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Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #630 on: August 22, 2014, 02:45:25 pm »
Nice! Dwight Smith was one of my favorites!

Met him (and Jerome Walton as well) at a card show the winter after the '89 season...still have their autographed pics hanging in my home office...

Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #631 on: August 22, 2014, 02:46:09 pm »
What does it mean to sponsor a page?

Dave, look at Hector's page...you'll see where it is sponsored...

Dave23

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #632 on: August 22, 2014, 02:49:04 pm »
Rick Monday is $45.

Mark Prior is $75.

Luis Valbuena is $105. King of the bat flip!

Rod Beck is only $25. Bargain for Shooter!


Jes Beard

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #633 on: August 22, 2014, 04:16:47 pm »
What does it mean to sponsor a page?

It means you send them money for the right to have your name listed on the page.... showing that you were foolish enough to send them money.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #634 on: August 22, 2014, 06:06:35 pm »
So, helping sponsor a site makes one a fool, according to jes...

There must be some way I can put this to good use...

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #635 on: August 22, 2014, 07:02:19 pm »
Part of the attitude that makes him so beloved around here (and elsewhere, I'm sure).

Jes Beard

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #636 on: August 22, 2014, 09:29:38 pm »
So, helping sponsor a site makes one a fool, according to jes...

There must be some way I can put this to good use...

Part of the attitude that makes him so beloved around here (and elsewhere, I'm sure).

I do notice that neither of you have offered any other response to davep's question, that neither of you have even suggested that sponsoring a page does anything OTHER than make you look like a fool.

Does it also give you some access to additional statistical secrets not otherwise available at the site?

Does it give you any role in shaping or changing the content of the site?

Does it give you access to any additional functions offered by baseball-reference.com, such as an ability to sort or organize the data in different ways?

Or does it merely show you were foolish enough to send them some money to have your name listed there to let the world know you sent them some money just to have your name listed there?

I will readily accept that there might be some advertising value to sponsoring a page... for those individuals or businesses which might benefit from the advertising, but I don't think most of the folks who post here would come remotely close to meeting that description.

So, I ask again, other than making a sponsor look a bit like a sap who simply wanted to give his money away, what is it that sponsoring a page does?

Jes Beard

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #637 on: August 22, 2014, 09:33:19 pm »
It would make much more sense to send Theo a check, payable to the Cubs' with a request that he spend it on scouting, or for signing a FA.

And I don't think I would jump on idea, either.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #638 on: August 22, 2014, 09:53:25 pm »

I didn't see any sponsorship info until I turned off the AdBlock Plus for baseball-reference.



You can sponsor the Tuffy Rhodes page for $20:  http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/rhodeka01.shtml


Jes Beard

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #639 on: August 22, 2014, 10:26:17 pm »
It would make much more sense to send Theo a check, payable to the Cubs' with a request that he spend it on scouting, or for signing a FA.

And I don't think I would jump on that idea, either.

jacey1

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #640 on: August 25, 2014, 01:09:04 pm »
So, helping sponsor a site makes one a fool, according to jes...

There must be some way I can put this to good use...
Just don't ask him to represent you in a court of law......HE CANT!!!! He was disbarred

DelMarFan

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #641 on: August 25, 2014, 01:43:26 pm »
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So, I ask again, other than making a sponsor look a bit like a sap who simply wanted to give his money away, what is it that sponsoring a page does?

I'm going to make an exception to my Policy on Responding to Jes's Posts, which is "Don't, because life it too short to argue with someone who clearly likes to argue."

1)  I use baseballreference.com to look stuff up.  I value their service and work.  Yes, it is free, and I wouldn't have to pay them anything, but I think that by throwing them a bit of money it will allow them to keep doing what they're doing.  Or make the site better.  Or maybe make their lives a bit better, and I don't mind funding a bit of that since they provide a service I enjoy.

2)  Yes, I used my money, but the sponsorship says "sponsored by Bleacher Bums Forum."  Like Dave said, maybe it will bring in some fresh posters.  It's always nice when a new, thoughtful voice (like CBJ) comes aboard to replace posters no longer among us (bleacherboy, GoBlue, weatherguy) and help dilute your asinine posts.

/exception.

JR

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #642 on: August 25, 2014, 01:48:01 pm »
Well regardless if this is wasted money or not, here's the latest contribution to the BBF Global Outreach Campaign for 2014.  Surprisingly, this cost less than renewing Shawon Dunston's page last year.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/baezja01.shtml
« Last Edit: August 25, 2014, 01:56:19 pm by JR »

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #643 on: August 25, 2014, 01:50:11 pm »
By the way, I second what DMF said.  Great website and we get the word out about our wonderful chat board. 

At least it's wonderful when CurtOne is on vacation, anyway.

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Re: Cubs History
« Reply #644 on: August 25, 2014, 01:59:58 pm »
When CurtOne goes on vacation BigBadBanana signs in