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Once upon a time, I visited the brewers MLB message board with some regularity, but it was often cluttered with nonsense, and those were dark days indeed. Then one day a poster came along and railed against the moderation on brewerfan.net, and I knew I had found the place for me. One visit later, the addiction started and now I am a proud member of the daily (read hourly) visitors club. This is definitely the best place for Brewer information and civilized and informed conversation. And I lived happily ever after. The End
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Once upon a time, I visited the brewers MLB message board with some regularity, but it was often cluttered with nonsense, and those were dark days indeed. Then one day a poster came along and railed against the moderation on brewerfan.net, and I knew I had found the place for me. One visit later, the addiction started and now I am a proud member of the daily (read hourly) visitors club. This is definitely the best place for Brewer information and civilized and informed conversation. And I lived happily ever after. The End

You know, that's the thing I find sort of amusing. I wonder how many people who wish Brewerfan ill will have actually bolstered our site through driving people to our site. It's sad that there has to be animosity between message boards, because we're all Brewers fans, and there's really not that many of us compared to other teams.

 

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BrewCrewIn2004[/b]]It's the best, it's intelligent talk about Brewers, baseball and anything in general. It's a tight run ship which weeds out the ignorant morons.
I guess I must be going under the radar. My brother quit coming to this site for a while because of what he saw as cliquishness. He of course said something and got himself a strike so I told him to suck it up. I will agree that there is also an "if you can't measure it by stats, it doesn't exist" feel sometimes that leaves no room for intangibles.

Fan is short for fanatic.

I blame Wang.

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I will agree that there is also an "if you can't measure it by stats, it doesn't exist" feel sometimes that leaves no room for intangibles.

Honestly, I think that's a misconception, though. Even the biggest stathead will not disagree that there are skills like "leadership" that aren't quantifiable, but add value. The problem is saying "Craig Counsell's leadership is worth an extra 1M a year"... since it's not quantifiable, there can't be that much of an objective discussion about it.

 

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It's a little interesting how I came to this site. I was playing Sheepshead on Yahoo and someone asked about my user name of Weshelmsfan18. He saw that I was knowledgeable about the brewers and baseball and recommended that I become a member of this site. Whoever that was, I thank you very much.

 

I check this site regularly. It seems like credible information gets out faster. I feel I don't post as much as I should but still enjoy reading everyone's opinion.

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I would say that this site is the most informative site about the brewers, and is also one of the quickest to post daily transaction information/rumors. If there is a trade about to happen, you can be sure that there is a thread concerning that trade. often times, this site out scoops other real newspapers to bring you the information first. Sometimes information regarding a trade is posted too fast. That's why the site has a rumors forum.

 

yes this site has cliques. All sites do. A lot of the posters on this site are very stats oriented. That's not a bad thing. I personally don't like the use of stats because they are often misused to present only one side of an issue. However, I will agree that stats can provide very useful information to develop trends, comparisons, etc.

 

One thing this site does not tolerate is trash talking among fans. This site frowns upon posters making fun of or degrading other posters. this site is also not a place for the quick one liner satire posts.

 

One thing to remember. it's ok to disagree and have a different opinion than another poster. it's another thing to get into an argument with another poster. baiting and egging on other posters is kind of frowned upon. I disagree with a lot of the posters' viewpoints on this site. However, I respect their viewpoints, and they respect my beliefs. We seldom agree, but we know where each are coming from.

 

Something we all forget is that this is a private site owned and operated by Brian and his friends. This site is not a part of the Brewers' organization. It's not a part of any wisconsin paper or media station.. it's not an extension of ESPN. it's not a part of MLB.com. it's a private site run by guys who have day jobs. And it reflects their values and desires. if this were my site, there would be some things I'd do differently, but it's not. I'm a guest here, and must follow the established rules of posting.

 

I don't post here as often as I once did. I'm not as argumentative as I once was. That's not because of anything anybody here has said to me or about me. I don't post very much about anything anymore on any internet forum. To my knowledge I have zero strikes. I guess you could say I'm one of those people Brian gives a little bit more leeway too. I won't say i've earned any extra leeway, but Brian knows where I'm coming from, so he cuts me some slack. I don't post as much simply because my lifestyle changed.

 

This site is not for everybody. But it is a very well run and focused internet site that also offers a fan forum.

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certainly this place is stat-centric, but that's one thing I like about the site in some ways. Other sites are awash with people who make crazy opinions and evidence them with more craziness (I hate the Brewers because it's cold in February), but here you're challenged some to back up what you're saying. One one hand that causes some of the cliquishness, but it also helps create a focused dialogue.

 

either Brewers news or even off-topic news is posted immediately. There are times when I've come across news that just broke, I'll check brewerfan, and there will be four pages on it already.

 

and we definitely can't forget the awesome work that Colbyjack does with the minor league forum. I've never come across a site that has anywhere near as much information.

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I am pretty sure a single person who doesn't need to be named has actually doubled the readership of Brewerfan.net simply because that is all he ever talks about on other message boards all be it very negatively.

 

I used to contribute to the JS Online forum fairly regulary because there are a decent amount of knowledgeable people over there but a couple people completely screwed everything up and would not allow for intelligent conversation to take place.

 

I have never posted at mlb.com or ESPN but occasionally I will peek at MLB.com to see what kind of wonderful insightful conversation is going on.

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I really enjoy this site too. I think we all would be suprised how many actually visit brewerfan on a daily basis. I'm sure there are others like myself that really enjoy the content and humor on the site, but don't neccesarily post on a frequent basis.
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certainly this place is stat-centric, but that's one thing I like about the site in some ways. Other sites are awash with people who make crazy opinions and evidence them with more craziness

 

That's the double-edged sword of statistical analysis of baseball. On one hand, there may be some who are alienated by VORP and FIP and PECOTA being thrown around like the terms we grew up with: run-producer, ERA, and skills. On the other hand colloquial terms all leave a ton of extra subjectivity and the argument can't be settled as easily as when you compare to hitters by OPS and OXS. The lack of objective measures can and does lead to a ton of fighting and nonsense since it's much harder for one side to clearly be seen as right.

 

That's not at all to say constructive examination and criticism of stats can't make for a great discussion, as it has many times on this site. There's also plenty of room for pure opinion and gut feeling, as long as it doesn't go toward nonsense levels of "well, my gut just tells me that Hart is a crappy player, and you won't convince me otherwise."

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I hate this site because it is cold in March.

 

I'll admit that I tend not to contribute so much to the wonderful core baseball knowledge on this site. For instance, I would say something snarky like "Gygax Runs Out of Hit Points" or somesuch in the middle of a serious convesation. Or say something like my lead in. Or start a sentence with a preposition much to the ire of English majors everywhere.

 

I love the Brewers with a passion usually reserved for insane football hooligans, but I also love civil discourse about baseball. Watching a well played game is like watching a symphony work together, and I love it when that symphony plays "Roll Out the Barrell" for an encore. I know the posters here feel the same way.

 

Thanks.

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From what I have seen thus far, this site is a bunch of knowledgable people who somehow became addicted to Brewers baseball and who need to feed their addiction daily. And their remedy is Brewerfan.net.

That is a great summary.

 

 

Just one more refresh...
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I wonder how many people who wish Brewerfan ill will have actually bolstered our site through driving people to our site.
This is excerpted from one of our recent membership applications. I've deleted the board and member name.
I was a poster on [deleted] and learned about bf.net from a poster named [deleted] always complaining about it. ;-)
http://forum.brewerfan.net/images/smilies/smile.gif

That’s the only thing Chicago’s good for: to tell people where Wisconsin is.

[align=right]-- Sigmund Snopek[/align]

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