Baseball Toaster: Fairpole : We're This Many

The good news: when we're not throwing tantrums, we're awfully cute. And we'll probably be potty trained by this time next year, so that's surely something to look forward to.

So hold on, this might be a rough year. We have some significant growing pains to get through. In a year's time, we might be pushing over 1 million combined blog entries and comments in our system (we just hit 600,000 last night.) So stick with us, it's just a phase. We'll get over it, and then we will surely become a pure delight to have around.

Comments

2007-03-08 02:02:00

1. joejoejoe

Some of the milestones reached in 2 years of Baseball Toaster (via Google).

403 mentions of Neifi! on Baseball Toaster.

25 mentions of (Eckstein + guts) on Baseball Toaster.

34 mentions of Mia Hamm.

4,510 mentions of Japan.

196 mentions of Cuba.

10 mentions of Iceland.

2,840 mentions of 'Pavano' on Baseball Toaster. 17 appearances of 'Pavano' in MLB.

2007-03-08 03:14:03

2. Andrew Shimmin

Many happy returns.

2007-03-08 05:39:31

3. Derek Smart

"403 mentions of Neifi! on Baseball Toaster."

Really? That's it? Boy, was I lazy these last two years.

2007-03-08 07:30:41

4. dianagramr

Happy 2nd Birthday!

I'm thankful Will clued me into this site. Its one of my favorite baseball sites, and one of the first places I check in the morning (and the afternoon, and the evening).

Keep up the great work!

2007-03-08 07:44:54

5. Sliced Bread

A toast to the Toaster!

Great site, Ken, and thanks for linking the first toaster post. I was curious where the name came from.

Keep up the great work.

2007-03-08 07:47:45

6. dianagramr

So when does the BT CafePress site start up? (hint hint)

(wanting a BT t-shirt)

2007-03-08 07:59:03

7. standuptriple

I don't know how long I've been lurking around here but it's been a while. Congrats gents and thanks for keeping away from the "Megasports.com" sites. I like my baseball pure. Tastes great and less filling.
3 It's probably so low because not everyone uses the "!", or google stopped counting.

2007-03-08 08:00:30

8. Xeifrank

what percentage of those 600,000 entries are Bob's?
vr, Xei

2007-03-08 08:56:09

9. dianagramr

In related news ....

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/transactions/index.jsp

3/8/07 Washington Nationals
Optioned OF Frank Diaz to Triple-A Columbus and LHP Mike Hinckley to Double-A Harrisburg; Released INF Tony Womack.

2007-03-08 10:00:22

10. Chyll Will

I don't remember how I came across Toaster and it seems much longer than two years. A testament to how comfortable this site is. I'm glad to be here (I hope the feeling's mutual), Happy Boithday and many more! Keep up the excellent work, Ken!

2007-03-08 10:16:27

11. vockins

Iceland has only 10 mentions but it's got a huge upside.

2007-03-08 11:31:32

12. thelarmis

Congrats and Happy Birthday, Ken! The Toaster rules! i found alex over at all-baseball and followed him here. this is my favorite site! : )

how many mentions of karim garcia? who?!

2007-03-08 12:52:56

13. Sushirabbit

I can't believe I'm now a regular coffee drinker (5 year old and 2 month old at home might help explain it). However, I can believe I'm a Toaster addict.

2007-03-08 16:08:39

14. joejoejoe

9 Womack appears 601 times on da Toaster! That's higher than his '05 NYY OPS of .556.

2007-03-08 17:28:04

15. Jim Hitchcock

I remember the move to the toaster well; specifically, how it made one of the great blogs immeasurably better. Thanks, Ken & Jon.

2007-03-08 17:34:09

16. Ken Arneson

Bob has created 8.09% of the objects in the system.

2007-03-08 17:55:46

17. Ken Arneson

Here are the Top 50 content creators, with percentage of the content:

8.0906 - Bob Timmermann
4.8655 - Jon Weisman
2.3445 - Steve
2.0844 - Alex Belth
2.0594 - Cliff Corcoran
1.9481 - natepurcell
1.6868 - D4P
1.4753 - Greg Brock
1.4372 - randym77
1.3304 - trainwreck
1.3085 - King of the Hobos
1.2385 - Mike Carminati
1.2005 - Marty
1.1716 - Ken Arneson
1.1510 - Bluebleeder87
1.1329 - Sam DC
1.1027 - Uncle Miltie
1.0519 - Andrew Shimmin
0.9139 - Icaros
0.8869 - Xeifrank
0.8546 - Eric Enders
0.8331 - Stormer Sports
0.8268 - Vishal
0.8253 - LAT
0.7887 - regfairfield
0.7432 - bhsportsguy
0.7366 - underdog
0.7049 - JoeyP
0.6721 - dzzrtRatt
0.6509 - rbj
0.5936 - BklynBmr
0.5912 - StolenMonkey86
0.5879 - Linkmeister
0.5877 - Jim Hitchcock
0.5715 - Gen3Blue
0.5640 - Shaun P
0.5518 - overkill94
0.5463 - Scott Long
0.5341 - GoBears
0.5152 - Fearing Blue
0.5115 - Zack
0.5087 - Simone
0.4984 - das411
0.4982 - Mattpat11
0.4894 - yankz
0.4883 - blue22
0.4772 - sanchez101
0.4726 - fanerman
0.4695 - singledd
0.4645 - scareduck

2007-03-08 19:29:06

18. Daniel Zappala

I go for quality over quantity.

2007-03-08 20:07:07

19. StolenMonkey86

Ah, just missed the top 30

2007-03-08 20:08:21

20. Jon Weisman

I hit submit 29,000 times ... ?

2007-03-08 20:44:16

21. Ken Arneson

20 No, there are some gaps in the numbers. You've hit submit 22,240 times.

2007-03-08 20:47:39

22. Ken Arneson

21 That includes multiple versions of the same blog entry, however. I keep the old versions in case you accidentally mess up a new one.

2007-03-08 20:49:32

23. Jon Weisman

21 - Oh, that's all.

22 - Oh, I had no idea.

23 - 22,241.

2007-03-08 21:50:48

24. D4P

At first, Steve's position in the pantheon seemed a bit high, but then I remembered: Jim Tracy.

2007-03-08 22:50:40

25. Greg Brock

Nice to see the Bleeder is still hangin' tough on the list.

2007-03-09 06:42:43

26. Sam DC

I'm sort of amused and disturbed to be ahead of someone like Scott Long who, you know, actually has a blog on this site.

2007-03-09 06:43:26

27. Sam DC

And I guess it's only right that someone ask, so, you ever taking this thing out of beta Mr. Arneson?

2007-03-09 10:34:38

28. Ken Arneson

27 See potty training, above.

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