As most of you probably know, voting for the All-Star game has been in a progress for some time now, and Ryan Zimmerman has a good chance of winning the fan vote, but he needs your help! Many of you have already shown your support by handing in multiple ballots at the game and also voting on line. But there is so much more you can do! Although voting online is limited to 25 votes, voting by ballot is unlimited. Did you ever consider taking home a stack of ballots and bringing them back to the game the next time? I was able to punch about 150 ballots in 20 minutes the other night while watching some TV. 20 minutes! And not to brag, but my family has contributed to about 1500-2000 votes mostly done at home while watching TV! Don’t we all have an extra 20 minutes per day to give for Ryan?

OK, maybe Ryan’s winning the fan vote is not enough incentive for you? Well, how about this…At tonight’s game, in the Main Concourse near the Home Plate Gate Team Store, the Nationals will have a table set up promoting their All-Star Ballot Contest. They did this last night as well and offered T-Shirts to anyone who handed in 200 ballots. They also were giving away official line-up cards and game used balls to those who handed in 500 ballots! And I don’t know if they will do it again tonight, but last night, they even put you in a drawing to win field access to watch Batting Practice at a future game if you submitted more than 500 ballots and your name was picked! If seeing Zim win the All-Star vote is not enough incentive, perhaps winning these great prizes is.

So tonight, and every night before the July 2 deadline, get out there and vote for Zim. Do what you can to get our third baseman the national attention he deserves. It’s like free marketing for our team if Zim wins! Let the rest of the baseball community see that there are many bright spots on this team, and although our record may not necessarily reflect that, Zim’s talent does.

And if you are on Facebook these days, join the Ryan Zimmerman for 2009 All-Star Team group and spread the word to your friends and family to get the vote out!

Join the Facebook Group!

So as we used to say in Chicago, Vote Early and Vote Often!

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