I’m popping open the virtual champagne this afternoon, as word has come forth from on high that four more Internet writers have been added to the ranks of the BBWAA. (Maybe now that they’re starting to embrace the Interwebs, they can fix their hideous website.) The newbs are ESPN’s Keith Law and Rob Neyer, who were unaccountably snubbed last year, and Will Carroll and Christina Kahrl of Baseball Prospectus. This last has been in an especially bright spirits because she’s one of my faves and, hey, she’s a chick! I think that makes…what, six or seven? You go, extreme minority of girls! I think, if I squint, I can see a tiny speck on the horizon that might just be a future where I don’t feel morally obligated to rip everything the BBWAA does.

Somewhere, Murray Chass is gnashing his teeth and no doubt making an angry phone call.

On Monday, we wrote a post upon noticing that Edinson Volquez finished fourth in NL Rookie of the Year voting despite the fact that he’s not a rookie. And we challenged our readers to “out” those three BBWAA members who didn’t bother to actually inform themselves of this fact.

But before anyone could report back, Keith Law has figured it out over at his personal blog (which, if you like to read novels and/or cook, is a very good place to go).

The three voters who included Volquez were Jeremy Cothran of the Newark Star-Ledger, John Klima of the Los Angeles Daily News, and Jay Paris of the North County Times in San Diego.

So there you go, fair readers.

I haven’t heard any mention of this in the mainstream media, but word on the virtual street is that Prince Fielder is eating meat again.

During a recent chat, someone with the screen name “Prince Fielder” jokingly asked ESPN’s Keith Law, “Which vegatables (sic) are good with ketchup and mustard?” To which Law replied, “I was told Fielder’s back on the carnivorous side of the fence. And welcome back, Prince. Life’s better over here.”

First of all, Keith, you’re not fooling anybody. Eat all the meat you want, that won’t change the fact that you are a Jane Austen fan.

Personally, I was excited to hear about Prince’s vegetarianism. I offered him some tips on living a meat-free life and I defended his diet when people were attributing his home run decline to a lack of protein. Now I’m bummed that he’s gone back to the dark meat side.

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. Fielder’s inability to keep his hands off the dead animals is indicative of a player and a team without discipline. Milwaukee showed some patience at the plate in their Game 3 win over Jamie Moyer, but as soon as Game 4 rolled around they were back to hack, hack, hackin’ away. I’m not aware of any vegetarians on Philadelphia’s roster, but you can rest assured that if Pat Burrell ever decided to go veggie, he’d go all the way. Every time a meat craving attacked, he’d patiently foul it off until he saw the salad he wanted and then — wham! — he’d devour that salad until it was back, back, back, gone!