Here We Are Now, Entertain Us
Tue, Mar 22, 2005
by Geoff Young
When the light’s on, it’s less dangerous. I feel stupid and contagious. But enough about me.
Welcome to Ducksnorts. To my current readers, this is the cool thing I’ve been talking about for a while. Was it good for you? (Hint: the answer is yes.) To those of you just stumbling onto us for the first time, glad you could make it. Grab a drink and sit a spell. Go on, any drink will do. We’ll wait.
Okay, so let’s get this awkward stuff out of the way. Things to know:
- Ducksnorts was born in 1997 with a rant about Hideki Irabu.
- About the name: A ducksnort is a bloop base hit that falls between fielders. The original idea was that Ducksnorts would cover stuff that the “big boppers” (i.e., mainstream media) might miss. Plus it sounds funny.
- I like email. I don’t always respond right away (family, job, etc.), but I do read everything. Drop me a line; the addy’s over there on the right.
- I grew up in LA and rooted for the Dodgers as a kid. I saw the error of my ways in the early ’90s and have been a Padre fan ever since.
- I’m 35 years old; married, with two dogs (adopted).
- I play guitar and “sing” in a local San Diego band, Chin Waggers. I’ll geek out on music every now and then, so bear with me. Also, I’m not above pimping my band’s gigs.
And probably the most important things to know about Ducksnorts are that it’s a work in progress and that it doesn’t happen without you. So if you have any ideas (and I know you do), please leave ‘em in the comments or shoot me an email. My goal is to make Ducksnorts a great place to come and talk baseball, so let me know you’re out there.
Finally, I need to say thank you to a few people:
- Christian, Evan, and everyone at A-B/MVN
- All my readers; you know who you are
- My wife, family, and friends
- Anyone else I’ve forgotten
That should cover it. Thanks again for visiting. Back to baseball…
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March 22, 2005 at 9:47 pm
Let me be first to say (at least on the new site), congratulations! Looking forward to your posts as always!
March 22, 2005 at 10:29 pm
2005 is off to a GREAT start!
Blog ON!
March 22, 2005 at 11:58 pm
Hey Geoff,
Welcome to A-B. I like the name “Ducksnorts” since that pretty much describes my hitting style. I guess I just have to rib a San Diego fan a bit about having their blog somewhat close in name to a team from Anaheim :).
Have fun here.
March 23, 2005 at 6:24 am
proud to say that I discovered Ducksnorts many years ago on my own, completely unsolicited, and I’ve been an avid reader since. It feels almost like picking a someone in single-A as a sleeper prospect, and following him through his minor league career and his road to the Show.
March 23, 2005 at 6:50 am
Thanks, all, for the kind words.
Dex: congrats to you guys as well for getting the GaslampBall.com gig. Nicely done.
LynchMob, Eric: Good to see you guys over here. “Sleeper prospect” - yeah, I kinda like that.
10man: Good call about the Ducks. Funny that the only team from Anaheim that uses the city’s name is in a league that doesn’t play games.
March 23, 2005 at 4:08 pm
I’ve updated my subscription. Congrats on the move!