What is THE central focus of MetsBlog.com?

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I'm just wondering.

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by All Shook Down on Sep 2, 2009 6:09 PM EDT reply actions

6: Occurrences of the name, “Matthew Cerrone” and/or a picture of said person.
8: Occurrences of the word, “Mets”.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Sep 2, 2009 6:14 PM EDT reply actions

“Follow me on Twitter”

by All Shook Down on Sep 2, 2009 6:18 PM EDT reply actions

I'm pretty sure their main focus is

1) to keep fans from posting how they really feel about the team by keeping them in moderation forever.

2) for Matt to showcase his ability to multi task.

3) to accentuate the positives ( in short supply ), while glossing over the negatives.

by fxcarden on Sep 2, 2009 6:51 PM EDT reply actions

number 3 has been my beef with him recently

I feel like he does his readers a disservice by not being honest about the bad as well as the good. Not that he’s lying or anything. of course, SNY probably wouldn’t let him anyway

"I reject your reality and substitute my own"
-Adam Savage

by blueandorange4life on Sep 3, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions

honestly I don't get all the hate for MetsBlog

Every member of this site has the ability to make FanPosts/FanShots and they still get the news quicker then us more often than not.

"Solo homers usually come with no one on base." -Ralph Kiner

by metsguy234 on Sep 2, 2009 8:07 PM EDT reply actions

I don't think its "hate"

more like contempt.

by fxcarden on Sep 2, 2009 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I actually disagree.

There have been times when I or someone else has put up a FanShot of some big development before Cerrone. I don’t really care, but it’s worth noting.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Sep 3, 2009 12:08 AM EDT up reply actions

I don't see a problem with this

Matt has every right to market himself in his own website, it’s probably why he was picked up by SNY though the hit counts sure didn’t hurt. Also, with reporters basically chastising Matt for being a “news compiler” that leaches off them, it’s important for him to show that Metsblog readers come for him as well as the links he puts, whether the latter is true or not, I can’t say, but, again, I really don’t see the problem with this.

by Sokojoe on Sep 2, 2009 8:20 PM EDT reply actions

He can do whatever he wants on his own web site.

It’s seldom that I visit MetsBlog.com because I use Google Reader to aggregate a reading list. In search of a particular blog item, I visited the URL and upon first glance, it struck me how really self-absorbed it is. In general, there’s nothing wrong with self-promotion, but as a purported “voice of the fans” and a man who coined the slogan “One Team, One Million GMs”, don’t you think this is a little overboard?

I also find it amusing that he’s throwing his name around like it has some sort of gravitas. Like, “Whoa, It’s Matt Cerrone’s MetsBlog! I remember the time Matt said ‘…i mean, i don’t know how to judge Murphy…on one hand, he could really hit, but on the other hand he looks shaky at first base…‘ and that other time he asked that opposing team’s blogger …without looking at stats, from your gut, do you feel that he hits in the clutch?’”

by All Shook Down on Sep 2, 2009 10:16 PM EDT up reply actions

eh this is nitpicking IMO

i have no problem with cerrone, mainly because metsblog is still the best mets information source out there, in terms of getting the most reliable info and getting it fast. as long as the product is good he can toot his own horn all he likes.

in fact that is the same reason why hes getting paid to do what we all do in our spare time, the reason why hes on tv almost daily and why he was probably able to quit his day job and cover the mets fulltime, and if he hasn’t yet he’ll be able to soon. basically this is why he is living a blogger’s dream. frankly it would be stupid of him not to showcase himself and his talents and its something that every single one of us would be doing to if we were only so lucky.

i’ve always felt that the disdain for him among many mets fans is really just a knee-jerk dislike for anyone who gives opinions for a living. theres a certain percentage who are going to hate you no matter what you say. and theres probably a bit of jealousy mixed in there as well.

by Rob Castellano on Sep 2, 2009 10:56 PM EDT reply actions

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“i’ve always felt that the disdain for him among many mets fans is really just a knee-jerk dislike for anyone who gives opinions for a living.”

What opinions does he give?

by All Shook Down on Sep 2, 2009 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions

well…he decides to give…opinions on what’s going on…in the world of the New York…Mets.

"I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf"
-Tug McGraw

by squid92 on Sep 3, 2009 12:09 AM EDT up reply actions

You guys are obsessed with disarming this guy.

It’s not like he’s Murray Chass or something. No need make Matt Cerrone such a target. There are far dumber Mets blogs out there than MetsBlog.com and yet they get by unscathed because they’re not as well known.

by TheBigStapler on Sep 3, 2009 10:52 AM EDT reply actions