Hi folks. I’m back from my weird Saturday routine of Unnamed Donuts Chain and then Lots of Exercise. I could argue that I’d be better off sleeping until noon and then doing neither, but I enjoyed my morning.
There’s lots on the Metsternet about the blogger call with Sandy.
I need you to support Honor Among Bloggers. That’s where I take an excerpt of someone else’s hard work and then ask you to make sure you visit their site. The folks at Amazin’ Avenue transcribed the entire call. Have you ever transcribed anything? It takes FOREVER.
Please go visit Amazin’ Avenue….everybody click and do the right thing and then come back. I’ll wait.
No I’m not kidding….go visit Amazin Avenue it’s the right thing to do and I will feel guilty if you don’t. More after this picture of…whoever this is.
I think that’s good ol’ #13 Rick Cerone of the 1991 Mets. I think.
Now that you’ve supported Honor Among Bloggers and visited AA’s transcript here’s my question and Sandy’s answer. As you’ve noticed from my writing I can barely form a sentence:
Shannon Shark, Mets Police: Hey there, again, thank you so much for giving us your time of day. I guess that leads into my question. How are you finding dealing with this particular passionate fanbase and even to the point of having to deal with blogs. I can’t believe you’re listening to me ask you a question. Does that go through your head, why do I have to talk to this guy from the upper deck?
Sandy Alderson: Actually, I’m very familiar with the blogosphere and understand how it makes connections with fans. The various platforms for communication these days are different, more varied. People are going to form their own opinions, you all will form your own opinions, but at least if you’ve heard from me you’ll be able to do it on the basis of direct communication rather than something indirect or secondhand.
I don’t mind spending the time. I think that’s part of what one buys into here in New York. In a sense, you guys probably reflect the most passionate elements of the fanbase. If I’m right about that, it’s probably as important, or more important, to be in contact with you all than it is with any of the rest of the media.
That’s a cool slick neato answer.
I found myself wishing the bloggers could have had a crack at Omar. I suspect that would have been wildly entertaining.
For more about the call check out Matthew Artus on NJ.com who took a different fun take on it:
With the rare exception of a Matt Cerrone, none of us get any significant reimbursement to write these posts, see our words be challenged (and often discredited) by readers and commenters and other blogs, and clear our schedule on a Friday night during the Holiday season to ask a few questions to cover details that go beyond the immediate concerns of the day’s headlines. We do this because we enjoy baseball and the Mets. And we write this because we want to share this with fellow fans and figure out how to best express our experiences, feelings, and sentiments in a clear, coherent way.
And as always Faith & Fear are better writers than I am:
I’ll add that as this wasn’t a call driven by a single news event, the questions from we telephonically assembled bloggers varied in specifics, but were of essentially two natures:
1) The construction of this Mets team/organization.
2) Us.
Can you blame us for the second? Nobody else asks about us — and by us, I mean the spectrum that includes Sandy’s thoughts on and reactions to New York fans, New York media, New York pressures and, yes, New York Mets bloggers. When we’re on our tenth conference call with the general manager of the New York Mets, I’ll bet we don’t ask Sandy Alderson, “So…whaddaya think about us?”
That’s all for now…I have to go back to being Super Daddy. I bet most of the blogs have something about this…I didn’t have time to make the rounds so my apologies in advance if I’m dissing/forgetting anyone. Happy to link to everyone – just send me a note at [email protected]
Readers..please check out every link in this article, there’s some good reading there!
