Today In MLB Blogs

Is there controversy in MLB Blogs Land? Disharmony among the celebrity bloggers? Brian Kamenetzky writes for ESPN the Magazine. He lives in Los Angeles and writes screenplays (or so it says in his bio). And he has a blog on MLB Blogs, where he writes about such topics as venison, monkeys and All-Star voting. Brian took issue recently with the Dodgers asking fans to vote in shortstop Cesar Izturis. To wit:

"The ad the Dodgers are running illustrates everything that's wrong with Bud Selig's horrible decision to link the All Star Game to WS home field advantage. If the game matters, teams shouldn't encourage their fans to turn voting for the game into a Chicago election."

Yet in his post on June 8, another MLB Blogs regular was pleading with fans to stuff the ballot e-mail box for Izturus. That blogger was gaseous penguin lookalike Tommy Lasorda. Result: Izturus hit .108 in June, making the roster, but not as a starter. Moral: When parents argue, it's always the children that suffer.

Brian Kamenetzky's Full Count [MLB Blogs] Cesar Izturis [Tommy Lasorda's World]