Comments on: News of the Day – 12/5/08

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:07:23 +0000

[25] Agreed.

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:02:56 +0000

[24] Well, you do get more than Big Macs (Angus with Bacon is nice), but I get your point >;) Also, the circumstances were a bit different between Johan and CC. Johan was not as particular about where the money was coming from and where he wanted to pitch, and very little hinged on Johan’s decision except for the particular team he signed with.

But CC is apparently looking for more comfort beyond the money and hopes the market comes to him with that, as opposed to setting the bar like Johan did. He’s the top dog on the FA market, and he has the leverage to decide what’s best for him as opposed to who can offer the most. Sorry, but like Cashman said, it’s his move, we’ll just have to wait. You can blame the other players and their agents for waiting for CC to set the market if you like…

By: ny2ca2dc

ny2ca2dc — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:48:13 +0000

[22] “…it has always seemed worth it to spend time articulating a viewpoint on BB, while on other sites, the effort has always struck me as a waste.”

YES. This is exactly it. On other sites there is so much people just spouting, people talking past each other and not addressing each other points. I think the threaded comments in RAB encourages this bad trend in that it makes it easy to have so many lines of conversation. I think the Banter is unique in that while the conversation will meander, split, reconverge, re-split, etc, people are actually ‘conversing’, instead of just ‘commenting’.

By: Joe L.

Joe L. — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:26:22 +0000

[22] My point is if you want the same old same old there are a million other blogs doing that. You don’t go to an Italian restaurant and ask if they can serve you a Big Mac tonight because that is what you feel like you just go next door to McDonalds. If you make everything into McDonalds you get nothing but Big Macs. That’s no way to live, man. I saw SUPER SIZE ME!

By: Chyll Will

Chyll Will — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 22:01:17 +0000

I think we commentors have a lot to do with the feel of the site, almost as much as the stories. I know what’s missing: the crossover among other teams’ fans and commentors. Whereas we were part of a community among many baseball fans of different teams, here we’re pretty much the only game in town (I would include Was Watching, but they appear to be less overtly Yankee-oriented than us), next to disparate sports blogs. Not as much of a potential audience to draw from unless there are a lot of Yankee fans coming to SNY that we’re not aware of… but I bet you give it some time and with Alex’s planned tweaks, you may see an uptick. But yeah guys, we’re kinda on an island right now.

By: williamnyy23

williamnyy23 — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:44:45 +0000

[19] That’s kind of what I am talking about…while I don’t mind getting some links to stories about the arbitration decisions, what I really want is something more focused to foster discussion. The pleasure of the Banter is it has intelligent, dedicated hosts and commenters. That adds accountability to the discussion.

[20] Pete (and WW) is good for news, but severely lacking in fruitful discussion. RAB is definitely getting better, but still a little broad. I can’t explain it, but it has always seemed worth it to spend time articulating a viewpoint on BB, while on other sites, the effort has always struck me as a waste.

[21] I like an occasional change of pace too, but it just seems like the added volume is drowning out the double C.C. instead of creating a nice divergence from it.

By: Joe L.

Joe L. — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:34:31 +0000

There are about a million Yankee McDonalds out there where they beat the same dead horse day after day. Banter is nice when you want something besides a double C.C.. I like to read things that are different and interesting. Please don’t sellout to the corporate bigwigs and turn this into another chain!

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:56:50 +0000

Great feedback. Thanks guys. After six full years the site is still a work in progress. I thought more posts would be equal happier readers and it may on some level but I agree that the volume does not make it condusive to building a good thread and getting the good chatter.

Hopefully, the new design will allow for both. Increased content but also a manageable way to create threads which I’ve always found enjoyable.

There is also simply more quality Yankee sites available now. Pete’s site is a one-stop shop for the latest news, River Ave Blues has a nice following. And I always like to have non-Yankee related features on Banter as well.

Always searching for the right balance.

Again, thanks so much for the imput.

By: ny2ca2dc

ny2ca2dc — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:20:03 +0000

I agree with william, things seem different and I think the volume of posts has something to do with it. Maybe we can all get in the habit of using Dianne’s post as the main banter thread, and the others particular to their subject (like the NYC- and human-interest and YS posts).

Also, I miss Cliff. I was hoping he would do a post about the lack of arb offers. Joe Sheehan had a reasonably good post, but I think Cliff would do better. Cliff’s long posts a couple days/weeks ago have been grade A – gimme more!

By: The Hawk

The Hawk — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:03:35 +0000

I’m sick of this Sabathia story, dragging on and on. It’s like the Santana sweepstakes, except in this case it’s one person’s fault: Sabathia. I’ve been a big booster of getting him into pinstripes, but at a certain point procrastination becomes rejection. I have to really wonder if his performance would suffer if he’s this hesitant about making the move to the northeast.