Site History

[Gashouse6]

When was this site made and who started it. Also, who were some of the first Mods?

[webmaster]

The site evolved more than being made. It was initially a discussion board literally built inside of Baseball Almanac (http://www.baseball-almanac.com). The software I was using back then was literally consuming more bandwidth by itself in a week then some sites use in a year. Two reasons why; one was because it was a very popular feature and the second was because the software was not really designed for large forums.

I bought a new domain (this one), bought an owned license for a new high volume mysql / php drive forum, and built this site. Then I shut down both forums and did my best to move the threads & members from the old site to this site.

I lost about 2,000 threads in that conversion and roughly 500 member accounts were deleted. Quite a few members were not pleased with the new style and design either and left for other forums. It was no turning back so I just kept working as hard as I could on Baseball Fever and this Opening Day will be our sixth birthday. The posts are no longer an issue, the membership here is unparalled, and the bandwidth is not an issue in the slightest. So it was a good long term decisision on our part to break away and create a self-contained system.

As for the original moderators, wow, that is one I've never really thought about. Some of come, gone, come back. Others are new. There are still members here who remember that move in 2000 from Almanac to Fever. The Commissioner is probably the longest active moderator on the forum and maybe they will help me remember this one (without cheating and looking it up in the admin panel).

Sean

[Kroxquo]

I remember the switch over (in fact I remember when the site was largely made up of about 20 members and a 100 post thread was a BIG deal). I'm proud to have been with this site this long and I value the friendships I've made here.

[VTSoxFan]

I remember the switchover, too. Coulda sworn it was in '01... Anyway, this is the only place, as far as I'm concerned, to have civil, witty, rational, intelligent baseball conversation. When I came aboard in late '01, FenwayJeff was the only Red Sox moderator. Some of those we now consider mainstays like Mattingly, RuthMayBond, Bill Burgess -- these folks had not joined yet. I think I'm User #788... so I'm an old-timer here. :)

[Bill Burgess]

When I arrived here in October, 2003, all the heavy lifting had been done, and I've been enjoying the benefits of the pioneers ever since.

Some of the join dates of some senior & latter day immigrants.



Lou Gehrig------------Jan., 2000
Auto Mick-------------Jan., 2000
Captain Cold Nose-----Jan., 2000
Macker---------------Jan., 2000
2Chance--------------Jan., 2000

VTSoxFan----------Sept. 7, 2001
Appling---------------Aug., 2002
BoSox Rules----------Aug., 2002
Baseball Guru---------Aug., 2002
Chancellor------------Sep., 2002

Dodger Deb--------Jan. 4, 2003
Mattingly------------Feb., 2003
Eddie Collins---------Jul., 2003
Westsidegrounds---Sept., 2003
Bill Burgess-------Oct., 2003
ElHalo--------------Oct., 2003
Imapotato----------Oct., 2003
csh19792001-------Oct., 2003

RuthMayBonds------Jan., 2004
Catcher24----------Feb., 2004
Splendid Splinter----Apr., 2004
leecemark----------Apr., 2004
Four Tool----------Apr., 2004
Julusnc------------Apr., 2004
abacab------------June, 2004
West Coast Orange & Black- Aug., 2004
Mac195------------Nov., 2004
Honus Wagner Rules- Nov., 2004

Jalbright----------March, 2005
538280------------May, 2005
SABR Matt---------May, 2005
Sultan, 1895_1948-Sep., 2005

Bill Burgess

[2Chance]

I remember the transition, and thought it went pretty seamlessly.

Everything that was not the same as the old forum is better.

But I only say that to say this:
Kudos, Sean!

...we just don't get to say that often enough, and this thread is the best excuse I've seen for it in a while.

[Ubiquitous]

The posts are no longer an issue, the membership here is unparalled, and the bandwidth is not an issue in the slightest. So it was a good long term decisision on our part to break away and create a self-contained system.

I'm not going to lose any sleep over it but I do miss the missing posts. I chalk it up to a better BBS. For those who were not around the old one was hard on the eyes and in format. Much much better system this one is, sound like Yoda.

As for the original moderators, wow, that is one I've never really thought about. Some of come, gone, come back. Others are new. There are still members here who remember that move in 2000 from Almanac to Fever. The Commissioner is probably the longest active moderator on the forum and maybe they will help me remember this one (without cheating and looking it up in the admin panel).

Sean

ARe you sure the move happened in 2000? I remember the move and I wasn't here in 2000. I thought it happened in the fall of 2001.

[Ubiquitous]

I remember the switch over (in fact I remember when the site was largely made up of about 20 members and a 100 post thread was a BIG deal). I'm proud to have been with this site this long and I value the friendships I've made here.

Yeah and most of those 100 posts threads usually involved Researcher yelling at someone.



Some of the guys who were a big part of the forum before the change-over but are gone now:

Researcher
Baseball Trivia Nut
erictelevision
Themescules
Steffo
Baseballwise


poster #1052 so not too far behind ya VT.

[Ubiquitous]

When I arrived here in October, 2003, all the heavy lifting had been done, and I've been enjoying the benefits of the pioneers ever since.

Some of the join dates of the latter day immigrants.


VTSoxFan-------------Jan., 2000
Lou Gehrig------------Jan., 2000
Auto Mick-------------Jan., 2000
Captain Cold Nose-----Jan., 2000
Macker---------------Jan., 2000
2Chance--------------Jan., 2000



When the change over happened all the join dates got erased so everybody that had an existing account had their join date set to Jan 2000.

By the way a little trivia. Poster #1 is Webmaster, guess who is #2? The famous Banxy who has never posted a thing. Then still active KenFougere is #3. Out of the first ten posters only two are still active while out of the other 8 only one poster has more then a handful of posts.

[VTSoxFan]

I remember the precise date when I signed up: Friday, 9/7/01, in a thread discussing the possibility of Ugueth Urbina coming to Boston. Then I complained about Boston getting only 4 hits in a game v. NY, and Pedro pitching with a shoulder injury. How do I remember? Well, firstly, I'm a dork. :lookitup But the following Tuesday... well, one naturally dates things backward and forward from that event. Much of the following week was spent posting stunned, philosophical stuff after 9/11, wondering whether baseball should continue or just close up shop for the rest of the season, or what the length of the mourning should be.

Remember Pet Terns, who claimed that the fact that the 9/11 hijackers' planes came from Boston was karmic revenge for the sale of Babe Ruth? Holy cow.

And whatever happened to Bly11? He was one of my faves when I first joined.

I wonder how many of our 10,000+ members have posted fewer than 10 times.

[brewcrew82]

According to my calculations 1,617 posters have posted 10 or more times...and you think you're a dork, Annie. :)

[Captain Cold Nose]

I think I joined up in late 2000, and remember the old version of the site. I also remember Pat, and how on his farewell to the troops, he started by saying he started the thread that was at the time the longest thread in site history. (It wasn't, but Pat never was one for actual reality.) baseballwise, as sweet a lady as you'd ever want to meet, even lost her composure with him.
We've come a long way to getting to the point where we're at now.
I remember in my early days here, I can't remember the thread topic, me calling another denizen of the Tigers forum, racosun, an alarmist because I thought he was overreacting to something. I think. Either way, we are friends now, and I am glad of that.

[Bill Burgess]

I wonder who has the most posts, like the top 20 members in terms of prolificy (sp). Any way to find out?

Bill

[Ubiquitous]

Go to member list and hit posts. It will rank them in terms of most posts.

right now I'm sitting at 11th

[Captain Cold Nose]

Go to member list and hit posts. It will rank them in terms of most posts.

right now I'm sitting at 11th
I better start running some polls real quick.

[Bill Burgess]

right now I'm sitting at 11th
That's not possible. No way. There are many more than that with more posts to their credit than 10! I listed more than 10 in my brief chart!!

Bill

[digglahhh]

Yeah, that's because Ubiq is the resuurection of a previous poster. This was before my time, but in terms of the BBF lore, the rumor is that he used to be cubbieinexile.

Cubbieinexile posts 3052
+ Ubiquitous posts 1749
___________________________
4801

Good for #11.

Hey maybe I should work for the San Fran Chronicle...:D

[Bill Burgess]

Yeah, that's because Ubiq is the resuurection of a previous poster. This was before my time, but in terms of the BBF lore, the rumor is that he used to be cubbieinexile.

Cubbieinexile posts 3052
+ Ubiquitous posts 1749
___________________________
4801

Good for #11.

Hey maybe I should work for the San Fran Chronicle...:D
Naw. Still not buying the snake oil. I have over 7,000 posts & I doubt I crack the top 20. I'd imagine I'm somewhere around 30th.

Look at folks like RuthMayBond, ElHalo, Dodger Deb, leecemark, 538280. They post every single day, no matter what. How can Ubi keep pace with them?

Dr. Sceptical

[Bill Burgess]

Sorry Bill, you meant posts per day.

Rate stats, I thought we were talking counting stats.:D

No, no. You were correct. You did not make a mistake.
We are talking about who has the most posts - accumlative, counting "stats", of all the members.

I reckon I have over 7,000 posts and rank maybe 30th of all Fever members. And that is why I can't imagine Ubi/cubbie, with around 4,800 posts as ranking as high as 11th.

Bill

[Captain Cold Nose]

No, no. You were correct. You did not make a mistake.
We are talking about who has the most posts - accumlative, counting "stats", of all the members.

I reckon I have over 7,000 posts and rank maybe 30th of all Fever members. And that is why I can't imagine Ubi/cubbie, with around 4,800 posts as ranking as high as 11th.

Bill
You're seventh, Bill. I'm not sure where you came up with your rank.

[Bill Burgess]

You're seventh, Bill. I'm not sure where you came up with your rank.

I was just guessing. Where did you get your information, and how did you arrive at it. I'd like to see a listing. Is there such a listing. Please tell me you didn't go through every letter.

Bill

[Bill Burgess]

Go to "Members List" and click on "Posts." It should sort out the list by number of posts.

I just checked and I'm number 35, and I was the 2,928th person to sign up at BBF, a little over 2½ years ago.

Did, it worked, thanks!

Bill

[DODGER DEB]

I tried it also and found that I am #11 on the list, and I joined on January 4, 2003.

Thanks, Mojo!

c.

[KHenry14]

Dang, I'm only 98th, I've gotta post more!

KH14

[Imapotato]

When I arrived here in October, 2003, all the heavy lifting had been done, and I've been enjoying the benefits of the pioneers ever since.

Some of the join dates of some senior & latter day immigrants.


Bill Burgess-------Oct., 2003
ElHalo--------------Oct., 2003
Imapotato----------Oct., 2003
csh19792001-------Oct., 2003




I hereby claim the draft class of Oct 2003 the best :)

[Bill Burgess]

I hereby claim the draft class of Oct 2003 the best :)And long may it reign. Oct., 2003 RULES!

Senior Cheerleader

[Brooklyn]

I remember the switchover, too. Coulda sworn it was in '01... Anyway, this is the only place, as far as I'm concerned, to have civil, witty, rational, intelligent baseball conversation. When I came aboard in late '01, FenwayJeff was the only Red Sox moderator. Some of those we now consider mainstays like Mattingly, RuthMayBond, Bill Burgess -- these folks had not joined yet. I think I'm User #788... so I'm an old-timer here. :)

How do you know your user number?

[Mattingly]

How do you know your user number?
I think you have to count, since it doesn't list #1, #2, #3, etc. Here's the link:

http://www.baseball-fever.com/memberlist.php?&order=DESC&sort=posts&pp=30

Oh, and don't ask who the top 2 posters are. One's got not life and the other's out in left field somewhere.

[Erik Bedard]

With this post, I am moving past Tideman80 into 260th place. And I joined barely two months ago!

[Mattingly]

With this post, I am moving past Tideman80 into 260th place. And I joined barely two months ago!
Uhmmmmmmmm, are you interested in quality or quantity? If the former, don't worry about post count. If the latter, then ... you'd be worried too much about how high you are on the list.

Just talk good baseball is all I can say.

[Edgartohof]

I've gotta say, I never much paid attention to that feature here at this site. I've always wondered where I "ranked" overall (83rd).

And I'm only a month or so away from being a member for 2 years here, so not exactly new, but not exactly a mainstay (yet). Personally, I love this site, I may not post something everyday (though I try to), but I sure do spend a lot of time on the site, reading what others have written, and have learned a LOT in the last couple years since joining here. Before coming here, I was a new "full-time" fan of the game, and new little about baseball outside of the Mariners. I now have a much better grasp of the history of the game and the players. I have enjoyed my time so far, and don't plan on it ending any time soon.

[brewcrew82]

How do you know your user number?

Go to your public profile and look at the url...here is yours: http://www.baseball-fever.com/member.php?u=459

You're #459...:)

[Go Bravos!!!#1]

Great Thread for a Great Site....For a Great Game. It's amazing how baseball has brought us all together.:atthepc :coffee

[SadisticTone]

This site is hot. I've only been a member for like five minutes, and just browing around people seem to know a lot of stuff. Except for one clown on a thread in the history of the game who was clueless on PED'S.

[webmaster]

Please always keep in mind though that we all truly do value quality of post over quanity of post. It is so easy just to say:

I agree.

But that really serves little function. It does show support, I realize, and it does show (obviously) how you feel, but it lacks content. Here is a much better version of the same thing that I believe has set us apart over these years of transition:

I agree completely and would also like to point out that he had more holds that season than any other player in his league.

Faithfully yours,

Member #1 (yuck),

Sean

[Empty_One]

Please always keep in mind though that we all truly do value quality of post over quanity of post.

Which is why, after 3 years, my post count is so low. :D (0.04 posts per day)

However, I prefer to read the day away. I must say, this is one of the best forums I have found on any topic when it comes to information, and quality of posts.