Hello. Yard Work Editor Ward York here. I hope you’re enjoying the excitement that comes with the first few weeks of exciting baseball. There are some great stories already this year – Jimmy Rollins leading the National League in home runs, Alex Rodriguez answering critics that he can’t hit when it matters, the welcome return of Sammy Sosa and his chase for 600, Ramon Ortiz tied for the lead in American League wins – and I know there might be more stories to comes as the year winds up through the summer, fall, and possibly even the winter. And I really hope you’ll come to us for these stories, for that Yard Work spin you can’t get anywhere else. Except Yard Work.

But I’m not here to talk about you possibly reading us. I’m here to talk about you possibly voting for us. As you probably don’t know, it’s time to once again (maybe for the first time) to vote for the Blogger’s Choice Awards. We are trying to make Yard Work eligible for both Best Sports Blog and Best Humor Blog, since Yard Work is both funny and sporty. Unfortunately, the Blogger’s Choice Awards interface doesn’t allow us to renominate ourselves even though we’ve already been nominated (according to their website). We’re hoping to get this straightened out soon so every one of you can vote for us, and no votes go to Wil Wheaton or Rosie O’Donnell or Jay Leno’s intern by mistake.

However, like I said, you can’t find us on the Blogger’s Choice Awards site just yet. When you search for “yard work”, you end up finding only one site – The Graveyard, an entertaining little journey through the eyes of a man working, ironically enough, at a graveyard. And, as luck would have it, the blog is a nominee as Best Entertainment Blog. In place of you being able to vote for Yard Work, we would like you to vote for our spiritual brother, The Graveyard, instead. Here is a button that you can click to go to the site and vote for The Graveyard, right here:

As has been said many times in many cities, vote early, and vote often! If you were going to vote for us, but can’t, vote for The Graveyard. If you weren’t going to vote for us, vote for The Graveyard. And, if you can, vote for Yard Work, whether you were going to or not. And let us know if you voted, for us or against us – leave a comment, or send us an e-mail at Yard.Work@gmail.com! We promise that we won’t give out your contact information to anyone that won’t compensate us for our trouble, unless you let us, or not.

Thanks again. And, as always, thanks.