go to the voting window, pause for you to enter the code, then you click continue. It will do this 23 times.
After it finishes, repeat steps 3-6 with a new email address.
Profit. Natstown.
Posted by: Nuf Ced May 11 2009, 07:19 PM
Broken finger? The Chiefs were saying it was a broken hand. (And WTH were they doing playing a game at 10:30 am?)
http://blog.syracuse.com/chiefs/2009/05/syracuse_outfielder_lastings_m_1.html
Will the all star game be canceled now?
Posted by: educatedcheese May 11 2009, 07:25 PM
I got my red on and made my daily contribution of 50 votes.
An injured Lastings is even more ASG-worthy than a merely shitty Lastings.
Posted by: Drocca May 11 2009, 07:30 PM
I just find myself much less interested in baseball than yesterday. Very sad.
Posted by: SeanBerry May 11 2009, 07:41 PM
Whoa...let's all calm down.
They didn't even say they would put him on the DL. No way he isn't back playing in a cuple of weeks much less July.
If anything, this will HELP us in our dream. He is already off to a shitty start down there and now he'll have less time to get called back up.
The only question is if he will be wearing his AAA uniform in St.Louis in July.
Posted by: Drocca May 11 2009, 08:04 PM
They didn't even say they would put him on the DL. No way he isn't back playing in a cuple of weeks much less July.
If anything, this will HELP us in our dream. He is already off to a shitty start down there and now he'll have less time to get called back up.
The only question is if he will be wearing his AAA uniform in St.Louis in July.
Oh, I'm not concerned about the All-Star chances. I just hate that Lastings won't be able to play baseball for a little while. I spent a lot of money for the AAA package.
Posted by: gtg807y May 11 2009, 08:25 PM
25 more votes for Lastings from me. I need to step it up in the next few days though.
How does internet advertising work? Does MLB get more ad revenue from Sprint if people keep voting, and therefore get more pageviews for Sprint's ads? At least they don't have any pretense of integrity in the voting process.
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 11 2009, 08:32 PM
Does anyone remember when Chris Bosh made a YouTube rap to elicit NBA All-Star votes?
We should have Lastings do a rap pleading for votes. I'm open to suggestions on how to make this happen.
Posted by: boteman May 11 2009, 08:50 PM
We should have Lastings do a rap pleading for votes. I'm open to suggestions on how to make this happen.
You do realize that Milledge has a tattooed history with making his own rap mixes, right?
But, he will have a lot of time on his hands (or at least one of his hands, yuk, yuk!) so now is the time to text him your request. Or does he still have his MySpace page?
Posted by: Barbara May 11 2009, 08:56 PM
We have an http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090511&content_id=4678468&vkey=news_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was on our injured All-Star to be:
According to Nationals acting general manager Mike Rizzo, Milledge will see a doctor Tuesday and will most likely have a pin inserted into the ring finger on his right hand. Rizzo said it was too soon to determine the prognosis, but said the injury will definitely put Milledge's comeback on hold.
"It's going to take away at-bats, and for a player who is in the early part of his career to miss a chunk of at-bats is not good," Rizzo said. "He has things to work on while he's down there, so this is definitely a setback."
Milledge, who began the season as the Nationals' starting center fielder and leadoff hitter, was demoted after just seven games and was hitting .256 with no homers and four RBIs in 21 games with the Chiefs.
Up to 100 votes.
Posted by: Barbara May 11 2009, 09:10 PM
More fame. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/baseball-insider/2009/05/the_lastings_milledge_all-star.html has discovered our little campaign:
In case you somehow have found this blog without tripping across any of our site's terrific Nationals coverage here and here, AND you've also been trapped under a rock for the past month, once promising center fielder Lastings Milledge has, in fact, been demoted to AAA Syracuse. A player the team targeted as one of its great hopes for the future is now toiling away, desperately trying to re-discover his swing and confidence and, the team hopes, avoid burning any long term bridges with the organization.
Well, one group of baseball fans who seem to be most interested in flexing their own editorial weight have another goal for Milledge's minor league campaign: To get him elected to the Major League All-Star Game.
That's right, one of the most established blogs in the baseball realm has taken it upon itself to elect a minor league outfielder to the Major League All-Star Game as an open mocking of the All-Star Game's fan selection process. The blog in question -- Red Sox nation's Sons of Sam Horn, a username-required site that's been touted for its intellectual baseball discussion by Curt Schilling and a handful of other former Sox players -- started a thread calling for Lastings to land in St. Louis over the All-Star break.
The response has been overwhelming, at least in the buzz it's created. Yahoo!'s Big League Stew ran with the story as a prominent post, Chris Needham from NBC Washington has been pushing the idea as a way to shame the franchise, and even Mets fans like Matthew Cerrone have warmed to the idea.
Add it all together, and what started as a joke feels like it's getting dangerously close to critical mass (or perhaps critical Mass., if you're in a punny mood). Whether or not Red Sox Nation and its comedically influenced friends can pull off electing a joke outfielder is one question. What it would do to Major League Baseball is another.
Would Commissioner Bud Selig insist on maintaining fan voting if Lastings Milledge was actually elected to an All-Star team? Would he install some kind of a cop out ruling claiming that a player can only be elected if he spends a majority of the season's first half on a Major League roster? Will Lastings Milledge actually get the joke if he is elected? What do people think?
Responders are not happy campers. lol boo hoo
Posted by: DLew On Roids May 11 2009, 09:28 PM
It's the polar opposite of class, it's unprofessional and it's poor sportsmanship.
Posted by: NatsNut | May 11, 2009 9:15 PM
Come on, guys, try to be a little more professional here. In the words of the Hiphopopotamus, "Be more constructive with your feedback."
Posted by: Jneen May 11 2009, 09:38 PM
Update:
Good job, kids...this thread is now on Google's page 1 for "Natstown"
movin' on up...
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 11 2009, 09:42 PM
Responders are not happy campers. lol boo hoo
First comment:
Posted by: Ted_Striker | May 11, 2009 5:01 PM
First, Ted Striker?
Second, how wrong he is. This injury is a galvanizing moment for the Casting Lastings movement. It has strengthened our resolve.
Posted by: AlNipper49 May 11 2009, 09:44 PM
Posted by: TheShynessClinic May 11 2009, 09:48 PM
People just don't understand.
We're not doing it to MOCK Thrilledge, or the Natinals; We're doing it because we love them. Like a mother who enters her kid into the talent show, when all he's good at is picking boogers and eating them.
Posted by: TheYellowDart5 May 11 2009, 10:24 PM
Looks like you picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
Posted by: Jed Zeppelin May 11 2009, 10:30 PM
Good job, kids...this thread is now on Google's page 1 for "Natstown"
movin' on up...
In a related matter, typing "Natstown" prompts Google to ask me "Did you mean Nutstown?"
Posted by: Wade Boggs Hair May 11 2009, 11:24 PM
It's completely NatsTown of me to miss that reference.
I guess the foot's on the other hand now, isn't it?
Posted by: jippaman May 11 2009, 11:29 PM
We're not doing it to MOCK Thrilledge, or the Natinals; We're doing it because we love them. Like a mother who enters her kid into the talent show, when all he's good at is picking boogers and eating them.
Thrilledge Boogers. Hmmmm...
Posted by: Awesome Fossum May 12 2009, 01:22 AM
As an actual Nationals fan (but a fake Lastings Milledge fan), I'm disappointed with my fellow NatsTowners. Their support would have helped (at least in the "every little bit counts" sort of way). I hope we get a better reception from the equally large Syracuse Chiefs' fan base.
That's right, I'm a self-hating NatsTowner.
Posted by: MoGator71 May 12 2009, 09:11 AM
We're not doing it to MOCK Thrilledge, or the Natinals; We're doing it because we love them. Like a mother who enters her kid into the talent show, when all he's good at is picking boogers and eating them.
Sig'd.
25 more.
NatsTwn!
What if Manny and Thrilledge both get elected? What will Bud do?
Posted by: mt8thsw9th May 12 2009, 09:27 AM
In an act of solidarity, I broke my finger clicking the mouse while voting for Lastings.
Posted by: Fratboy May 12 2009, 09:28 AM
Great. So SoSH is just another crappy blog? I thought we were a board. Quality NATSTOWN! reporting there.
Posted by: MoGator71 May 12 2009, 09:31 AM
Promoting Thrilledge on my other regular forum stops. Have we got a Thrilledge Facebook cause?
Posted by: mt8thsw9th May 12 2009, 09:34 AM
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/s.php?sid=ba410c9bb1fceb886692dd0a3b2a5161&init=q&sf=r&k=400000000010&n=-1&q=milledge%20vote
Posted by: BucketOBalls May 12 2009, 09:52 AM
Patients are always welcome in NATSTOWN.
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