…Well, starting tomorrow. With my Wi-Fi issues all fixed, expect daily posts to begin again!
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Sorry for the lack of updates!
Sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve been having internet trouble the last few days, making it hard to do short updates, much less long ones. It took a minor miracle to type up the Turner Field thing, and I was so frustrated at one point that I just up and used the “Reblog” feature of WordPress to link a HardballTalk article (adding a quick comment) so that some content would be up today. I have never done this before and hope to never do this again.
So, hopefully I’ll get these internet problems all fixed up soon and be back up to full-strength with the eclectic and insightful posts you expect from the Continuum. Until then, I’ll try to do as much as my situation allows.
Thanks.
What to expect during the off-season on the Baseball Continuum
Well, now that the World Series is done, you probably are wondering what I’ll be doing to waste away the winter, especially since I won’t have any World Baseball Classic news to fill time with?
Well, here’s a run-down of what’s going to be happening:
- Whenever possible, I’m going to have listings of places to watch or listen to offseason baseball, whether it be domestic (Arizona Fall League) or foreign (Caribbean, Australia, Asia, etc.). As I’ve mentioned before, I’d like to keep it to either official and/or legal sources- this is not a bootlegging pirate blog. Also, as an aside, the phrase “bootlegging pirate blog” is awesome. If you know of such games or sites, let me know. Video can be in any language, but radio-only stuff needs to be in English.
- Bizarre Baseball Culture will become more frequent, preferably with maybe one or two a month, sometimes three, if I come across something that is total gold and/or fits current events well (for example, I had a Cardinals-related comic ready to be covered if St. Louis had won the World Series).
- You’ll see the return of the Baseball Card Haiku Project that you may remember from July and August.
- Out of the Park Baseball posts! What if certain points of baseball history had gone differently (earlier integration, for example)? What if there was a “Real” World Series? Stuff like that.
- And, of course, there are always things nobody is expecting, and much of that will probably follow from what happens this off-season.
1,000th Post Spectacular: The Best (So Far) of the Baseball Continuum
If my WordPress is to be believed, this is my 1,000th post on the Baseball Continuum! So, let’s take a look back at some of the best posts here:
The First “Big” Post
The first “big” post here, the first to get any attention beyond the small group of friends and family that I told about the Continuum, was Baseball in the Year 2044: A look at “Rockets on the Mound”. The look I did at the obscure 1950s baseball sci-fi story was written about over on Hardballtalk, and It provided the template and something of a prologue to the Bizarre Baseball Culture segments I’ve done, which are probably the most popular things on this site.
The Most Viewed Posts
The top 10 most-viewed posts on the site all have to do with the World Baseball Classic, which isn’t surprising, given the fact I was one of maybe eight on the baseball blogosphere (at least in English) to give it the time of day and may well have been the first to start projecting out rosters. The most popular post that isn’t WBC related? Why, it’s the first Marvel/AAA Baseball Crossover. In case any of you who have read it missed it, I’ve actually talked to that comic’s writer as well as Chris Hill, who was one of the main people who made that promotion happen. The most viewed post that doesn’t involve the WBC or Bizarre Baseball Culture in any way was the post about strangest stadiums.
My Favorite Posts to Write
Two posts come to mind as my favorite to write, in no particular order:
The first is the one about international team names, just because it was so fun looking at all of the creative names abroad. One team, the Bolton Robots of Doom, liked it so much they sent me a t-shirt. I really need to find that t-shirt, it’s around here somewhere….
The second was the one on favorite baseball memories, simply because I was so glad and a little surprised at all of the ones I got back. I was expecting some from some of the bloggers I’d been in contact with before, but I was pleasantly surprised when I heard from some big-name writers and/or editors like Joe Posnanski, Howard Megdal and John Manuel. Besides, it was just cool to see all those memories.
Stupidest Post
This one. What was I thinking?
Most hilarious-in-hindsight post
The time I wrote an obituary for the 2012 Baltimore Orioles’ playoff hopes.
The One With the Most Photos
Probably the post on the Pepsi Legends game.
The post that got the most attention in my hometown
The Rochester Red Wings tweeted and Facebooked about my post about Jeff Clement and a miracle comeback.
The one that got the most attention in Hollywood
My recent post on Parks and Recreation‘s tie-in book got the attention of both show co-creator Michael Schur and Mets reliever David Aardsma.
And finally…
Thanks to everyone who has been reading the Continuum, promoting/linking to it, and helping to make it possible! The best is yet to come, and here’s to 1,000 more!
Continuum Week in Review (7-29 to 8-4) and Preview (8-5 to 8-11)
This past week on the Continuum:
- Jose Fernandez, Yu Darvish and Homer Bailey were some of the MVPs. We also saw some of the Baseball Card Haikus.
- I wrote about a miraculous AAA comeback.
- There was a book review.
- The shocking truth of Cy Young’s Coffee Pot was revealed.
This coming week….
- The usual features
- An installment of Bizarre Baseball Culture. Maybe two, actually.
- And plenty of things I haven’t thought of yet!
Bumper Stickers!
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Baseball Continuum bumper stickers are now a thing. So are T-Shirts, but there aren’t as many of those.
So, yeah, keep an eye open for more updates on how YOU can get a bumper sticker (as well as, y’know, what they look like).
The Baseball Continuum $ells Out
You probably will have noticed that there are now more ads here at the Continuum. Well, that’s no surprise, as I have asked WordPress to move me up to the “optimized” version of WordAds, which means that the site will have more ads and (hopefully) I’ll get a bit more money. As always, I’d like to note that this change is not due to any type of greed but rather as a way of improving the Continuum itself, with proceeds going back towards the site, such as paying hosting fees, keeping certain softwares and equipment in order, and perhaps acquiring items for future Bizarre Baseball Culture use.
In addition, you’ll notice that the main header image at the top of the page is gone. This is mainly an aesthetic change to allow for you to see the newest story upon opening the page- otherwise you would have had to scroll down due to the space the top advertisement takes up. In the future, I intend on fiddling around a bit with the theme and perhaps reintroduce the top header image- maybe even a new one entirely- and perhaps get a better format for reading the articles.
If you have any questions or problems, please let me know.
Thanks!
Continuum Week In Review (7/1-7/7) and Week Ahead (7/8-7/14)
This past week on the Continuum:
- MVPs of Yesterday included Homer Bailey, Robinson Cano, and Justin Ruggiano.
- I looked at some baseball-related food feats.
- I remembered Rookie of the Year.
- Cal Ripken and Batman team-up.
- And more!
Coming up this coming week on the Continuum:
- The usual MVP of Yesterday features
- Another of the ever-popular Bizarre Baseball Culture feature
- A Review of Out of the Park Baseball 2014
- A book review (not sure what, though)
- And more!
Continuum Week In Review (6/17-6/23) and the Week Ahead (6/24-6/30)
This past week on the Continuum…
- MVPs of this week included Giancarlo Stanton, Matt Harvey, Chris Davis, Jordan Zimmermann, Shane Victorino and Zack Greinke.
- I mused on whether All-Star Voting could hit a breaking point.
- I covered 2007’s Triple-A Baseball Heroes and then had a brief Twitter conversation with it’s author.
- I also covered the 2008 sequel to the above.
- The Dodgers and Yankees had a Twitter-fight.
This coming week:
- The most unique and interesting Minor Leaguers in baseball, from awesome names to neat stories
- The daily “MVP of Yesterday” features
- My All-Star Ballots
- An updated List of my favorite baseball twitter feeds
- An answer to that grandest of all questions: Who would win in a fight between all of the namesakes of Major League Baseball teams? This one is over a month in the making.
- Reaction to any major baseball news.
- And maybe another installment of Bizarre Baseball Culture.
Good night!
The First Anniversary Spectacular Has Just Started
Well, it turns out that I didn’t get to all of my ideas for the First Anniversary Spectacular (and, honestly, I didn’t want to overflow the inboxes of people who subscribe to this via e-mail THAT much), so in the coming days there will be some overflow, including my favorite baseball memory (to go with those from yesterday), a look at the best/worst of Bizarre Baseball Culture, some follow-ups on some previous stories, and one or two other feature stories.
So… keep an eye open!
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