How did we do @ D Mag Inside Corner?
by mjh on Apr 6, 2009 7:35 PM CDT
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As you all know, we're trying to reinvent the wheel in a way. Please check out our opening day stuff and let us know where you think we failed or scored, drilled it or missed the bullseye. As always, let us know what you want. And please -- for the sake of Dr Pepper and all that is holy -- hit us like we're Duane Bobick and you are Kenny Norton. Check us out here: http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/
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the preceding post was a great success.
by DSheppard on Apr 6, 2009 7:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Mike
You and Evan did a great job today. Keep up the good work.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
by boomer1 on Apr 6, 2009 7:56 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Great stuff
I enjoyed your running analysis on Millwood. I’m not interested in the pitch by pitch data, but I enjoyed your summary notes and such.
Really liked the post game stuff, especially Miller’s piece on Elvis.
I think you guys are going to do really well. You’re giving us the best of both worlds by having article length post game columns up within hours of the game ending. People have no reason to wait until the next morning to read their game reports.
Keep it up.
by jthig32 on Apr 6, 2009 8:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+Great Stuff.
I also loved the Andrus piece.
Pitch data was great, and the summaries.
I was at the game, but I spent the last 30 minutes reading every word over there. I really enjoyed it.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Apr 6, 2009 8:14 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeff was awesome
I thought that was one of the best baseball features I’ve read in a long time.
by mjh on Apr 6, 2009 8:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
who is jeff?
I haven’t been paying attention as much as I should to that blog but I was pretty impressed with that first(?) effort. Exactly the type of thing I want to read.
Of course, you guys were good – as expected.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
by ab03 on Apr 6, 2009 8:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Jeff Miller worked at the DMN for a long time. An editor I believe.
Great guy, great sports mind.
Defending Big D: A Dallas Stars blog on SBN: easy to use, free to join.
by Brandon Worley on Apr 6, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I knew I recognized that name
Hello Win Column - no two-tone helmets have been included in our redesign.
by lonestarJon on Apr 6, 2009 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Inside Corner is a dream come true...
for those of us who obsess about the Rangers, you guys don’t miss a beat!
Thanks Mike!
Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.
by BigGuns on Apr 6, 2009 8:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Come on now, you know...
…No one obsesses over the Rangers…that is what we’ve been told anyway.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
by boomer1 on Apr 6, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Terrific
and I just left a note over there saying the same thing. I really hope D is getting the number of hits needed to keep you guys in business. Evan and MJH with no limits on number of words or posts has meant great and thorough coverage. You are blowing away the FWST and the DMN is irrelevant to baseball (sorry, Richard).
OT: Joe Posnanski has a great piece on Greinke today, every bit as good as Jeff’s nice write up on Elvis.
http://www.kansascity.com/royals2009/story/1121806.html
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by t ball on Apr 6, 2009 8:55 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Great job
D Magazine is now the only news organization in the Metroplex that is worth a damn when it comes to covering the Rangers.
by uthornfan on Apr 6, 2009 8:59 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
1 – my newsreader didn’t read your feed all day – so I’m just now reading your game coverage – so, fix your feed
2 – Just about every post there has an option to “continue reading” – your site is so slow that I can’t surf both the top tier and then the 2nd tier links, life’s just too short – so I just select the one or two features that interest me and open those. Gotta be costing you hits.
3 – I always figured Andrus was a clutch batter, just didn’t know the numbers. wow
4 – otherwise, enjoy it, good stuff – btw, the magic calendar would be a fine addition to your blogroll there
by shroomer on Apr 6, 2009 9:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
+1 for the slowness
I actually setup InsideCorner as my homepage to help with the hits but it’s so…dang…slow that I had to change it.
by jthig32 on Apr 6, 2009 10:03 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, that's the only thing they need to fix over there
It’s worth every bit of the load time after the games, but it usually dissuades me from checking over there while I’m running the GDT, audio and/or video feed and keeping my photobucket account on standby.
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by lonestarJon on Apr 6, 2009 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Although I just figured out
That for the page will load much faster in firefox if you adblock those “schmap” schedule widgets over on the middle of the right sidebar.
Actually pretty much fixes the problem.
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by lonestarJon on Apr 7, 2009 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Good catch
that did help a tad.
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by t ball on Apr 7, 2009 1:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree on the "continue reading"
point. Some days there are so many posts, and all of them with a “continue reading”. At home, no problem, but at work, slower computer, yikes.
I hate to even mention it, though, because I feel one of the best things about the site is the ability Evan now has to just post thoughts/quotes/news items as they occur. Maybe something as simple as a font or format change would mean more text before it’s necessary to “continue reading”. The font size on this page, for example is much smaller but still very readable than at the D blog.
But the slow loading thing has to be fixed. My computer is about 9 months old and every other internet page (except maybe game day threads here) loads pretty quickly.
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by t ball on Apr 7, 2009 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm not sure but I've always
suspected the slowness was related to sidebar elements (re)loading at each refresh. I’m not sure how relevant those are for anyone here but I don’t look at them at all.
by Goyogringo on Apr 7, 2009 1:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As I just posted over on the site
You guys outdid yourselves today. Ranger fans needed a place to get quality reporting and opinion this season and (seeing as how the DMN and the FWST have stopped caring about baseball) the Inside Corner’s the new place to get it. MJH, Evan and all: thanks for injecting some hope and some enthusiasm back into the Rangers media. Here’s to a great season.
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by lonestarJon on Apr 6, 2009 9:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
excelarant?
Arguing with Josey is like pissing in the wind.
by Ryin A on Apr 6, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nope.
Had it right the first time.
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Apr 7, 2009 9:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
First thing in the AM I click on the D
great job and I’ve done all I can to spread the word of the D.
Arguing with Josey is like pissing in the wind.
by Ryin A on Apr 6, 2009 9:51 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
that sounded weird, didn't really roll off the tongue so good.
Arguing with Josey is like pissing in the wind.
by Ryin A on Apr 6, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Excellent work
I just posted a short essay under Jeff’s Andrus article about you and EVan and crew. D for Sports has legs, hope they continue to grow and land patronage. Also commented on page load time (and bandwidth), which are fixable.
"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 Apr 6, 2009 10:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Inside Corner load times
I haven’t had any issue with IC loading up any slower than anywhere else I visit. In fact, it’s loads faster than SB Nations site do. At least for me it does.
Defending Big D: A Dallas Stars blog on SBN: easy to use, free to join.
by Brandon Worley on Apr 6, 2009 10:46 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
same here.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Apr 6, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Love the writing
but if you really want to go to the next level, don’t be afraid to be critical OR….actually say something that might make Tom Hicks wince.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 6, 2009 11:17 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
It's not exactly an opinion-driven place.
And they did have this the today:
“Three Up And Three Down: Things To Like And Things To Worry About On The Rangers Roster”
by brettgardner on Apr 6, 2009 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
bg - my thoughts on the Inside Corner
Coverage on the Rangers has definitely been ramped up and the fans are getting better coverage than we have in the recent past. Evan, you boys are doing a lot of very good work that was much needed.
When Tom Hicks was asked about his finances and how it relates to the Rangers, he defended himself by saying he reinvested money into the ballpark and that the team ate Cat’s contract because they thought Andruw Jones made the team better. So that suddenly makes it okay for the number 5 media market team to have one of the lowest payrolls in MLB? That shit wouldn’t fly in NYC, Chi, Boston, Philly or LA.
Those statements by Hicks sat out there like a fart in church and were begging for follow up questions or opinions that may have portrayed Hicks in a negative light.
I understand how beat reporters need to be nice so players on the team will speak to them but Evan & Hindman aren’t conventional beat reporters and they should also be free to give praise (when warranted) or throw harsh criticism at management, specifically JD & Hicks when necessary.
Tom Hicks’ performance as owner of this team has been abysmal and embarrassing yet he still gets a free pass (except from the Star Telegram).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 7, 2009 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Journalism school would be perhaps the most enlightening experience of your life.
My 2009 New Years Resolution: Quit feeding the trolls.
by ghtd36 on Apr 7, 2009 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Josey will refuse to read...
anything about the Rangers unless it constantly bitches about them like he does.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Apr 7, 2009 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I try to read everything I can
and then use my own baseball brain and acumen to determine if said info is good or bad.
When people say Galloway is nothing but negative when it comes to the Rangers, that’s simply not true. He will write glowing columns about the team from time to time when warranted. He did an excellent column on Josh Hamilton last year.
He will kick the team in the nuts when warranted as well (see JD) but that doesn’t make him a bad writer.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 7, 2009 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
first rate stuff
I did like Evan’s good, bad and ugly type of game recaps during ST.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
by RangerMad on Apr 6, 2009 11:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I like Inside Corner for the same reason I like BBTIA and even NMLR
You take the access you have with players and FO, and your skill with stats throughout the system, and do in-depth think pieces with either or both.
The short posts will probably keep a few eyeballs around, but the above is more your strength (eg, here’s how player X is doing, or his whole team, or how he compares with the guy above/below him, or trade rumors involving him, and why those rumors are exciting or bad). There’ll be so much to dig into once the minors start up.
It’s been fantastic so far. You all got a lot of momentum going in ST.
"[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 Apr 7, 2009 9:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Addendum:
NMLR remains the score to beat in Rangers coverage.
"[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 Apr 7, 2009 9:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nice of you to say, but....
Inside Corner does things I can’t do, and does those things brilliantly. (There’s a reason that Adam links up Inside Corner every day, and never links NMLR. Maybe there are more reasons than just one, but there’s at least one.)
Inside Corner is my first and last stop for Rangers news and analysis now.
by Jamey Newberg on Apr 7, 2009 10:43 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
linking NMLR would be weird
I think it is assumed that everybody reads NMLR. Or something. I mean, I don’t’ think he’s ever linked you – EVER.
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
by ab03 on Apr 7, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think that's right.
He does link plenty of Rangers blog content, including from some blogs that you and I and everyone else here read all the time. But it’s cool with me.
by Jamey Newberg on Apr 7, 2009 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's clear that we need a massive Rangers blogwar between LSB and NMLR.
Everyone pick sides.
My 2009 New Years Resolution: Quit feeding the trolls.
by ghtd36 on Apr 7, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Damnit, Jamey.
My 2009 New Years Resolution: Quit feeding the trolls.
by ghtd36 on Apr 7, 2009 12:22 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No doubt
Greatest Rangers Blog Ever.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
by DJCahill on Apr 7, 2009 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Nadia Lee, the Texas Rangers Examiner!
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by lonestarJon on Apr 7, 2009 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lonerangers >>> Rangers or Robbers
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
by Brian Thomas on Apr 8, 2009 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Everyone reads NMLR
I think most here are on the mailing list already, and many here also frequent anything Scott Lucas writes. Anyone here not on Jamey’s mailing list should get on it ASAP.
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by t ball on Apr 7, 2009 1:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
...as I beat that idea into about 50 people between Saturday & Opening Day.
Sign up if you are a Rangers Fan!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Apr 7, 2009 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
So it was YOU, huh?
Sign-ups have been at an all-time high this winter/spring — dozens of new subscribers every week — but these past few days have been crazy. Maybe 100 new sign-ups in the last three or four days.
by Jamey Newberg on Apr 7, 2009 2:02 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, and you're welcome!
;-)
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on Apr 7, 2009 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was talking
with a friend who happens to work at the DMN and is in a keeper league in fantasy baseball — and didn’t even know the Rangers had a top minor league system or any prospects other than Feliz and Holland. I encouraged him to get on board here and on the mailing list.
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by t ball on Apr 7, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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