Doing it right
As a journalist who feels that online is the only way to distribute and digest information I have a deep appreciation for people and organizations that know how to get the word out. Conversely, I have an intense loathing for anyone who can't figure it out.
I have 11 Giants related feeds in my Google reader. That's mainly because I'm still selective about the information I receive directly sent to me. I'm more a person that wants the very best at my door and I'll follow links to the rest when they warrant it.
One of the chosen few is the Chronicle's Giants feed. I also subscribe to Henry Schulman's podcast on iTunes. While the podcast can be nice occasionally while I'm reading something else the feed itself is terrible.
Today I had seven new entries waiting for me. One was Giants related, this Schulman piece on the Pedro Feliz talks which has made the rounds. Two others were on the hall of fame vote and four were about Roger Clemens and steroids.
Those six other articles may have something Giants related. The hall of fame articles could compare Jim Rice to Orlando Cepeda or tell some interesting story of Goose Gossage discussing facial hair with Gaylord Perry, a renown barber from his college days in Akron, Ohio. I don't know. I didn't read them.
San Francisco is in the middle of one of the most technologically advanced areas in the country and it can't even put up a blog on it's hometown team that does more than post a comment starter every few days. What I want, and I'm guessing others like me, is something like what the Mariners have at the Seattle Times.
I know the Chronicle shouldn't be considered the premier source of Giants information for the stats based community, that would most likely be the San Jose Mercury-News. But shouldn't we as fans expect more information from the city's paper?
I have 11 Giants related feeds in my Google reader. That's mainly because I'm still selective about the information I receive directly sent to me. I'm more a person that wants the very best at my door and I'll follow links to the rest when they warrant it.
One of the chosen few is the Chronicle's Giants feed. I also subscribe to Henry Schulman's podcast on iTunes. While the podcast can be nice occasionally while I'm reading something else the feed itself is terrible.
Today I had seven new entries waiting for me. One was Giants related, this Schulman piece on the Pedro Feliz talks which has made the rounds. Two others were on the hall of fame vote and four were about Roger Clemens and steroids.
Those six other articles may have something Giants related. The hall of fame articles could compare Jim Rice to Orlando Cepeda or tell some interesting story of Goose Gossage discussing facial hair with Gaylord Perry, a renown barber from his college days in Akron, Ohio. I don't know. I didn't read them.
San Francisco is in the middle of one of the most technologically advanced areas in the country and it can't even put up a blog on it's hometown team that does more than post a comment starter every few days. What I want, and I'm guessing others like me, is something like what the Mariners have at the Seattle Times.
I know the Chronicle shouldn't be considered the premier source of Giants information for the stats based community, that would most likely be the San Jose Mercury-News. But shouldn't we as fans expect more information from the city's paper?
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