It's been a long day

Mondays are my busy day so I rarely had the time to actually blog as much as I should.

Anyway, the big news of the day is that Louisville Slugger Field will play host to the 2008 AAA All-Star game with the International League playing the Pacific Coast League.

Louisville Slugger Field, the home of the International League's Louisville Bats, is often cited as one of the best ballparks in Triple-A Baseball. In 2008, the whole country will get a chance to find out why.

The 13,000-seat facility, which opened in 2000 and is located on the banks of the Ohio River, will soon get a chance to shine on a national stage. It was announced on Monday that Louisville will host the 2008 Triple-A All-Star Game.[...]

"We built Louisville Slugger Field as a jewelbox ballpark, which has spurred tens of millions of dollars in investment in the surrounding area, and now we will showcase it to a national audience," Louisville mayor Jerry Abramson said. "This is an incredible honor for an incredible ballpark."

Louisville last hosted the Triple-A All-Star Game in 1991, an entirely different era of Minor League Baseball in the "Derby City." The city's Triple-A franchise was then called the Louisville Cardinals, and competed in the now-defunct American Association. That year's All-Star Game was played on the artificial turf of Cardinal Stadium, a cavernous facility the club shared with the University of Louisville football team. The National League affiliates edged the American League affiliates, 6-5, in a contest that featured the likes of Denny Neagle, Kenny Lofton and Tino Martinez.

I'll be looking forward to that game.

Facebook will be playing a major role in the 2006 and 2008 elections.

Actress-Comedian Tina Fey is starring in a new show on NBC. Second City alumni are going to be all over that show. Unfortunately, I will not be watching the debut of 30 Rock due to the NLCS on FOX.

Because of work and living in a college atmosphere, I was unable to watch the 10 AM debate on Meet the Press for the Missouri Senate race.

McCaskill, now serving as the state auditor, also is juggling constituencies. She is vying with Talent for suburban voters and some rural support, while counting on a huge Democratic-base turnout in St. Louis and Kansas City. She was drawn into an exchange on abortion, one of the many divisive social issues that she has steadfastly avoided throughout the campaign.

"I certainly believe that abortion should remain safe, legal and rare," McCaskill said. "But why don't we concentrate on prevention? None of us want abortion, none of us support abortion."

Pressed by Talent and Russert, she said she supported a ban on so-called partial-birth abortion, with an exception for the life of the mother.

McCaskill, meanwhile, has sought to paint Talent as a conservative extremist on the issue of embryonic stem cell research. Missouri voters will consider a proposed constitutional amendment on Nov. 7 to safeguard early stage stem cell research.

Israel joined other countries in the global condemnation of North Korea's nuclear testing.

A reminder that Tuesday, October 10, 2006, is the deadline to register to vote.

I beg to differ with this opinion.

Jon Stewart will not be a candidate for president in 2008 or anytime soon.

The Wall Street Journal had an article on national politics and mentions what the 2008 candidates are doing.

Indiana Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh decided cash is easier to come by for some candidates than well-trained staff. So, he hosted a boot camp for aspiring campaign workers and then dispatched the 50 best to campaigns across the country -- where he pays their salaries. Not surprisingly, 25 of those trainees are embedded in Iowa state and federal races, and 15 are working in New Hampshire. "If he decides to run for president and these folks can be helpful, all the better," says Dan Pfeiffer, Sen. Bayh's spokesman.