Into the Future of the Roger Dean Project Since we've somehow worn out our welcome at the...

Into the Future of the Roger Dean Project

Since we've somehow worn out our welcome at the Fishhouses, I think we should take a minute to ponder our collective vision of the future.

I see several options:
1. Since a number of us have truly grown fond of the Marlins, we could simply continue what we did last night. Create a fanshot gamethread, including our Ichthys (The Continental is a good man), and put up an invite over at FishStripes.

2. We could choose another team to try to "swarm."

3. We could end the Roger Dean Project and remember it fondly.

If it's option 1, we have two more upcoming games. The Cardinals are off every Monday this month, and the Marlins are home against the D-Backs on the 13th and the Angels on the 20th. Those are the only two games they play while we're off up to the all-star break.
Personally, I'd vote number 1.

But what do you fine people think?

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good fences, good neighbors and all.

1. may be the best option for now.

would've.
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by Yadi2Second on Jun 7, 2011 8:57 AM EDT reply actions

Like Y2S said #1 may be best since apparently we upset someone last time.

So we don’t want to do that with someone else. But I wouldn’t mind visiting another one as well. Maybe our mods or someone from here could email their mods ahead of time. So no one is upset and understands we are just trying to spread some baseball love?

Who needs affection when you can have blind hatred?
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by ClemsonGirl on Jun 7, 2011 9:48 AM EDT reply actions

Oh, what happened now?

"Miller came in from the bullpen with a gan of casoline." - Mike Shannon

by Alxfritz on Jun 7, 2011 10:36 AM EDT reply actions

This was in the post for the game thread we were intending to join

More than likely some of the VEB faithful will be joining in the Open Thread tonight. And by joining I mean swarming in and taking over the thread and making it really hard to do our normal commenting on the game. If they do show up, you can join in the chaos if you wish. Me, I don’t care to, but I will be monitoring thread.

So instead we made a fanshot on VEB and they were welcomed to join in they cared. Two Fishers did.

The revolution will not be televised.

by clank on Jun 7, 2011 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

the passive agressiveness is curious

While I didn’t participate, I reviewed the original Roger Dean Project thread and saw nothing that would warrant such a reaction. I guess threads with more than 100 posts give him anxiety.

by Handsome B Wonderful on Jun 7, 2011 10:59 AM EDT up reply actions

While I respect his desire to stay underground to retain his street cred

a blogger complaining about too many comments has thrown me off kilter.

"Miller came in from the bullpen with a gan of casoline." - Mike Shannon

by Alxfritz on Jun 7, 2011 11:01 AM EDT up reply actions

Yeah. It's his right, but we were received very warmly the first time, so I was quite surprised.

Whatever.

A place to discuss the future of the Roger Dean Project is here.

by a fink on Jun 7, 2011 11:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Someone should email SBNation about it.

Driving away traffic seems awfully strange.

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by spants on Jun 8, 2011 10:13 PM EDT up reply actions

let's find out who you REALLY are....

(removes mask)

WAYNE HUIZENGA!

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by Tudor's Electric Fan on Jun 9, 2011 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions

Option 1, definitely.

We don’t appear to be appreciated on other blogs, and I’ve grown to like those Fish.

The revolution will not be televised.

by clank on Jun 7, 2011 10:49 AM EDT reply actions

Option 1 sounds best

by Handsome B Wonderful on Jun 7, 2011 11:00 AM EDT reply actions

Option 3, respectfully

Not trying to rock the boat, but this is a Cardinals blog. I find it very odd that we are having game threads for another team. If you’ve truly grown to love the Marlins that much, become a regular poster over there.

"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum

by scoot on Jun 7, 2011 11:11 AM EDT reply actions

this is the real question

Last night was a little more on topic for this blog considering the fish were playing the Brewers. If the Marlins aren’t playing a real threat to the Cardinals, is following/posting here about it appropriate? I would think that if the comments are of high quality and include a predominance of genuine, critical baseball analysis, that would be acceptable. But I don’t know that the typical gamethread meets highbrow baseball discussion standards.

by all4tookie on Jun 7, 2011 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions

This is a fair point.

On the other hand, it’d be like 8 fanshots in a whole season, all on Cardinal off-days.
I don’t see the harm…

A place to discuss the future of the Roger Dean Project is here.

by a fink on Jun 7, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions

no harm is being done

I just think it’s a little odd. I’m not going to be upset if it continues, I just thought the point needed to be made.

"Baseball is like Church, many attend, few understand" - Wes Westrum

by scoot on Jun 7, 2011 12:52 PM EDT up reply actions

dang it

that’s a really good point.

The revolution will not be televised.

by clank on Jun 7, 2011 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I think if there's just a few of us that want to continue, we should head over there on those days.

But if it’s half the regular gamethread crowd, we ought to keep it here (unless the mods agree with scoot, who has a point).

A place to discuss the future of the Roger Dean Project is here.

by a fink on Jun 7, 2011 12:42 PM EDT up reply actions

I suspect there's only about 3-5 of us who are really interested

So I don’t see the harm in just a couple of us going over and ruining their normal commenting. If you notice, we’ve done it off and on since the first time, and most seem engage-able and even welcoming.
Perhaps I underestimate those interested, of course.

The revolution will not be televised.

by clank on Jun 7, 2011 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions