Congratulations, Phillies. If the guys hitting behind Ramirez could have gotten a few hits (I think the cleanup position was about 2 for 16 3 for 27 in the series), if Billingsley could have pitched the way he did all year, if the Dodgers could have hit with men on base. . . Oh well. …
This is a fascinating article about the Obama campaign’s Get-Out-the-Vote efforts. That effort begins with volunteer-to-volunteer relationships and moves up, rather than the more-standard top-down style. . . .an enormous amount of power is unlocked by this incredibly simple act of distributing different roles to people who actually feel comfortable taking them on. I don’t …