"official" Team X threads

[pahoard]

I mean this respectfully: It's a voluntary process and if you don't have the time that is your problem, not the person voluntarily using their time to provide that nugget. I value the effort people put into the boards making the dialogue VERY valuable so I have to respect if they want to get something else out of it rather than just giving me my info. That's what all that "chest thumping" is - socializing that makes it worth their time to bother posting in the first place. (If we were talking about the paid service, such as Market Watch, I would feel differently.)

That said, I'll say again it benefits everyone to highlight important info of course.

I agree with your points.

[Kevin]

Yeah, if you want to compare "our" 4-page thread to their 1500-post monstrosity. (And that doesn't even include "A-Rod opts out".)

That you passed up the opportunity to point out how much less time Sox fans have had for their offseason thread is somewhat baffling... You've really lost a step.

[Markus_ls]

I'm just saying please throw those nuggets out on it's own thread and please keep the rest of it neatly tucked away in the team threads.

This of course is an excellent idea. Take for example the Cabrera/Garland trade that became it's own thread. Much better than if that were buried in an "Official LAA offseason thread" between posts 325 and 364!

We definitely should put prime news in a highlighted place, especially since Market Watch is not going in the offseason.

But I don't have time to sift through all the chest bumping and bravado to find that nugget.

I mean this respectfully: It's a voluntary process and if you don't have the time that is your problem, not the person voluntarily using their time to provide that nugget. I value the effort people put into the boards making the dialogue VERY valuable so I have to respect if they want to get something else out of it rather than just giving me my info. That's what all that "chest thumping" is - socializing that makes it worth their time to bother posting in the first place. (If we were talking about the paid service, such as Market Watch, I would feel differently.)

That said, I'll say again it benefits everyone to highlight important info of course.

[GoldenEagle]

Anyway, maybe I'm in the minority or maybe I'm part of the silent majority. I don't know. But believe it or not I think that on occasion a Yankee fan(or other teams fan) might have an insight into a player I'd like to consider. But I don't have time to sift through all the chest bumping and bravado to find that nugget.

I'm just saying please throw those nuggets out on it's own thread and please keep the rest of it neatly tucked away in the team threads.

My observation is that it's fairly unrealistic to expect a separate player breakout thread whenever it comes up in the stream of consciousness going on a Team Thread. Not intentionally trying to make anything difficult, just the way message boards tend to operate.

In the heat of the battle, people start discussing whether a package of X prospects+ Y players exchange for Z free agent would be a good idea. And then people throw in player analysis and opinions and preferences...nobody is going to say, "hold on, somebody mentioned Phil Hughes, we must start a Phil Hughes thread, so the non-Yankee fans can get all this insight without sifting through 1,500 posts!".

Nice idea, very unlikely to be implemented. I'm not defending the current practice, just accepting it for what it is.

[pahoard]

News flash. There is nothing interesting about Wilson Betemit. He will be the backup 3b.

Actually I've heard that they might move AROD to 2nd base to get him some more time. I think you get my point.

Anyway, maybe I'm in the minority or maybe I'm part of the silent majority. I don't know. But believe it or not I think that on occasion a Yankee fan(or other teams fan) might have an insight into a player I'd like to consider. But I don't have time to sift through all the chest bumping and bravado to find that nugget.

I'm just saying please throw those nuggets out on it's own thread and please keep the rest of it neatly tucked away in the team threads.

The Baseball forecaster can't come out soon enough!

[circle360]

Not a question but a comment. I've notice a sudden increase of "Official Team X offseason thread". It is alarming because the last thing I want to do is read through 1200 "Yankee" threads to see if there is anything interesting about Wilson Betemit.

I am writing to encourage you to do something to curtail this practice. If I want to read about a team as a whole I'll go to MLB.com or some other source. If I want to talk/read about fantasy I want to come to BaseballHQ and this practice makes it a chore, not the pleasure it once was.

News flash. There is nothing interesting about Wilson Betemit. He will be the backup 3b.

I know im someone that posts numerous times on those threads. As well as other threads. People complained when yankee fans were on numerous threads. Now its pretty contained to 3 threads.

But what kind of fantasy info do you really expect to read in november. There are no games etc. If a player has been traded or signd with another team. That usually has a seperate thread.

[willemaze]

I do like the idea of keeping the Yankee fans in their own "cage", with occasional breakouts (ARod opts out) as needed.

The quote marks around "cage" are duly noted, but that does sound a little harsh, perhaps implying sub-human behavior.

I prefer to think of it as a "quarantine" to prevent infection of other non-Yankee threads.

[jbluestone]

Yeah, if you want to compare "our" 4-page thread to their 1500-post monstrosity. (And that doesn't even include "A-Rod opts out".)

There you go again ray... praising the redsox and bashing the yankees... so predictable!

[RAY@HQ]

And Red Sox fans, in their own "cage", as well!

Yeah, if you want to compare "our" 4-page thread to their 1500-post monstrosity. (And that doesn't even include "A-Rod opts out".)

[GoldenEagle]

I do like the idea of keeping the Yankee fans in their own "cage", with occasional breakouts (ARod opts out) as needed.

And Red Sox fans, in their own "cage", as well!

[RAY@HQ]

I have (and will continue to) encourage that actual transaction news be posted in their own threads as warranted, for just this reason. I think I broke that rule in discussing the Villarreal-Anderson deal in the Braves ongoing thread. I'll try to keep this in mind going forward, it's a very fair point.

I do like the idea of keeping the Yankee fans in their own "cage", with occasional breakouts (ARod opts out) as needed.

[Markus_ls]

Yeah, I thought (like Nick) that is was helpful - I know where to go to post about particularly teams. (See the proliferation of ARod threads a few weeks ago where we don't know which of the 6 we should be posting in.)

And everything in those threads is voluntarily posted by the users.....if they want to post there that is their prerogative.

[Michael@HQ]

I like how the Rockies thread is correctly titled as "unofficial" too.

[NICK@HQ]

And here I thought this was a helpful practice. Usually people complain that the Yankee talk creeps into every thread, but now we have a place just for that.

Furthermore it's kinda cool to see these other threads. I may not care about, say, the Minnesota thread, but if a player of mine is on the Twins' roster, or if a trade offer comes my way involving a Twin, I now know exactly where to look instead of doing a site-wide search.

[jbluestone]

Yeah, we are talking about team specific decisions, not everything on these boards has to be or is supposed to be about fantasy content. But once the forecaster comes out there will be tons of player specific threads I am sure... usually we start a player of the day thread sometime during the winter.