YCS and a bit of a rant

Couple of things to say. First of all, it has always been my belief that YCS was to be a place for people who were specialists in each sport. Here, everyone knew something that could help enlighten the others and our readers. For example, Matt Z is an expert at college basketball, Vinnie in baseball, Matt and Nathan know more about football (pointy ball) than I could ever hope to know. My area of expertise is football (round ball). So I contribute the stories, commentary, and bad writing of those beats that otherwise would go unpunished.

On that note, at the same time, YCS should be a place to rip apart bad sportswriting and poor analysis in general. This seems to be something that fans of all sports could agree with. Even if I can't explain what separates a great offensive line from a good one, or a 2.50 ERA pitcher from 2.75, I can still tell when some asshole writer is full of shit.

Let's also keep in mind that since I became the "soccer guy" on this blog and was told to "leave the baseball to us," (a field where I admit I have little knowledge) there have been 113 articles published on YCS. Only 18 have concerned the beautiful game. That comes out to just less than 16%. Rather paltry showing for the world's most popular sport on the latest addition to the world wide web.

As for my "four-a-day" posting rate, I think one should take a good look around before pointing fingers. The most I have ever posted in a day is twice. An offbeat story and a piece of magnificently bad writing happened to occur in the same day. When it comes time for the "four-a-day" postings, look around at the "Big Four" sports. Nothing wrong with that. I like a lot of postings. Gives me something intelligent to read for a change.

As for a respectable sportsblog and for what the "readers" want, let's not forget what starts June 9th in Munich. I saw for myself 4 years ago how ordinary Americans stop in the middle of their commute to catch a few minutes of a game on tv in a bar in a train station. Not all, but many people who may have never been to a match before, take interest during the world's greatest sporting event. So sit down, kick back, and leave the soccer to me.