Sunday, March 13, 2005
Seismic shifts in the Baseball Blogging world
There have been a lot of changes in the past few days (and weeks) in the baseball blogging world:
The first thing to happen was the exodus of Rich's Baseball Beat and Wait 'Till Next Year from All Baseball to a new site that the two created called Baseball Analysts. The new site is of the highest quality and is probably one of the best blogs out there right now. I urge everyone to check it out.
The next major shift to occur was the consolidation of many blogs into the SportsBlogs network. This network doesnt really have a homepage, but it is headed by Blez from Athletics Nation and includes many team blogs and John Sickel's Minor League Ball. I really like how these blogs employ the diary feature, so that others can contribute in a way that doesnt require them to start a new blog.
Another huge shift was the consolidation of many blogs from All Baseball and other sources to Baseball Toaster, including Will Carroll, Mike's Baseball Rants, Bronx Banter and Dodger Thoughts. This new site instantly becomes one of the centers of the baseball blogging universe.
Now that All Baseball was essentially raided of the majority of its highest quality blogs, they merged with the Most Valuable Network. The details of their merge haven't really been worked out yet, but the first thing that happened was Exile in Wrigleyville moving over to All Baseball, which I like a lot. I wasn't a big fan of the old interface of Vince Galloro's site while it was on the Most Valuable Network, but I like the All Baseball interface. I'm also happy that Vince is on a baseball website, not just a generic sports website. He's the White Sox' lone representative of the bigger name bloggers.
The interesting part is that this all took place in the midst of Spring Training. I don't really know why all of this happen, but it's really important to note all of this. It seems as if there is a general consolidation of blogs, which is probably a good thing. I dont think it will compromise the blogs to be affiliated with one another. On the contrary, it might raise the visibility of all of them for them to all be located on one site or in one network.
The first thing to happen was the exodus of Rich's Baseball Beat and Wait 'Till Next Year from All Baseball to a new site that the two created called Baseball Analysts. The new site is of the highest quality and is probably one of the best blogs out there right now. I urge everyone to check it out.
The next major shift to occur was the consolidation of many blogs into the SportsBlogs network. This network doesnt really have a homepage, but it is headed by Blez from Athletics Nation and includes many team blogs and John Sickel's Minor League Ball. I really like how these blogs employ the diary feature, so that others can contribute in a way that doesnt require them to start a new blog.
Another huge shift was the consolidation of many blogs from All Baseball and other sources to Baseball Toaster, including Will Carroll, Mike's Baseball Rants, Bronx Banter and Dodger Thoughts. This new site instantly becomes one of the centers of the baseball blogging universe.
Now that All Baseball was essentially raided of the majority of its highest quality blogs, they merged with the Most Valuable Network. The details of their merge haven't really been worked out yet, but the first thing that happened was Exile in Wrigleyville moving over to All Baseball, which I like a lot. I wasn't a big fan of the old interface of Vince Galloro's site while it was on the Most Valuable Network, but I like the All Baseball interface. I'm also happy that Vince is on a baseball website, not just a generic sports website. He's the White Sox' lone representative of the bigger name bloggers.
The interesting part is that this all took place in the midst of Spring Training. I don't really know why all of this happen, but it's really important to note all of this. It seems as if there is a general consolidation of blogs, which is probably a good thing. I dont think it will compromise the blogs to be affiliated with one another. On the contrary, it might raise the visibility of all of them for them to all be located on one site or in one network.
# posted by Karno : 8:30 PM
