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As you may have noticed, we've tweaked the format and layout for the SBN sites.  Feel free to provide feedback as to what you think about it...

T.R. Sullivan has a story up about the hitting coach interviews that took place.

Jeff Wilson writes that a hire may be made today, and identifies Jon Daniels, Nolan Ryan, Ron Washington, Thad Levine, and Scott Servais as having been the panel that interviewed each candidate.

Rush Olson has a story up on the Rangers website about Tanner Scheppers and his performance in the AFL this fall.

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New Format

For the most part it looks pretty good, except when you go into the comments of threads. The LSB logo appears in the top left corner of the window and blocks the main thread post and makes the left portion unreadable.

You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.

by Escher on Nov 3, 2009 9:24 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

What browser are you using?

I’m not having that problem, so it may be a specific type of browser issue.

by Adam J. Morris on Nov 3, 2009 9:26 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Firefox

3.5.4

You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.

by Escher on Nov 3, 2009 9:29 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yea

you’re right the problem doesn’t occur in IE 8.

You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.

by Escher on Nov 3, 2009 9:30 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

who uses IE?

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 9:30 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

people over 60+?

"You'll meet them again on their long journey to the middle." -Lester Bangs

by BAC on Nov 3, 2009 10:37 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

90% of the desktops in corporate America...

and therefore those of us browsing instead of working….

The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano

by bking on Nov 3, 2009 10:38 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

The problem

is Firefox with Adblock+ running.

You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.

by Escher on Nov 3, 2009 9:35 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I tried the hosts

files and found that they just didn’t work as well. Although for this new layout they may work better than AB+

You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.

by Escher on Nov 3, 2009 9:48 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Use AdMuncher

Instead of AdBlock. No such problems with intervention script format.

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Nov 3, 2009 10:28 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

How much does AdMuncher cost after the free trial runs out?

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Nov 3, 2009 10:39 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

$18.50 to buy

Try it first on the free trial, of course.

http://www.soft82.com/download/windows/ad-muncher/

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Nov 3, 2009 10:48 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I use adblock

and I’m not having any problems.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Nov 3, 2009 11:27 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I think they updated the layout.

I had a problem with it earlier today, but it’s fixed now.

by jwiscarson on Nov 3, 2009 12:33 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

x

no problem for me on firefox 3.5.4. PC

I soloed in the Mile High Club!

by horsedooty on Nov 3, 2009 11:50 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I am having this problem.

I’m on Firefox 3.0.15, Windows XP.

"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08

by lisa w on Nov 3, 2009 9:43 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

And it is now fixed.

"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08

by lisa w on Nov 3, 2009 1:15 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

It is the result of an ad not being loaded.

Specifically the one that shows up beside the logo.

kling klang king of the rim ram room

by dustym on Nov 3, 2009 9:31 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Ah

so Adblock+ is causing it.

You just don't sit in a rocking chair, when you've built a revolution.

by Escher on Nov 3, 2009 9:32 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I have the same problem with firefox

"You'll meet them again on their long journey to the middle." -Lester Bangs

by BAC on Nov 3, 2009 10:36 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

yep same for me

firefox 3.5.4 with Adblock+ runing

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 3, 2009 11:52 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

well now it's working

"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan

by Dirk Diggler on Nov 3, 2009 12:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I feel like

within the main thread section, the new layout feels more busy, whether it be fonts etc. There is less order.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 9:31 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

*busier

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 9:33 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

yep, it needs to be a bolder Font with less Kerning

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 9:46 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

lol, awesome

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 10:59 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

that's a pretty sweet face... thing

kling klang king of the rim ram room

by dustym on Nov 3, 2009 12:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Do you think Ian Kinsler could grow something like that?

It looks like somebody drew the letter V around his face.

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on Nov 3, 2009 1:50 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

LOL
@BBrownAFL Gonna go socks up to try and end this losing streak! A lot of people in the stands yesterday to watch me coach 3rd base…….

@BrownAFL Oh! Stasburg was pitching…my bad.

"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.

by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 9:39 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

it's cool that both

Scheppers and Gutierrez are going to be in the AFL Rising Stars game this Saturday. Go Rangers!

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 9:44 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

i miss

a texas rangers blog dot com

or whatever your first site’s name was…

usa

by Longhorn on Nov 3, 2009 9:48 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

this?

http://txrangers.blogspot.com/

"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland

by DJCahill on Nov 3, 2009 9:53 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

x
I’ll reiterate…waiving Kozlowski is going to come back and bite the Rangers…

by tyd3311 on Nov 3, 2009 10:02 AM CST up reply actions   1 recs

Such a blast from the past

reading that. The time it spans is the big year of ’04 followed by the disappointment of ’05.

"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland

by DJCahill on Nov 3, 2009 10:18 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

See if you can find some Erik Thompson lamentations…

"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks

by hightowersmith on Nov 3, 2009 10:39 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Holy crap the Indians signed Hafner to a multi year deal???? Again???

Scott Feldman – "The greatest Hawaiian-born Jewish baseball player to ever set foot on the mound."

by Section 339 on Nov 3, 2009 11:06 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

very hurlerhurley-esque thing to say

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Nov 3, 2009 11:21 AM CST up reply actions   1 recs

i think

you waste too much time thinking about this blog and its faceless posters.

usa

by Longhorn on Nov 3, 2009 8:59 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

New format...

isn’t bad at all.

The only thing I’ve noticed is that with longer posts the spacing and paragraphs are kind of bunched together.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Nov 3, 2009 10:02 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Hmm...

and now this post looks fine.

Perhaps it just did that to all the previous posts when the format was changed over.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Nov 3, 2009 10:03 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

No, you were right.

Was just fixed (right about the time you made that comment).

kling klang king of the rim ram room

by dustym on Nov 3, 2009 10:11 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

link for Jeff Wilson Story.

by jcAustin on Nov 3, 2009 10:06 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

it's still the Neftali and Andrus Era

but Scheppers is definitely another more than adequate cog in what can make the Rangers a successful team. Hopefully that shoulder holds up.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 10:09 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Nope

It’s going to be known as the Martin Perez era. Mark it down.

"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.

by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 10:18 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

It's gonna be known as the Feliz, Scheppers, Perez era

The question is which one is going to end up being the Steve Avery

by tyd3311 on Nov 3, 2009 10:23 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Hunter and Feldman aren't too shabby either

they could be afterthoughts, but I get all sorts of goosebumps thinking about what can be with the pitching we have on the verge of becoming MLers.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 11:06 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Holland

"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.

by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 10:24 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Its going to be known as the Rangers Dynasty era

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.

"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Nov 3, 2009 11:14 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I think it'll be fun

when we break into Scheppers and Perez (and maybe Main) camps, just like we all broke into Holland and Feliz camps (I’m happily still in the latter)

Go Rice Owls!

by JBImaknee on Nov 3, 2009 12:06 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I really feel like

something needs to separate the headline/byline from the body text of the post. Maybe a horizontal rule? I dunno, but it’s difficult for me to distinguish the byline from the body of the post at a glance.

by jwiscarson on Nov 3, 2009 10:21 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Also, I notice...

the facebook/twitter buttons appear twice when on the comments page (once in top, right-hand corner, once in their normal location).

by jwiscarson on Nov 3, 2009 10:23 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

New things scare me

That's why they call them business sox

by egriffey on Nov 3, 2009 10:27 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

I like the new format's faster load

Just checked it in Google Chrome and in Opera. I’ve pretty much discontinued Firefox since a couple of months ago whatever their version/release upgrade was ate too many of my limited resources.

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Nov 3, 2009 10:32 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Firefox, resource hog

Also noticing that. I switched to IE for the time being, just because it’s surprisingly faster.

Opera and Chrome are working for you?

"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks

by hightowersmith on Nov 3, 2009 10:41 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Yes

With the exception of secure sites like banking, which require re-entry of username and password (but that’s usual since cookies on some new browsers are not dynamically set when you install the new browser)

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -

"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce

by Ed Coffin on Nov 3, 2009 10:50 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Chrome

Is great. Firefox will be a distant memory in a very short time.

by jthig32 on Nov 3, 2009 10:56 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

i love opera

only time i use firefox is when im @ school (run portable firefox + portable tor to get around school firewall @ school)

im about 50/50 with IE8 and opera these days though.

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 3, 2009 12:10 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

That's why

I’m still on Firefox 3.0x instead of 3.5. I upgraded to 3.5 and it was crashy crashy, on three of my computers, and especially so on LSB. It’s why I downgraded back to 3.0×.

"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08

by lisa w on Nov 3, 2009 11:10 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

one more think about chrome/ff/ie8/etc + win7

http://lifehacker.com/5395555/browser-speed-tests-the-windows-7-results

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 3, 2009 12:34 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Interview attendees

Durrett lists a different group than Wilson – Ryan, Daniels, Washington, Welke, Hart, Moore, Sundberg.

by JPenn on Nov 3, 2009 10:32 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

"you see the ice? you see the cars .."

For some reason I remember that as MY’s batting intro music one year, I could be off.

"Nothing we do here has a point" - Czar Morris

by Chase Irwin on Nov 3, 2009 11:40 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Delete these if you want, Meno

Sometimes I can post, sometimes I can’t.

by shroomer on Nov 3, 2009 10:48 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

and sometimes

we just wish you hadn’t. zing!

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Nov 3, 2009 11:31 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

'z' isn't working for me

Anyone else having that issue? Meaning z button – I’m sure zwyica’s working somewhere. Wait, now it’s working. However, while writing this post I noticed there’s no “cancel” button, so I guess I’m posting this.

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

by WyoRanger on Nov 3, 2009 10:59 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

It doesn't work for me

in this thread. Others it does.

|Space for Rent|

by RangerMad on Nov 3, 2009 11:01 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

It works it just takes a while

The page comes up but Z doesn’t work until a minute later.

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

by WyoRanger on Nov 3, 2009 11:16 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

waited ~10 min to see if it would come up/work

still not doing jack in ie7

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 3, 2009 12:09 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

and immediately after that post it works

go figure

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 3, 2009 12:09 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

same here...

I have always waited about a minute for the posts & javascript to load, then hit the red x a couple of times. Then the ‘z’ works.

The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano

by bking on Nov 3, 2009 2:21 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Mine's not working again and I've been sitting here a while

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

by WyoRanger on Nov 3, 2009 4:22 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Doesn't work after posting either

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

by WyoRanger on Nov 3, 2009 4:23 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Z is my leader.

God, that button probably has the most use on my computer.

What do tigers dream of when they take a little tiger snooze? Do they dream of mauling zebras, or Halle Berry in her Catwoman suit?

by ghtd36 on Nov 3, 2009 11:10 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

between this

and undos – ctrl-z. it’s freakin’ worn out

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 11:17 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

The cancel button is only on replys

When you start a new line of discussion there is no cancel button

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Nov 3, 2009 11:54 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

As it should be DAMMIT!!!

You want to start a new thread, then by golly have the balls to stick to it… Only pansies need cancel buttons..!

Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
ElectricOkra.com

by WhipSmart on Nov 3, 2009 1:14 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

zzzzzz

works fine for me

by Telegraph on Nov 3, 2009 12:02 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

I like all the letters and buttons and stuff...words too.

Scott Feldman – "The greatest Hawaiian-born Jewish baseball player to ever set foot on the mound."

by Section 339 on Nov 3, 2009 11:07 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

This new format is boring

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.

"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Nov 3, 2009 11:15 AM CST reply actions   1 recs

It's o.k.

a little boring.

I think SBN needs to invest in some main graphics. They should hire the Shep and let him take over.

by cmkelly29 on Nov 3, 2009 11:16 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

I would have thought that..

They would have gone ahead made fanshots available from all pages

by tyd3311 on Nov 3, 2009 11:18 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Adam can do that if he wants too

BtB has it setup that way.

"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.

by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 11:19 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

And the mobile site. Can't see any fanshots on the mobile version.

It would also be nice to have new comments highlighted on the mobile version. But now I’m just whining.

by 3hacks on Nov 3, 2009 11:22 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

The ads get more notice than the content of the site

in the new format

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 11:18 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

Gotta pay for all that "grass roots" lobbying somehow..

The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano

by bking on Nov 3, 2009 2:23 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

What does this mean?
Jeff Wilson writes that a hire may be made today, and identifies Jon Daniels, Nolan Ryan, Ron Washington, Thad Levine, and Scott Servais

Identifies them for what? I presume identifies them as the source of the story that a hitting coach is going to be hired today?

It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone. You count on it, rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and then just when the days are all twilight, when you need it most, it stops.

by WyoRanger on Nov 3, 2009 11:32 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

that is the group

that was at the interviews I believe.

G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....

by t ball on Nov 3, 2009 11:37 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

did adam change it?

because that is not the end of the sentence as it appears now

"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)

by ab03 on Nov 3, 2009 11:38 AM CST up reply actions   0 recs

why in the hell

would they want Scheppers to gain weight?

by SteveP on Nov 3, 2009 11:43 AM CST reply actions   0 recs

He's really thin

"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.

by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 12:09 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

yeah but gaining weight doesn't really improve

resistance to injury etc. that’s a fallacy. I understand that they would want him to stay in the weight room to help keep the shoulder stronger, but he doesn’t need to gain weight. That will come with time, and age as he continues to fill out.

A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.

by NothinG on Nov 3, 2009 12:11 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

Maybe they just want that time to be now :)

"I was going to say, 'You’re gay for Elvis.' But then I realized that I, too, am gay for Elvis." ~Adam J. Morris.

by Kinslerhomer on Nov 3, 2009 12:16 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

didnt they learn that with bmac? lol

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 3, 2009 12:18 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

ive been lurking for a while/reading but not posting

but i thoughtt he old format was about 1000x better.

and i cant use z, shift+a or any of the old buttons for whatever reason

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Nov 3, 2009 12:05 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

I wish they would change the way closing a comment worked

It would be better if when you click the subject of the comment it closed the comment and all its sub-comments. That would make it easier to hide whole subthreads that you are not interested in (like when some troll hijacks the post). It would also make it easier to match replies to the original comment when they get widely separated to to a large subthread in a previous comment.

Is this something that tball could do with the mad javascrips/css skills?

"What ... 92 miles per hour?" Feldman scoffed. "That's not gas. Feliz throws gas."

by NorCalRangersFan on Nov 3, 2009 1:11 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

Oh, that is a fantastic idea.

Especially if it could be made to work with the new comments, but that might be too difficult – pressing “z” would still probably take you up to the closed thread.

"I think I'm going to name my new car Scooter, because it dominates on the road." - mikeyoungfuturehof, 9.10.09
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08

by lisa w on Nov 3, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

+1

The old format was a little slicker and more unique-looking. This new format looks more generic, like something you’d see on other random sports sites across the web.

One thing I really don’t like is the fact that the empty space below the fanpost sidebar when you’re reading a long thread is now white instead of grey. That’s a little too much white coming at ya if you ask me.

"It's kind of a new stat that's in vogue" - Joe Buck on OPS

"...he wasn’t a good hitter, just a good middle of the order bat that hit a lot of homers." - NYTXFAN on Mark McGwire

by lonestarJon on Nov 3, 2009 6:05 PM CST up reply actions   0 recs

It was probably this way with the old format...

but I load the page, and don’t scroll down I can see 4 advertisements, 2 main articles, and 1 fan post.

That’s a bad ratio.

by cmkelly29 on Nov 3, 2009 2:30 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

First reaction is preferring the old layout, but its fine and I'm sure there

are some advantages that don’t hit me.

i remember when they switched to 2.0 with the new commenting system there were a number of people who actually disliked that change, which was amazing..

the preceding post was a great success.

by DSheppard on Nov 3, 2009 5:59 PM CST reply actions   0 recs

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