The opening nominations are in for the third annual Koufax blogging awards. This is the semi-final round. TalkLeft is nominated in two categories, "best expert blog" and "best single issues blog." We won the award for "best single issues" blog in 2002 and 2003.

The Koufax Awards are named for Sandy Koufax, one of the greatest left handed pitchers of all time. They are intended to honor the best of the left of blogtopia (ysitp). At its core, the Koufax Awards are meant to be an opportunity to say nice things about your favorite bloggers and to provide a bit of recognition for the folks who provide us with information, insight, and entertainment usually for little or no renumeration.

It feels a little greedy to seek to win again, but this past year, TChris also has been blogging at Talkleft, and I'd like to see him get some recognition as well as me. (Although I can tell you he will say he doesn't want any. That's just his nature.)

There is so much fine competition this year that it will be an achievement just to get to the finals in both categories. You can vote here for best expert blog and here for best single issues blog. Just scroll down and leave your vote in a comment. You can vote once in both categories. If you'd rather email your vote, you can do that here: Email Mary Beth or Email Dwight.