performed the amazing task of being both under and over rated.

To me, that’s worth a heckuva raise.

I think the dialogue here could be vastly improved by encouraging more discussion of the issues brought up by writers and less personal attacks on/at the writers. If you have something to say about an issue, by all means say it. However, if all you can do is attack the writer because you disagree with him/her, well that leads to less contributions from intimidated potential writers and also leads to less specific discussions of the issues and more emotional drivel, IMO!

Or was it a figurative “contract”?

You guys do a great job.

My only suggestion is maybe add someone to post about minor league players so that people who do not have the time can get updates on some of the players in the Sox organization so when they do get their big league shot everyone is familiar with the young players.

and

Maybe a few more posts about Red Sox rumors, trades, FAs stuff like that.

All in all this is a great site though. You allow people to make asses of themselves, =), and also have constructive debates.

Best of luck in the future.

And my homie.

I now feel like a better Red Sox fan, somewhere I can be where I do not bore people to death with how JD Drew is on fire or Lugo is on the DL. Somewhere where I feel accepted!

Too deep?

Thank you OTM. I love the recaps, no offense Randy or Allen, but I LOOOOOVE the recaps 0157H7 does. Hilarioty. I think we can all agree.

Random stat of the day: Pedroia is making a fiftieth of what A-Rod makes, and is likely to win MVP.

Not just you 3, but everyone who posts here. It’s a great community.

Not exactly sure how to improve things, absent getting someone a press card.

I really liked what you did in the playoffs, having Q&A with other blog hosts. Notwithstanding the Rev’s douchebaggery, it was interesting to get other fanbase’s perspectives on their own guys and on ours.

Maybe something along the lines of a Q&A with some well-known scribes? Rob Bradford, Amelie Benjamin, Mazz, etc? That could be interesting, and maybe could drive up traffic. Hell, tell Gammons that you work for Kos and even he might show up…

Tuesday, October 21
Boston, MA – Renowned agent Scott Boras has agreed to represent blogger 0157H7 (“E.Coli”) in his contract negotiations with OvertheMonster.com, the top Red Sox fan website.

“It’s an honor to represent such a classy, franchise blogger,” Boras said from a local bank, as he adjusted his ski-mask and stuffed twenties into his briefcase. “The Scott Boras corporation is always looking for new clients, and new ways to generate revenue.”

Interviewed several hours later, Mr. Boras described his new client’s value to the website.

“E.Coli combines an Adonis-like avatar with a Shakespearean sagacity,” Boras said, reading from his 90-page brief on the client. “Who else would, for example, post a retrospective analysis on Alex Cora, replete with zone ratings and fielding metrics, and end it with a series of Pig Latin knock-knock jokes?”

E.Coli’s current contract, which is set to expire in January, pays him the SBN minimum, plus a pro-rated 1,000 pounds of high-grade spam. His contract also provides travel, dental, a translator, and unlimited writing of bad polls.

OTM acquired E.Coli from a Japanese shipping company in 2006. They received $5 (or 5,000 Yen) in posting fees for him, and he was delivered in air-freight.

Mr. Boras had some ideas on what sort of contract his client should receive. “Given my client’s importance to the website, he is willing to consider all sorts of reasonable offers. Just this afternoon, we proposed a $20 million, 10-year extension, with added benefits, and an additional 3,000 pounds of spam.”

E.Coli, reached at his palatial estate in Beacon Hill, was hesitant to discuss the negotiations in detail. “I love OverTheMonster, man. The fans are great and I want to stay here the rest of my life,” E.Coli said.

“Writing here, it’s hard to describe. There’s so much intensity, you know? I want to stay, but I have to look out for my family,” E.Coli said, as he hugged the three girls from BU who were huddled around him.

“I love writing with Allen and Randy, but sometimes, it also has to be about other things. Like respect, and stuff,” he added, rubbing his hands together while mouthing ‘Ka-ching Ka-ching.’

“Pass the spam,” he added.

Been a devout OTM’er since 2005. Game recaps are timely and analytical. In general, it’s always informative and a pleasant experience.

I do wish sometimes people looked more at the data, numbers, or evidence before posting things in the future. Baseball is a game based on numbers. Sentences like “he is bad” or “he sucks” just don’t add anything to any conversation. That’s my one critisizm and it’s not directed at any individual or individuals but merely a minutely growing concern.

Keep up the good work, Randy, Allen and Company and I look forward to great hot stove action!

I’ve been coming here for the better part of 3 seasons and its a fun site.
The community containing some of the long term posters such as Alan, Randy, NG, Massgirl, tommy, Soxacumen, swesox, britsox et. al. have made each season enjoyable.

Now if we can only convince management that having a starting catcher who can’t hit, nor stop the running game is pretty much useless at this stage….

an un-rec feature and/or a way to ignore certain posters. And less tolerance of trolls: we may well end up with 100 comments on a fanshot created by a troll, but really, it’s a major turn-off to have them polluting the site.

I also think OTM would benefit from:

• a guaranteed game thread.
• more polls: a new poll each week would keep the page traffic high.
• more crossover with other SBN team sites: the mighty Rev Halofan’s contributions aside, it’s good to hear from the opposition about their strengths and weakness, what they perceive ours to be, and also to get the other perspective on trades and trade rumours.
• I still find the revamped SBN layout too busy. It could do with four or five fewer elements on the home page. It’s ugly and difficult to use, though I suppose I’m gradually getting used to it.
• Do we need rules on posting conduct? Acceptable language policy, and how/if to use images? I think so.

Much love to OTM, though, as ever.

I go to school in NJ, so the amount of MFY fans hurts my mind, and I like coming here to chat with everyone, and also because there’s alot that I don’t know about baseball and the Sox that everyone here can tell me.

I also agree with the suggestion that being able to ignore “trolls” would be awesome. I come here to avoid MFY fans, not be even more annoyed by them.

Point is, great job to the people who run the site, and thanks alot for making this season/post-season fucking awesome.

Leave Fanposts up, but make comments able to be filtered. People like LouietheLip are mildly entertaining.

/self pimping