Wow, everyone has brought up their game here in the Spring of 2011. I think for Mets fans this will be a tremendous year for following the team.
I’m blown away by the sheer volume of everything out there.
My current routine:
Get up and shower and maybe even shave and all that.
Email and twitter check.
Adam Rubin’s morning briefing on ESPN New York which has quickly become my go-to-catchup
MetsBlog where Cerrone and Baron are crushing.
Check my Google Reader feeds to catch up on all the Mets bloggers.
Do some actual work.
MetsBlog.
Do some work.
Correct the Mets Police post that Media Goon tells me I screwed up (typo, bad link, forgetting to embed the video)
Lunch/twitter/MetsBlog
Actually work.
Twitter/email/RSS Feeds on way home
Get home and post the next day “dead man style” – I always lay it out in case I don’t show up to blog. Usually what happens is news develops and I bump generic pieces..but if I get the flu there would still be like 4 posts. *
Check Google video/Youtube
Take a harder look at @newyorkmets to see if I missed anything. See last night’s Bonilla post for an example.
shut off the damn computer.
This spring I can’t believe the amount of coverage (again Cerrone/Baron crushing) and photos and video. I don’t think we’ve seen anything at that level.
I like that the blogosphere is starting to spread out. I honestly get bored when, for example, Terry says Reyes will start at SS this season and we get 50 variants on
“Collins: Reyes is my SS”
“Reyes to be Mets SS”
“Mets’ skipper announces Reyes as SS”
That crap gets so tedious, especially on twitter.
I’m psyched for when games start – I often but not always hang out for a few innings @metspolice twitter and I hope you’ll join in the communal hang. The Mets are getting more social (media) and that means more content getting to you more quickly….and more “meat” and less alternate cap posts (although who doesn’t love an alternate cap post?)
This weekend I will be at Saturday’s home game in PSL and will post something from there – no “dead man” – probably blurry crooked pics or whatnot. Sunday I’ll be in Orlando to root for Ollie Perez.
What sources do you guys check?
*here’s a peek at my editorial calendar, very very subject to change.
*Crosses fingers that he doesn’t get bumped tomorrow morning*
I don’t check Rubin, or really any of the beat writers unless someone retweets them AND mentions why the post is worth it. Metsblog, here, cranepoolforum, and then I pick and choose based on what tweets flow by, what shows up in filters, etc. I really should get my google reader up and running.
You’re safe for now. My link to Faith and Fear just got bumped because of all the photos. “Too much content” always a great problem to have. Especially off-season.
I think this post is an example of how this isn’t the offseason anymore 😉
I’m expecting to get bumped by the news tomorrow that Johan Santana had a miraculous recovery, has a healthy shoulder and is throwing 95 mph in bullpen sessions.
Or that the Mets extended Reyes.