Comments on: Detroit Tigers Weblog 2008 Year in Review

By: David

David — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:02:20 +0000

Darn it Billfer… did I even make the top 20? Who rounded out the top 10? I think I made it to the top 10 in 2006 or 2005.

As far as Smoking Loon being #1, well… his comments are short and usually half baseball related, half craziness insanity.

650 posts is a lot that is almost 2/day on average

I’m impressed.

Hey on another rankings note, how do you measure up to other Tiger bloggers? I know you guys are a “family”, but I’m sure you want to be #1!

My guess is your page views/page quality blows them out of the water. You’re the first link after mlb.com, yahoo and espn if you search google for “detroit tigers”

By: Mark in Chicago

Mark in Chicago — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:48:08 +0000

Sorry Dave BW, I’d like to respond to your post (threat?) but I don’t see how it relates to baseball or the Tigers.

By: billfer

billfer — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:24:04 +0000

Rankings shmankings. Sure you guys commented a lot on baseball, but who made the most comments that had absolutely nothing to do with the game or even sports in general?

Loon.

He appears to be scared off now. I forgot about the dial-up part. That makes it truly remarkable.

By: Ken in Las Vegas

Ken in Las Vegas — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:45:55 +0000

Rankings shmankings. Sure you guys commented a lot on baseball, but who made the most comments that had absolutely nothing to do with the game or even sports in general?

By: Dave BW

Dave BW — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:28:37 +0000

Mark –

Seeing as you beat me by one slot this year, we are now lifelong enemies. I know it seems silly, but hey, I don’t make the rules.

By: Mark in Chicago

Mark in Chicago — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:14:17 +0000

also, (see, this is how you get to be #2: hit submit too soon and then have a second thought that requires an additional post. New Year’s resolution to slow things down a bit) please note that Smoking Loon has dial-up internet at home (or at least used to), making his 3405 comments all the more impressive.

By: Mark in Chicago

Mark in Chicago — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:10:41 +0000

wow, I was #2? That’s honestly very surprising. Somehow I still managed to get a positive review at work, too. 2008 was a good year indeed.

Anyway, thanks billfer for providing us this forum and generating such great analysis and research. There aren’t many sites I check daily (and only 1 that I comment on) but yours is on that list for me. Here’s looking to a great 2009 for your site and the Tigers!

By: jud

jud — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:22:26 +0000

Thanks Billfer…… this Bud’s for you

By: Ken in Las Vegas

Ken in Las Vegas — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:35:04 +0000

Ha. Clearly not a good year.

By: Chris in Dallas

Chris in Dallas — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:46:40 +0000

2009: The Year of the Ham Sandwich

By: Dave BW

Dave BW — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:47:07 +0000

I sent out a Loon search party, but they quickly became distracted by ham sandwiches. These things happen.

By: Vince in MN

Vince in MN — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:45:41 +0000

January 3 and no posts from Loon yet. Doesn’t he know that he is already 20 posts behind schedule?

By: Joey in Portland OR

Joey in Portland OR — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 02:30:19 +0000

Maybe a lean ham sandwich with some alpine lace and light mayo every once in a while?

By: Ken in Las Vegas

Ken in Las Vegas — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:10:39 +0000

Smoking Loon just likes to hear the sound of his own typing.

My new years resolution is to be more healthy. Therefore, there will be no more talk on this site about “ham sandwiches”. I would appreciate if everyone used “ham wraps” please.

Thanks for your hard work Bilfer. I’m looking forward to Spring Training.

By: Chris in Dallas

Chris in Dallas — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:47:14 +0000

MLB Network should be nice. Too bad I moved and was forced to get Dish, which doesn’t have it. Or Extra Innings. Blah.

Anyhoo, a hat tip to billfer for this blog, which has become my one stop shop for bitching about the Tigers. And also another hat tip to Smoking Sean for making the rest of us feel less obsessive.