there's some people there that likes to beat the proverbial dead horse so it leads to a really boring cycle of posts. I think it'll recover as soon as those few guys move on.

The minor league coverage is still really good though. One thing NMLR has that LSB lacks is a lot of posters who live in OKC, Frisco, Clinton and other minor league cities. It's always cool to read first hand accounts.

IMO, that is why. No homerism, says it like it is. Not afraid to criticize and he also has more interesting opinions.

that disappoints me most about the Newberg messageboard these days is probably that because it did gain popularity, the focus on the minors went away.

A few who have been interested in development for a long time post there, and a few others, but when I check it out lately, I don't find anything insightful on there that isn't said on here.

Right now, the site stats give just under 2% of the posts coming from the minor league forums. There are sometimes threads in the major league forums that involve prospects, but they almost always pertain to the major league club most directly.

Maybe I have good ole days syndrome, but I don't think it used to be like that.

And the reason that I hate that is that I can talk Rangers anywhere. Most of my friends who live around here are Rangers fans to some degree, some of them big ones. But very few people that I know well and am friends with know much or are interested in that side of things.

That, and they seem to share some of you guys' obsession with Danny Herrera and Tuglett.

I think the change in Jamey's coverage reflects the passage of time - in the early years of the NMLR, most of those players that he covered so passionately are now either on the big league team, or have moved on to other organizations.  He followed Blalock, MY, Tex, etc. as they joined the organization and moved up the ladder, and, naturally his passion is still with them.  This makes perfect sense to me, of course the whole point of the minor league system is to make the ml team successful.  That said, occasionally his reports seem to include very little about the minor leagues, almost an afterthought, but I still enjoy reading them.

Also, the system doesn't have as many big time prospects to get excited about.  Anyway, I'm glad we have the embarassment of riches of both the NMLR and LSB.  It's almost enough to make lawyer jokes go away...

It's Adam that makes me come here, especially when Buck does something stupid and drives him nuts...kinda like the guy you purposely make angry because when he erupts it's funny.

First, I vehemently disagree with different people at different times on different topics.

Second, it isn't necessary to post that disagreement when it either pours gasoline on a fire, or takes sides in a mindset brouhaha.

Finally, pointed picking at some point in context is simply a message board and blog 'biohazard'.

Eventually the users trend toward those who either must have the last word in disagreements, or leave in a snit over a perceived slight or disrespect.  

Really, why let board conduct or attitudes bother you?  Ideally these media would not need moderators or an administrator - to keep out excess profanity/vulgarity/obscenity, to delete commercial solicitations, to ban or block users who post links to porn or other unsavory stuff.

But it's not an ideal internet.  I guess threats on another person should be chased down and reported, just like violations of privacy or intrustion into another poster's workplace.  

Both LSB and the NMLR and email by subscription certainly help me keep up, and IMO many 'just opinions' do make you think and add to your perspective on the Rangers and baseball itself.

I'm going to have less and less time to read or post in the coming months, but would never just 'quit' either venue.  Both are great for my purposes, getting information and sharing ideas.

I do wish the snert factor at NMLR board would diminish, particularly in the gameday threads.  But I'm not there enough to register a valid complaint.  

Final thought: Thanks Adam, Thanks Jamey you both add the the limited quality I get from following Ranger baseball.

I tend to read forums that Adam posts in, because I live in Fort Worth and he lives in Houston and we don't see a whole lot of each other, so that's one of the ways I keep in contact with what he's thinking about things.  As a result, I read the NMLR boards when Adam was posting over there, but don't anymore.

I tend to get a little irritated with Mike and Jamey's respective styles, for a number of reasons, but mostly for the same reason that Holden Caulfield didn't like the piano player at the bar he was hanging out in his first night back in NYC.  It's just too tricked up.  Sometimes, it's best just to say "The Rangers are playing like shit" instead of "Changing Max's diaper today, I realized a profound truth about the Rangers..."  That's not to say I don't like Jamey, because he seems like an earnest, hardworking guy.  I just don't like his writing style.

For the record, I didn't "attack" Mike on Adam's instructions because I view him as some sort of "competition" for Adam.  I'd probably rather Adam fail miserably at writing because I think I'm better at it and I don't want him bogarting the little success that God sees fit to ration to our family.