Before we get cracking with some real posts, I thought I should do a quick introductory post. As you can see on the mission statement to the right, our goal is to provide you with unbiased baseball commentary. Matt and I will strictly try and keep our own personal biases out of our writing, as that is our first priority.
Here is a little background on us for you. We are both fans of smaller market teams( Rays and Marlins), so we have seen our fair share of bias in the media. If I see Clemens on TV one more time, I will most likely purge...but hey, at least I wouldn't have perjured. We are both graduate students at the University of Florida, and together we coach a local middle school baseball team. Often times we find ourselves completely opposing the others point of view, and we think that is something that will make this blog unique.
There are many plans for this site, including the following: Weekly Power Rankings(once the season begins), Transaction Analysis, Prospect Lists, Weekly Podcasts, and much, much more. We hope you enjoy our new site.
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2 comments:
Hi Matt - signed in as anon, but I've seen your posts at DRB and comment there as nyyfaninlaaland. Gotta redo my Google account - the password thing is a pain in the butt.
Wanted to wish you good luck and get a comment up for you. See the site name suggests no bias, but sounds like it might be more oriented towards the "underappreciated" teams. Remember, fans of the "big NE clubs" are people too! I've never perceived as much of the media bias in the big sports media as many I've met here at DRB - I think it's predominantly a product of who's winning. Of course, that they (ESPN particularly) live right between the "Beasts of the East" likely has an impact, and I think they can get caught up in the fantastic passion involved in what that rivalry inspires. Plus you have to expect any national media company to tend to try to kiss up a bit to the biggest markets - it's a matter of the economics of ratings. But winning gets you attention. Not to be petty, but that has been a problem down there in the Sunshine State. The Marlins have had their moments, of course (including 1 very personally painful one), but their interesting approach to team building has squandered some of the positivity to us outsiders.
I thought you should call the site "Going to the Matts" - though people might think it's a WWF site or something.
Anyway, good luck.
Nice idea on the site name. We do not mean to be any slight to the "big NE clubs", as we will most definitely cover news that is important that pertains to them. However, we will not cover the extraneous stories that get national attention for those teams, that really are of no consequence.
I hope this makes sense, as it does in my head, but that doesn't always sit the same way with others.
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