FReep this poll. Please help fulfill one of my dad’s lifetime dreams.

http://www.babyruth.com/fanwinners.asp ^ | 7/15/03 | Melissa Sue

[MelSueKal]

My dad, Bill Bellman, has been a baseball fan for as long as he can remember. He played as a kid on throughout his time in the Army, and coached Rob and I when we played softball and baseball. Even today, a heart attack hasn’t stopped him from running and keeping in shape, occasionally getting out on the diamond to risk injury to those “seasoned” knees and ankles.

Last month, Dad asked Sebastian and I to “put together a little video” of his swing so that he could enter a nation-wide contest in which the winners will be selected to step up to the plate and face Nolan Ryan. Sebastian did a great job and, long story short, Dad’s video entry made it to the Top 10.

The 5 winners selected from online voting this week will be part of a Round Rock Express game in August, with Nolan Ryan pitching to each of these “Real Deal” fans. My dad is thrilled beyond belief to have gotten this close to batting off one of baseball’s greatest pitchers.

PLEASE take two seconds and click on the below link (or paste into your browser bar) and vote for my Dad! He’s “Bill B.”, second down on the list. And please feel free to pass this along to any other willing participants. ;-)

http://www.babyruth.com/fanwinners.asp

Thank you so much for your help in stuffing the ballot box!

[MelSueKal]

Thanks!

[GmbyMan]

Freeped! Good Luck to your father, sounds like a great guy!

[Lazamataz]

Sorry, I am unwilling to help you cheat. If I did have the interest to go to this location and review the swings, I would select the person with the best swing regardless of their identity.

You signed up yesterday. What's to say you didn't sign up with only this in mind, and have no interest whatever in conservative politics.

[BallandPowder]

Powder..Patch..Ball FIRE!

Hit that fast ball ...eh?
Freeped and bumped!! Good Luck!

[MelSueKal]

I actually didn't want to post it, but a fellow republican talked me into it. I also found that another contestant is doing the same thing from California. No worries, do what you gotta do.

[GranpaVet]

Good point. We are not democrats in Florida you know.

[GranpaVet]

"stuffing the ballot box" - usually known as cheating and fraud.

[Arkinsaw]

Does it say anywhere in the rules that you can't ask people to go vote for your dad?..........I thought not..........that means it ain't cheating.

I'll go vote for him because he raised a kid who'll go to bat for him.

[MelSueKal]

Hmmm, don't know what to say to that.

[Arkinsaw]

"stuffing the ballot box" - usually known as cheating and fraud.

I guess all these requests to go vote in online polls is stuffing the ballot box and needs to be stopped also. Sometimes the unexpected curmudgeonism around here amazes me.

[MelSueKal]

Thank You

[Sloth]

Already posted here.

[GranpaVet]

No - on line polls are not accurate. They are just there to interest and engage computer users.

[MelSueKal]

I thought I could post it again. This is a first for me. I usually just read the threads and postings. Guess this is why I didn't want to post anything in the first place.

[Flyer]

Sorry, I am unwilling to help you cheat

AH HA! So you DO read the articles. Busted!

[Arkinsaw]

Thank You

No problem. I think back on Jeb Bush standing on a stage asking and encouraging people to go vote for his brother and giving reasons for them to do so. Somehow I didn't think of that as trying to stuff the ballot box.

[MelSueKal]

Who doesn't?

[kegler4]

Stuffing the ballot box might have been an unfortunate choice of words. However, I see no rules for the contest that say you can't ask people to vote for somebody. This is not cheating.

[Flyer]

Read the tag line in his post.

[Lazamataz]

AH HA! So you DO read the articles. Busted!

It was a Really Good Guess.