I logged on to my site to line up tomorrow’s posts (Brooklyn Dodger fans should stop by in the morning) and a big fat +70% caught my eye. +70% ? What the heck setting do I have it on?
The +70% was month to month comparison of November to October. As I look back on the season, there was a downward trend in the stats all season long, and it was particularly noticeable in September and October. I think I even mentioned it a few times.
November? Wow. Boom. Biggest month since April. You know what we had in April? Hope. The graph pretty much matches the Mets’ season. Good until the All Star break, then a cliff.
Incredibly (to me anyway) traffic for October 2009 was bigger than October 2010, and this in a year where the site has had way more viewers than it did a year ago.
Maybe it means my blog is crappy/boring/tired but I suspect it is reflective of the Mets fanbase in general. I don’t think I got any more interesting all of a sudden the day Sandy was hired.
So here we are….thanks to everyone who reads the site, extra thanks to those who submit ideas, and my continued thanks to my fellow bloggers for links especially Matt Cerrone who sends a ton of folks over here. Believe me I can tell when Mets Blog has linked without even looking.
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Speaking of Matt, he’s doing a live chat on Mets Blog tonight at 9:30. He says
Tonight at 9:30 pm, I will be doing an online chat. Feel free to come back and ask me anything about the Mets and the hot stove, as well as blogging and running MetsBlog.
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Had baseball had a second Wild Card, the Mets could have made the 1997 and 2008 playoffs according to this. Sort of. What it doesn’t take into account is how teams would have played had they thought there was an extra playoff spot. You have to consider the trade made, the trade not made, the playing of the 40 man roster, the intangible “we’re still in this” sort of thing.
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Faith and Fear reminds me to set the DVR for Mets Yearbook 1982. I don’t know how Greg finds these things out. Maybe he watches SNY. I should try that. Thursday at 7:30.
As always I take this opportunity to encourage SNY to
a) make Mets Yearbooks from more recent years, using Howie as the voice, but keeping them in a cheesy retro optimistic style
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b) take my “How I Met The Mets” idea and have Howie voiceover highlights along the lines of “Kids, did I ever tell you about Edgardo Alfonzo…” while his kids stare at him from the couch. Then show a ton of Alfonzo clips with Howie narrating. Like Mets Yearbook meets Metsography. This idea is superior and way better than Beer Money. Someone bring it to Howie please.
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Finally, I forgot to encourage you to like my Facebook page to help my insecurities and to honestly/selfishly help more of this stuff go viral.
