Where's JD??

by gg on Sep 29, 2008 1:35 PM EDT

Casual visitor and all that I am, I have been wondering about this for a bit. So I waited till after the season ended. But is he still involved? Is everything ok?

Now, I don't want to slight anyone and all the guys (Slyde) who have been picking up that slack have done great. But since this was JD's baby, I was wondering what the heck happened.

And that's about all I have to say about that.

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I think JD's baby happened

by ken on Sep 29, 2008 1:44 PM EDT 0 recs

a long time ago

JD just doesn’t love us anymore.

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2008 1:45 PM EDT up 0 recs

He had a falling out with the powers-that-be at SBN and decided to move on. I’d expect him to pop back up on the internet somewhere next season, but I don’t think any major involvement with RR is likely in the future. I think he’s proud of the community that evolved here at RR and would’ve liked to continue his involvement, but it just wasn’t in the cards.

Translated: boobs pushed him out.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Sep 29, 2008 1:48 PM EDT 0 recs

So does that make you Boss Slyde now....or is it Boos boobs ?

who does run this site? It has been really good this year and none of us underling RRs want to see it fadeaway.

Ibn Khaldoun and Hulrich Zwingli - now that's real reform, Mr. McCain.

by Madville on Sep 29, 2008 2:06 PM EDT up 0 recs

Both

by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2008 2:14 PM EDT up 0 recs

I'm a top.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Sep 29, 2008 2:29 PM EDT up 0 recs

Makes sense that boobs has an exposed chest

by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2008 2:39 PM EDT up 0 recs

so who does that leave

in terms of the guys in charge of RR?

www.redsminorleagues.com

by dougdirt on Sep 29, 2008 2:06 PM EDT up 0 recs

Rick (boobs) is the lead blogger, but he's been out, so I've been trying to keep the ship floating

Given the experience that I’ve had with other blogs, I’m guessing that I won’t be able to carry the load over the long-term, so we may have to come up with a plan for the future here soon.

Honestly though, this site is fairly self-sufficient. It’s basically a hybrid of a blog and a message board. You guys all do an excellent job of adding to the discussion. The FanPosts™ make sure that news doesn’t get missed, even when the admins are out-to-lunch. And no offense to JD (in fact I’ve said this to him several times), but it’s always been the community that has made this site enjoyable. He was simply the enabler. I was disappointed when he decided to move on, but I understand why.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Sep 29, 2008 2:19 PM EDT up 0 recs

Agree

Speaking of old Reds blogs, is Reds (and Blues) history?

by ken on Sep 29, 2008 2:32 PM EDT up 0 recs

I think so

I think Doc Scott called it quits last December. I think he still posts stuff at Redszone and I had hoped that he would post stuff here too, but I guess he decided against it.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Sep 29, 2008 2:38 PM EDT up 0 recs

R&B

Doc still posts stuff over on Redszone during the season, although he isn’t as active during the offseason so much. When that site was going strong I really enjoyed it.

www.redsminorleagues.com

by dougdirt on Sep 29, 2008 3:04 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yes.

I agree. I miss his posts and even his minor league recaps.

by Brian B on Sep 29, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up 0 recs

why weren't we told about this when he left?

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2008 9:16 PM EDT up 0 recs

ask him

I don’t know.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Sep 29, 2008 10:04 PM EDT up 0 recs

i guess it would have been weird for boobs to make a post saying

I’M IN CHARGE BITCHES!

"It will put a smile on your face to see a Chevy with a Soviet transmission"

by justin007000 on Sep 29, 2008 11:53 PM EDT up 0 recs

I had a feeling something like that happened

I’ve seen that before on other fan sites where they joined networks like scouts.com or rivals.com. Too bad.

So we need to curry favor with you, huh?

by gg on Sep 29, 2008 2:08 PM EDT up 0 recs

Nah

The only real rule is to not piss off the admins. And the best way to piss us off is to annoy the rest of community to the point that the admins need to do something about it.

Speaking of which, there has been no formal announcement, but during our moves, we made BK and Brendanukkah admins for the site. We could have picked any number of people from the site to be admins as so many of you are qualified for the job, but I felt like these two were consistently involved in game threads to the point that if new threads needed to be added or fixed, they would likely be around to handle it. Their help was greatly appreciated and for that they remain admins today.

So, that means that Rick House, myself, Fat Vegas Alan, BK, and Brendanukkah all have the powers to do whatever an admin might need to do. I figured that I should let you know in something starts going wonky with the site or a new thread needs to open up during the playoffs or such, you can contact one of us. I’ve left it open to BK and ’nukkah to do “author” type work if they please, but really their role is to just help maintain order and sanity.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Sep 29, 2008 2:28 PM EDT up 0 recs

And there was very little chance that we'd be off having kids any time soon

Either together or separately.

by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2008 2:41 PM EDT up 0 recs

Especially since we are apparently the same person.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Sep 29, 2008 2:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

little baby BKnukkah!

does he wear a crown or a kippa?

"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 29, 2008 2:47 PM EDT up 0 recs

Not sure.

But there would definitely be a beard involved, which is terrifying.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Sep 29, 2008 2:50 PM EDT up 0 recs

I feel that I should point out that I'm not actually Jewish

by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2008 2:52 PM EDT up 0 recs

you LIED to me!!

i feel so misled…

"for integrity of races and the game" - Dusty Baker

by Charlie Scrabbles on Sep 29, 2008 2:54 PM EDT up 0 recs

I actually don't wear a crown.

Like 90% of the time.

"My wife ain't never ran and got me no pheasant." - Fistbands

by BK on Sep 29, 2008 2:56 PM EDT up 0 recs

Don't piss off the admins, eh?

(Tents fingers, laughs maniacally)

Aw fuck, who am I kidding. I hit snooze three times every morning, I’m way too lazy to cause any real trouble. :)

"Aio, quantitas magna frumentorum est."

by jch24 on Sep 29, 2008 2:46 PM EDT up 0 recs

Whoa

Are you serious? JD’s not coming back? And it’s because of TPTB at SBNation?

Did he tell them that their new format sucks, and we should go back to the old one?

A martyr for the glorious cause!

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Sep 29, 2008 9:03 PM EDT up 0 recs

I'm guessing they paid him money and then told him they could now tell him how to run his site.

And he said go F yourselves.

If a site called “Reds Daily” pops up in February, you should check it out.

by Brian B on Sep 29, 2008 9:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

you know

he never told me the details of what happened, just that he didn’t agree with a lot of what was going on. I wouldn’t be surprised if what you say is true though.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Sep 29, 2008 10:05 PM EDT up 0 recs

Hmm

boobs did just move into a nice new place…

by Brendanukkah on Sep 29, 2008 11:01 PM EDT up 0 recs

What?

Don’t you get a cut?

All Things Bubba: Because how can you not love a baseball player named Bubba?

by BubbaFan on Sep 29, 2008 11:48 PM EDT up 0 recs

Yeah.....

Having used to write for a site that had a bunch of ‘blogs’ under one name, I can say that sometimes you just really disagree with where things are going and can’t put yourself into it anymore. Sometimes there are things going on behind the scenes at places that just don’t work out for people. JD is a class act from everything I have seen from him though, so I doubt he didn’t have something that was reason for him to walk away.

Still, with that said it seems RR is in capable hands.

www.redsminorleagues.com

by dougdirt on Sep 30, 2008 12:31 AM EDT up 0 recs

really? whose?

And having been at SBN and MVN, I will say that SBN seems to be more on the ball than MVN. Then again, I haven’t directly interacted with the SBN guys.

"You never want to give up a 7-0 lead, in your rival's ballpark, that would put them in first place. Never want to do that." - Ron Darling

by Slyde on Sep 30, 2008 7:21 AM EDT up 0 recs

The guys at MVN......

They talk a lot of talk, but don’t get much done. They used to run out a Top 25 most visited sites list when I was over there. Every month I was in the top 20, running a minor league blog nonetheless. Essentially though, they were not worried about the product put out by people though, just that something was being put out and that they were always ‘unveiling’ a new layout or idea that was currently being developed, but never actually came to fruition. They were worried about $ and not really having a good product and keeping/bringing in new readers, which of course would bring in more money.

I haven’t dealt directly with the guys at SBN either, but by the looks of all the sites they have, they actually give a shit about having people come back.

As for RR and capable hands, I can honestly say, I didn’t notice that JD left or there was really any change at all. So someone was doing something right.

www.redsminorleagues.com

by dougdirt on Sep 30, 2008 8:31 AM EDT up 0 recs

JD has a real baby

RR is just his bastard child now.

by Brian B on Sep 29, 2008 8:42 PM EDT 0 recs

stopping by to say hello

this seemed like as good a place as any.

i’ve been dealing with a lot of shit lately, most recently moving. as soon as my pad is up and running i will be back to fulfill whatever duties are remaining for the season (and offseason).

it has been kind of a nice break to get away from this putrid team, though. it was getting to be a bit too much.

finally, im glad slyde is a responsible human being.

What do you mean, "blank slate"?

by boobs on Sep 30, 2008 12:33 AM EDT 0 recs