How Many Mets Blogs?
My wife found this interesting tidbit while perusing MetSilverman.com:
… as of February 2008, the number of Mets blogs, according to baseballblogs.org, stood at more than 9,900
Wow. Almost 10,000 blogs on the Mets. Not baseball blogs, not team fan blogs, but 9900 blogs specifically focused on the Mets.
I wonder where MetsToday ranks among the other 9899?
BTW, Matt Silverman — who runs “MetSilverman.com” — is a longtime writer and editor with several excellent baseball books to his credit, including a few about the Mets.
One of his most recent efforts is “Mets By the Numbers“, co-written with Jon Springer (the guy who runs the blog of the same name). You may have noticed the “All Time Mets Numbers” link on the sidebar; it is a site I visit religiously and I’ve been eagerly anticipating the book for months.
Well now it’s out, and there’s a fine review over at Faith and Fear in Flushing. In due course I’ll be reviewing it as well.
Cerrone has all the inside ties over there — but really, you can sense that the guy hasn’t played much ball in his lifetime, not only with his “kid in a candy shop” observations (granted, we’d all be the same way for a period of time before coming to our senses and realizing that not every story is positive, guys/managers deserve criticism, etc.)
I come here because I know Joe’s got a true grasp for the game, is typically of the same train of thought as I am — and the other posters here (who I don’t know…at least I’ve seen Joe before in playing against his teams in college) have displayed a great deal of knowledge themselves — not only about the Mets, but as baseball fans in general.
You can’t put a price on that……there are other boards/blogs — but I like this one.
Alot.
Besides me and Bob Klapisch at the NJ Record — who I played against in the old “Met League” — I don’t know of any ex-jocks writing semi-intelligently about baseball … I suppose we’re a rare breed.
Thanks again, friends. Make sure you whip my butt if I ever fall out of line (oh wait, you usually do!)
🙂