after all, i think it’s important at a minor league baseball message board that the community is able to express its preferences for bottled water brands :) lol

did anyone else wonder why in the heck that was even posted? i mean, who cares?

I never post off topic stuff, but yeah, this is a stupid rule.

I was being sarcastic. I have no problem with this rule and, seeing as how this is a FREE website in which John voluntarily gives his time, I see no problem with JOHN setting the rules.
My attempted point was to point out how ridiculous the post was about preferred bottled water brands. I mean, this is a baseball message board. What relevance does that have.
And seeing as how this is JOHN’s website, I think he should be allowed to set the rules and make posts Off Topic as he sees fit.
I for one appreciate all the work he does on this site while not charging one cent. It’s nice for someone like me who wants to learn about milb players without having to pay a fee to read about them.
I think many of us should stop bitching and moaning and appreciate what John does without asking anything in return. If you don’t like his rules, go some where else.

...this is John’s site, don’t you understand?

Hello If you don’t like his policies, then don’t visit.

I personally appreciate that we rarely have off topic discussions. Prior to this policy, it seems several flame wars would break out and detract from the otherwise useful information on this site. Was this an issue before? YES IT WAS.

If you want to comment on somethingelse, get your own blog, or go to one of the many many sites dedicated to that topic.

John will occasionally open up a thread to comment on a current event, reminding us to be civil. I do enjoy reading others opinions, but in now way do I want it to take over the baseball content.

but what is a troll/trolling?

and to clarify, John isn’t saying “No” to all OT Post’s, he’s asking that you clear the Post with him first…sounds pretty reasonable to me!

Can’t say I’m a big fan of this. In fact I strongly disagree with it.

I respect that it’s John’s site and all, but this just isn’t beneficial to the site’s health from what I see. What really makes it so sour is how John posts OT stuff all of the time (whether any of us like the material itself or dislike it doesn’t matter, as it shouldn’t) and then drops that on us. I do agree with his desire to supress certain thinga such as politics, flamewars and what have you. I also understand the question of where the line can be a wide gray area, but still I think something more like “I reserve the right to take down OT as I see fit” would do just fine. You can’t expect to assert a do as I say - not as I do order and expect it to not rub people the wrong way.

And while we’re all into swearing…

Shit, Piss, Fuck, Cunt, Cocksucker, Motherfucker and Tits…. RIP George

Note that we can still post OT non-sequitors within a fanpost.

I finally got my F%&ing boat trailer wired today. Turns out the last owner had cut the groundwire halfway down. I think I deserve another beer now.

This isn’t John’s fault. If you want to blame someone, blame the real culprit…..Barry Bonds! Don’t you know that all problems on planet Earth come back to Barry? Floods, crime, gas prices, that Caveman show…In all seriousness, this is John’s website, and it’s free. If you don’t like how it’s managed, you’re free to find another site.

I can understand why some are upset about this, but what I don’t get is people bitching about John not following his schedule or not doing this or that.

“It’d be awfully nice if John would stick to the schedule that he puts out.”- dman126
Maybe John has other things going on that are more important than a website that he doesn’t charge anyone to read while giving out first-rate info.

As he said: “It would be awful nice if I had unlimited time and didn’t have to worry about my wife and family.

I do the best I can. I have been completely swamped lately and I am behind on most projects. I should get caught up soon, but in the big scheme of things there are other things that have to take priority.”

Seriously people, look at the broader picture. You should be thankful that he’s as involved and willing to listen to suggestions as he is. I’ll bet 99.9 percent of us on this site, if forced to run this site wouldn’t consistently abide to any schedule and would probably say screw it after hearing all the bellyaching.

I for one would like to thank John, like I have before, for offering his time, knowledge and effort into this site. I enjoy it a lot, just like most of you do. Cut the man some slack and appreciate what is here, rather than what isn’t.