Comments on: True Test of Baseball Fandom http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/ baseball with a hint of lime Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:01:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: wing-chun dummies http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/#comment-1269 wing-chun dummies Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:23:26 +0000 http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/#comment-1269 Always good to read about baseball and its players, I've played since a kid.. Can I ask though - how did you get this picked up and into google news? Very impressive, is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created? Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success.. Always good to read about baseball and its players, I’ve played since a kid..

Can I ask though - how did you get this picked up and into google news?

Very impressive, is it something that is just up to Google or you actively created?

Obviously this is a popular blog with great data so well done on your seo success..

]]> By: Sky http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/#comment-1260 Sky Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:35:53 +0000 http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/#comment-1260 Evidently I grossly underestimate how long it takes for people to learn about good major league baseball players. Four years? Yikes. Josh Hamilton won't have to wait that long, though. Yikes. Evidently I grossly underestimate how long it takes for people to learn about good major league baseball players. Four years? Yikes.

Josh Hamilton won’t have to wait that long, though. Yikes.

]]> By: Frank http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/#comment-1257 Frank Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:23:51 +0000 http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/#comment-1257 Hamilton. Yeah, Berkman is probably recognizable, but Morneau, Sizemore and Utley have been in the league, what, 3-4 years? I mean, I've been thinking about Sizemore since 2000, when he spurned the Washington Huskies to play pro ball, but clearly I have issues. Most people only start thinking about a player once he starts producing in the majors. (you are an outlier, as it were) I think the big thing is that it used to be that guys entered this thing that had established reputations for HR greatness. I don't think there's any question that this question has the least total HRs of any HR derby participant set ever (by a long shot). Not a necessarily a bad thing, but I think the implication from your radio host is that Evan Longoria with 16 career HRs wouldn't have been allowed near this contest in anytime before this year. It's like how the slam dunk contest used to get Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkens, and now gets Jamario Moon and Gerald Green. Hamilton.

Yeah, Berkman is probably recognizable, but Morneau, Sizemore and Utley have been in the league, what, 3-4 years? I mean, I’ve been thinking about Sizemore since 2000, when he spurned the Washington Huskies to play pro ball, but clearly I have issues. Most people only start thinking about a player once he starts producing in the majors. (you are an outlier, as it were)

I think the big thing is that it used to be that guys entered this thing that had established reputations for HR greatness. I don’t think there’s any question that this question has the least total HRs of any HR derby participant set ever (by a long shot). Not a necessarily a bad thing, but I think the implication from your radio host is that Evan Longoria with 16 career HRs wouldn’t have been allowed near this contest in anytime before this year.

It’s like how the slam dunk contest used to get Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkens, and now gets Jamario Moon and Gerald Green.

]]> By: The Sports Complex :: Blog Archive :: Your 2008 Home Run Derby Drinking Game :: Philadelphia City Paper :: Philadelphia Arts, Restaurants, Music, Movies, Jobs, Classifieds, Blogs http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/#comment-1256 The Sports Complex :: Blog Archive :: Your 2008 Home Run Derby Drinking Game :: Philadelphia City Paper :: Philadelphia Arts, Restaurants, Music, Movies, Jobs, Classifieds, Blogs Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:42:20 +0000 http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/#comment-1256 [...] time someone is hit by a pitch (h/t skyking via Balls, Sticks, and [...] […] time someone is hit by a pitch (h/t skyking via Balls, Sticks, and […]

]]> By: Sky http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/#comment-1255 Sky Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:51:44 +0000 http://skyking162.com/2008/07/true-test-of-baseball-fandom/#comment-1255 People should know Berkman, Sizemore, Morneau, and Utley, based on how long they've been around. And I think people DO know Braun, as evidenced by his huge fan vote (and 2007 fantasy baseball awesomeness.) Uggla, Hamilton, and Longoria are somewhat acceptable as not being household names, yet. Do you think face recognition is that important to people? If so, will all these guys be hugely popular after the Derby? Who's the other Rule 5 guy? People should know Berkman, Sizemore, Morneau, and Utley, based on how long they’ve been around. And I think people DO know Braun, as evidenced by his huge fan vote (and 2007 fantasy baseball awesomeness.) Uggla, Hamilton, and Longoria are somewhat acceptable as not being household names, yet.

Do you think face recognition is that important to people? If so, will all these guys be hugely popular after the Derby?

Who’s the other Rule 5 guy?

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