In-laws in town, no time to talk. Not that there’s much to talk about, with the Padres falling again to the Devil Rays and now in third place. Not even Tuesday’s earthquake could get the home team moving. Ugh.

Anyway, here’s the latest on the World Series of Blogs. After a slow start, we’re making steady progress. Keep voting!

As of 2 p.m., Wednesday, June 16:

1. Red Bird Nation 158 57%
2. Ducksnorts 82 30%
3. The Eddie Kranepool Society 14 5%
4. Dodger Thoughts 22 8%

Compare with as of 11 a.m., Monday, June 14:

1. Red Bird Nation 100 78%
2. Ducksnorts 14 11%
3. The Eddie Kranepool Society 8 6%
4. Dodger Thoughts 6 5%

I really have to get going, but here are a couple of interesting links for you:

• Towers puts down rumor of Beltran for Burroughs (U-T). What a shock. Folks really ought to consider both sides of the equation before starting/perpetuating rumors.
• Pythagorean Projections through Games of June 13 (Baseball Savant, via Baseball Musings). This has the Padres at 88 wins. In my 2004 preview article I pegged them at 84. Either would be a heckuva lot better than last year’s total of 64.

Gotta run…