Interesting for wannabe wonks such as myself: ESPN did this online poll on which currently underperforming pitcher would step it up down the stretch, and they actually broke the results down by states: predictably, El Duque and C.C. Sabathia won for their ‘home’ states of Illinois and Ohio respectively, but the rest of the map shows pretty much a Diamondbacks ‘01 duel: Schilling vs Johnson. I wonder which presidential election electoral college map this particular set most resembles? Probably Kennedy v. Nixon, I’m guessing.