(ed. note - "I put a link to last night's Nationals v Astros Game Report here so that I could feature an important message from the DailyNorseman, and then also feature some of the recent FanPosts at federalbaseball.com on the top of the page...")

The DailyNorseman, the SB Nation's unofficial Minnesota Vikings blog, reached out to the writers of the other SBN blogs with their post, "Where We Help Out In The Fight Against Leukemia", and I'm sure they won't mind if I just quote them, rather than paraphrase their message:

"Many of you have heard that Vikings' DE Kenechi Udeze was diagnosed with leukemia shortly after the season ended. He's since been told that it's in remission and that his brother is a match for a bone marrow transplant. He certainly won't be on the field in 2008, but that's really secondary to what's going on with him healthwise.

In light of this, The Daily Norseman, along with Vikings' War Cry and AOL Fanhouse's Vikings blog are calling for people to join the National Marrow Donor Program. Ordinarily there's a fee for joining the registry, but during their "Thanks, Mom" celebration between now and 19 May, the fee will be waived for the first 10,000 online signups."

(Here's the post again - "Where We Help Out In The Fight Against Leukemia")

FANPOSTS!!!

While I was away yesterday, I asked if anyone had anything to say in the FANPOSTS, and got the first three entries in over a week, so since I asked, I figured I'd continue the good will efforts and post links here for anyone who has never looked at the right column of this site. If you ever want to get your opinion out, the Right Column, and the FANPOST Section is the place to go...

Our friend Doghouse checked in first, answering the challenge with a:

"Challenge? Rate the new guys." by Doghouse - Which takes a close look at the Nationals' offseason acqusitions and what they've contributed to DC baseball thus far. (ed. note - "Doghouse might be part of the Lastings Milledge Fanclub.")

One Day Later...

Doghouse was back with, "Tuesday Nats Stats - League Leaders" by Doghouse, which uses baseball-reference.com and the "Nats Progress Index" from NATIONALSPRIDE.COM, for a statistical analysis of the Nationals recent success. 

The Most Recent FANPOST...

...is entitled, "Columbus Clipper AAA Report" by columbusOFcubsfan, who has been watching the Nationals' Triple-A team, and reports back on the progress of Jason Bergmann, Ryan Langerhans, and the rest of the Clippers.

And Lest We Forget?...

...Here to remind us, with a FANPOST entitled, "Give Us Our Twirly Baseball!" by twirlyball, a fan who seems to have a single-minded(and shared with me) obsession with the fact that all of the early renderings of Nationals Park included a magnificent oversized twirling baseball in the outfield, which has yet to actually materialize on the grounds of Nationals Park...Where is our twirly baseball? Was it so magnificent as to distract hitters? Were they afraid people would simply surround it in mesmerized awe? Would it distract from the Cherry Trees? twirlyball wants answers!!!

(ed. note - "I'll get a Game Thread up late tonight, so the important stuff stays on the front page for as long as possible. Game time 8:05 pm EST tonight, Game 2 of 3 in Minute Maid Park.)