Well I’m gearing up for a season of hard and heavy blogging. My Mets book is done and I’ll have the time to focus and to write. I will do my very best this season to entertain you with fine writing, offbeat humor, and cute pictures. But this is not the only place you’ll find me on the Web this season. In addition to keeping up this blog, I’ve decided to become a guest contributor to three other blogs. I’m sure you already know about one of these. All denizens of the Mets blogosphere know about Mike’s Mets, the superb blog mainly written and entirely managed by Mike Steffanos (you know, the guy who has the sweet picture of himself with his dog, and who also has a particularly graceful prose style and knows more about the Mets than I will ever know). I’ve signed on to contribute an occasional column for Mike and I am very grateful to him for having me.
Another place you’ll find me this year is a brand new Mets site and forum that has its launch today. Flushing University is the brainchild of Mike McGann, Gary Gepner, John Lowe, Rob K., and Deb Mc. The site and forum will be structured like a real university, dedicated to learning and promoting civil, informed, troll and moron-free discourse about the New York Mets. I love this idea. As a genuine college professor, I am anxious to see if they can bring to the Mets world all of the things that are good about universities, and none of the things that are, well, annoying. I will be writing a weekly column for Flushing University, which will appear on Thursday. Other prominent members of the Mets blogging community who have been recruited to serve on the faculty of Flushing U. include Shari Forst of “Take the 7 Train,” John Coppinger of “Metstradamus,” and Matt Himelfarb of “Metsproject.” This promises to be a lively and interesting place all season long so please check it out and please contribute.
Finally, I’ve also signed on as a monthly contributor to New York Baseball Online, a lively e-zine devoted to the Mets and the Yankees. I will be contributing Mets content during the first week of every month (they won’t let me write about the Yankees, it seems) and I may get the chance to “appear” on their radio program that will debut on March 26 on WGBB 1240 AM.
Links to all of these places may be found in the column to the right.
Mets Fan Blog will still be my main home and this is where I will do most of my writing. I will also link from here to anything I write for these other blogs.
So, as pitchers and catchers report to camp, as the ground is covered with a thick layer of ice, let’s all remember that we are only about six weeks away from the opening of a season of the sweetest baseball.
I think it would be quite interesting if they let you write about the Yankees. What is wrong with them?