We have added 5 new writers! Please join me in welcoming them to the team.
Ashley (Twitter: @wcoastfangirl)
Stacey Gotsulias (Twitter: @StaceyGotsulias)
Dalton Mack (Twitter:@dmack1291)
Dan McCloskey (Twitter: @_LeftField)
Bryan O’Connor (Twitter: @replevel)
You can read all about these fine folks on our About page.
I’m happy to pass the credit for getting Bryan to Dan. He recommended him for the Hall of Clearly Above Replacement. I was like… “I know that blog!”. He’s such a great writer.
And I’m happy to give Graham credit for Stacey. He’s how I met her!
I’ll totally take credit for Dan. He actually runs the Adam Darowski Fan Club. He makes shirts. And a zine.
Phil a delphia FREEDOM. Here come the Phillies, if the Cards and the Bucs lose tonight they will be 5 behind the Cards and 2 behind the Bucs. Don’t doubt me JA! Also the Sox are beating Detroit and will take a 3 game lead, and Alex Rios is having a very nice year along with A J Pierzienskisky. Many heroes for the White Sox this year. Contrast that with Plump Fielder for Detroit that plays hard only if the occasion suits him.
Cincy just beat the Bucs, and the Cards are getting beat by the Padres 8 – 3 in the eight inning. What a thrill a one game playoff with Philly and Atlanta would be! Philly just a few games above .500 and Atlanta winning 92 – 96 games. I also had the Chargers beating the Raiders tonight and I was getting a point.
I received a very nasty email regarding these new authors from an active user of this blog. He wanted to be an author too, but rather than stealing from our audience for new authors (as I did with Doug and birtelcom) I wanted to bring in outside people. This nastygram cited that most of these authors have allegiances with the AL East, and I presume there’s a fear that this blog will pay even more attention to that division. I’d like to assure everyone that these folks are all smart people who are heavily involved in baseball. They will not… Read more »
Andy – Sorry to hear that someone sent you a nasty email. Personally, when I first saw the list I had mixed reactions. On the one hand, since we have a fairly strong community here, I would have preferred to see more names drawn from the existing community. I was glad to see Dan on the list because even though (I think) he’s fairly new here, he’s definitely made some strong contributions. And I have at least heard of Stacey Gotsulias. Now, onto the other hand….when BR decided to pull the plug on their old blog, you’re the one who… Read more »
Ed, I think your mixed reactions are very understandable. let me explain myself a little further. 1. Birtelcom & Doug have worked out wonderfully as authors. We all knew beforehand it would. They are very bright, friendly, & prolific. They are cast in the same mold as John Autin, which is meant as high praise. They have produced wonderful stuff for this blog. BUT–as I explained to a few people–I robbed Peter to pay Paul. I took two guys who were already contributing great content to this site and shifted them from readers to authors. It didn’t actually add anything… Read more »
{TLDR version: ‘Haters gonna hate’}
All of the writers you chose that I know were excellent choices and I look forward to reading their contributions.
Of course, I can’t help but be somewhat disappointed that you didn’t choose to add me, but I also recognize you went for people with plenty of public experience writing about baseball who will bring great things to this blog.
Job well done.
I for one, welcome our new insect robot sabermetric overlords.
Personally Andy, it is beyond me how anyone could send a nastygram over this type of issue. This is supposed to be a fun site by and for fans of the game we all love. I sincerely hope that this petty person takes a hike.
As for the new authors — welcome aboard! And kudos to Andy for bringing on some writers who are women.
Good point. I’ll just say this: in his second nastygram, he expressed anger that I didn’t “promote from within” to reward those people who have helped me build this site. He cited Doug & birtelcom and didn’t understand why I didn’t do it again (even though I provided the same explanation that I gave to Ed above.)
These remarks are incredibly stupid and rude, and the irony is that I did actually promote, mainly, people who have contributed already to HHS.
Oh, no vitriol at all please. Someone who we both know (a female photographer) has just gone through dealing with extreme vitriol inside her camera club, and it really stinks. While I am at best a negligible contributor to this site, I am amazed by the collegiality of all involved…keep it that way!
Sad to here about this, especially that this came from someone commenting among us. Well, hopefully he’s not among us now, but still… the thought of nastygrams and vitriol on this site disgusts and worries me all at once. This is the last sports site of significance without commenters spewing nasty comments back at the author(s) – sadly, even Joe Posnanski’s once-wonderful community has fallen victim to the nastygrammers (and even worse, hackers – always be wary of the hackers). As a Red Sox fan, I also hate how people complain about how BosWash-centric sports reporting supposedly is… sometimes it’s… Read more »
Welcome aboard, everybody. I’m a longtime baseball fan, but I am also a big fan of baseball stadiums, especially the Minor League variety. Looking forward for a new perspective on baseball, stats and history. Andy, don’t worry about showing us those mails. One of the things I like when I first start reading de ol’ B-R blog, was the respect, politness and the well spoken/writenn contribuitons everybody got there(contrary to the MLB forums where trolls are all over the place). In other matters, my sincere condolences from south of the border, to all the families whose heart was broken eleven… Read more »
Welcome, new authors! Luis, I went to one of the new authors’ blogs(Bryan O’Connor’s) and the first article I read is a rollicking history of all the stadiums he’s been to in his life. Funny ride of an article, if you’ve got a few spare minutes:
Thanks for the link, Bstar. It was fresh read. I liked his sense of humor about how he missed some of the games.
I´ve been planning with my wife for a couple of years (actually, I´m still trying to convince her) to take one of those bus trips that takes you to a different stadium each day.
I´ve been to only 5 Major League stadiums, but also, a bunch of minor leaguers. A great and different experience with each one.
An outstanding share! I have just forwarded this onto a friend who has been conducting a little homework on this.
And he actually ordered me breakfast simply because I discovered it for him…
lol. So allow me to reword this…. Thanks for the meal!!
But yeah, thanks for spending time to discuss this issue here on your
blog.
