Thanks to our friend Gonzo from the Philadelphia Inquirer for pointing this out to us. http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/john_gonzalez/20081107_Gonzo___E-A-G-L-E-S-Zzzzzzzz.html

Fantasy Baseball Dugout deeply regrets our error.

You must be over the moon and understandably. What a great decision by the majority of you guys over there. To be honest, I think that most of us thought that despite it all, Obama might not get voted in (we’ve seen lots of stories about Americans feeling they have to back McCain due to the fact that he has a military background and is the only one who can defend the nation from all those nasty Arabs).

The reaction here is massively positive and I have also had emails from friends as far away as South Africa and New Zealand, expressing relief and hope that this is the beginning of a better future.

You never know, may even be safe for Americans to come to England again now! I was in Arizona on holiday a couple of weeks ago (long story, but we went to Vegas for a wedding and thought we would spend a few days in the Wild West). Anyway, I met a lady at the Hearst Museum who said he son was due to visit London this week and was praying that Obama would get in – otherwise he feared the scornful reaction he would get. He must be relieved.

In a way the crash and recession (not the war) could turn out to be a positive thing for us all. People are suffering here but there is also a feeling that the way we have been living our lives (greedy bastards basically) is fundamentally wrong and we should think about what is really important in life. Perhaps this is just nature’s way of bringing us all down a peg.

Excellent news Bob – let’s hope he lives up to even half our expectations.