The Audacity Of Hype: Vote Burrell Into ASG

The All-Star teams were announced yesterday, and the Phillies have two on it: starting 2B Chase Utley (the highest vote-getter among all NL players) and reliever Brad Lidge. But the Fightins can get one more onto the team, as none other than Pat Burrell is in the “final five” fan voting.

We did this a few years back and got Bobby Abreu onto the team. Now it is time to do so for Pat Burrell. One can either vote online or text N1 to 36197. The Fightins has more.

It is all up to us now. This is by far the biggest election we’ll have this year. Vote Burrell!

A Republican To Be Phila. Mayor Any Day Now

Just one day after candidate Al Taubenberger got a smidge over 17 percent of the vote against Democratic candidate Michael Nutter, the Philadelphia Grand Old Party appears ready to take back Room 215 in City Hall.

Oh? Just look at this KYW 1060 headline, “GOP Philadelphias Vow to Regain Control of City Hall.” In the report, noted GOP Philadelphia Mike Meehan (chief counsel to the Republican City Committee) issues a bold prediction: “There’s going to come a time that a Republican’s gonna be mayor.”

Apparently, other cities voted for Republican mayors, and so Philadelphia could have a Republican mayor just like New York. (New York’s Republican mayor is, though, a pot-smoking one. On if he smoked weed, he said: “You bet I did. And I enjoyed it.” Rare honesty from a politician.)

So will Philadelphia copy off New York and elect a Republican? Uhh, no, not anytime soon, unless there’s a rich person who would like to run. (Meehan also said the candidate would have to start raising money now due to the city’s fund-raising laws. So… cheating?) Maybe Brian Tierney can run as the Charles Foster Kane of this city?