Blog Title: BaseBlogging

A Sports Bloggers Network

For quite some time I’ve wanted a way to connect with other sports bloggers. I was hoping that Baseblogging would be a way to do it, but I’ve never been able to put the time into it. So it was time to try a new tactic, and with that we have the Sports Bloggers Network read more..

My move to VPS

Last week I made the decision to move my blogs from shared hosting to a virtual private server (VPS). While I’ve had self hosted blogs for a number of years, I still find myself learning new things all the time, and this was especially true when moving VPS. In my case I was only moving read more..

Installing Wordpress 2.7

One of the downsides of being a self hosted Wordpress user is having to do manual upgrades when new versions of the software are released. It’s a multi-step process that involves backing up your database (okay, you should be doing this regardless), disabling plugins, uploading the new files, re-activating the plugins one by one, and read more..

Padres seem to get blogging

Ducksnorts proprietor Geoff Young recently sat down for a lengthy conversation with San Diego Padres CEO Sandy Alderson. They cover a number of topics in the 3 part series, but of interest here is Alderson’s take on blogging. Alderson comments on Paul Depodesta’s blog and how it is another avenue to communicate with the fans The read more..

Wordpress hacked

For those of you using Wordpress to power your blogs you need to be on the look out for some hacking which appears to be widespread. If you’re looking at your site you won’t notice it, but if you look at your stats you may notice a dip in referral traffic. The hack redirects visitors read more..

Bob Costas joins ranks of ignorant MSM

Add Bob Costas to the list of mainstream media who feel that all bloggers work from their parents basements. In an illogically constructed rant oozing with ignorance Costas lashes out against those who enjoy debating sports. Costas questioned why fans would take part in an ESPN.com poll. He questions why anyone would care about read more..

A behind the scenes report on things behind the scenes

I promise this blog won’t become the promotional tool for SNY bloggers, but I have to point you to more from Matthew Cerrone and his adventures at spring training.: Opinion: I am more Naive than I thought In the piece are some valuable lessons for those bloggers who 1) always knock the mainstream media and read more..

Win-Win for WasWatching.com and SNY

SNY, the sports network in New York is genius. Several months ago they teamed up with Matthew Cerrone and MetsBlog. Now they have added a Yankees blogger to the mix by teaming up with Steve Lombardi and WasWatching.com In both cases the blogs get to keep doing exactly what they were doing before with the authors read more..

Ducksnorts the annual

Geoff Young, the proprietor of Ducksnorts and Knucklecurve, as well as a contributor at The Hardball Times and Baseball Digest Daily, has just released his 2008 edition of the Ducksnorts annual. I know this is a huge labor of love for Geoff, as well as just a lot of labor. But this is yet read more..

Bleacher Report clarification

Last week when I wrote about Bleacher Report I noted that one downside of the service was that the writer doesn’t own the content. I’ve since been corrected and I’d like to thank Dave Nemetz for clarifying: One correction I wanted to note is that Bleacher Report writers do own the content, and are often read more..