Before I say a single word on this topic please take the time to read this paragraph. I by no means think my blog is better than anyone else’s blog or that I’m cool or special or even deserving to be one of the blogs that the team chooses to interact with. I am very thankful that the Mets have chosen to include me in their New Media efforts.
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In the past, oh, 18 months or so, I’ve lost track, the Mets have come a long way embracing the so-called New Media (blogs and such.) For whatever fate of fortune, I have been involved since the beginning.
As such, I’ve heard from other blogs wondering why some were chosen and some weren’t. I have no idea.
On last night’s blogger call there were more blogs than ever, some I was familiar with, some not. Usually these calls go 30 minutes or so, last night’s went about 35.
I have wondered where the Mets might have to draw a line. How many blogs can we reasonably expect Dave Howard or Sandy or Colactus to speak with. Is half an hour enough? An hour? 90 minutes?
I’m glad I don’t have to make that decision.
Anyways – last night, with new faces joining the originals I actually felt like an elder statesman of blogs. Those of us who had done it before knew the drill. One question, get out, stay on topic. I think the call goes surprisingly “professional.” If Dave Howard is there to talk about tickets then it’s not the time to start in about Reyes or Banner Day or the price of ice cream.
Some weren’t quite down with the flow, they’ll get it next time – but it was weird to feel like I knew the drill. One nice fellow had a follow-up question. We don’t do that. (Again, see my point on how much time can we reasonably expect.)
I also find the two camps of bloggers an interesting dynamic. There’s guys like me or say Ceetar who are just fans. I’m not really looking for anything other than my list of action items (Banner Day, Saturday+ plans, etc). Other than that I’m content to post You Own This Jersey posts.
Then there’s the camp that takes this very seriously. Some run really professional shops, some really want to be (or used to be) beat writers.
TIME OUT – go back and read the pre-amble, I’m not saying I’m better than anyone, I’m just describing the room. My blog is silly and we all know it.
Now I take this seriously, I mean look at me, 10 posts today, and I think I have some street cred…but I don’t take myself seriously. It’s a blog about some grown men and what they wear and where we sit when we watch them throw a ball.
It sometimes makes for an interesting room. Me, I’m happy to sit in the corner with a guy like Rusty Jr. from the Real Dirty or to talk about Gil Flores with Greg Prince or to obsesss about how handsome Kerel is.
Anyway, I was glad that some new faces joined us. Welcome. I remain honored to be part of the group.
Thank you for reading…and together we seem to be making progress on the punch-list. Cheaper ticket prices is a good thing, right?
Now hopefully the new uniforms are nice, the Mets wear them while winning the World Series and then I can pack up my dopey blog and call it a day.
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And as I hit “schedule” on this one it’s 11:01pm last night. Man, that was a lot of blogging.
I don’t think I would ever want to be on the conference calls but it would be nice to be invited when other bloggers are invited to the ballpark. But it is what it is. At least they haven’t banned me from the park yet.
I like the fact that the Mets do connect with the bloggers. The sports blog has really been a great development in sports fandom in my opinion. No longer do the traditional media outlets hold a monopoly on sports coverage. My question would be how do other teams handle bloggers? If they even handle them at all. Are the Mets in the forefront of recognizing this new outlet?