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Originally posted by James Leatherwood:
sorry about the length ...
For the record, Jim, I just went through the registration process solely for the opportunity to reply to your note.
I was thrilled when I discovered the URC - the articles were great, and for a relative newcomer, invaluable. BUT ...those same articles are now stale, and I don't see many new ones.
How are potential buyers to know whether the same problem will plague eUmpire? After all, the site doesn't have the track record of Referee magazine, and Web sites have a nasty habit of folding.
As for this discussion board ... what can I get here that I won't get on eTeamz, the URC, and the LUmpires email list?
The POTD is a great idea ... but Carl quit doing it on eTeamz. Will it last longer here?
One bennie that I see for this site is the explicit requirement that the discussions remain civil. Once the user base grows, that requirement alone will be enough to get me back.
My $0.02 worth.
James Leatherwood
Mr. Leatherwood:
First, six articles a week are posted on the eUmpire site. That's more baseball in one week than you get in any national magazine in a month.
Second, you get interviews every month and news on a weekly basis. The lead time in the typical magazine is two months. Here at eUmpire, it can be two hours.
Third, I did not stop the POTD at eteamz, as you would know if you visited the FED/NCAA Board, where I have been posting plays for the last month. There's a new one up right now at this URL:
http://www.eteamz.com/baseball/board...ex.cfm?bpage=1
Fourth, if you join eUmpire today or tomorrow, I'll make you this offer: If it folds before the you've finished your year, I'll send you double your membership fee -- out of my own pocket.
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Papa C
Editor, eUmpire