Email the Coach (5/16/2006)
Let the coach know if you cannot make a game or find out whose playing second. Or rant about your playing time or place in the batting order. Email the coach of the Superbas at coach@superbas.org. Speak your mind…
open forum now available @ superbas.org/blog (6/24/06)
If you would like to post an entry to the Red-Legged Superbas blog (e.g., sounding off on coaching decisions, the play of others, or contemplating the reasons Brooks was able to get out of his slump), just send an email to blog@superbas.org (the email subject will be the blog-title). Within moments (depending on Google servers at the time), your entry will be posted at www.superbas.org/blog/. Now, please keep it clean. (Let me know if you have any issues.)
Website Overhaul (6/26/06)
The Superbas’ website has completed its overhaul and now includes individual player pages at superbas.org/players. The profiles of individual players still need to be completed and will be by season’s end. The Vice President of Operations and the two team captains will assist in gathering the information and photographs needed for the player profiles. An example of a quasi-completed player profile is here.
The website is broken down (for now) into 4 main sections:
– About: history, makeup, front office, coach, etc.;
– Players: player profiles, alltime roster, depth chart, etc.;
– Gamelogs: game summaries, box scores, links to game photos, etc.; and
– Blog: team news, gossip, rants, forum, comments, site updates, etc.
And, of course, the main page at www.superbas.org has information on the next game and the last game, batting leaders, etc.
Please let me know your thoughts on how the website can be improved by commenting (below) or email.
Statistics Defined (6/30/06)
A lot of people have asked, “What are all of these statistics, anyway?” and “What the hell is the RLS and TRP?”
Well, I’ve tried to explain all of these wonderfully-mesmerizing statistics here, including those last two, the RLS and TRP, which I made up.
Superbas.org Update (7/3/06)
The following is now available at Superbas.org:
– 2006 Roster;
– 2006 Batting Statistics;
– 2006 Batting Leaders;
– Alltime Batting Statistics; and
– Alltime Batting Leaders.
Now Available: Last Gamelog, Season/Alltime Statistics (7/24/06)
The final gamelog is now available, as well as the final 2006 Summer batting statistics and batting leaders, and alltime batting statistics and batting leaders (which are different, mind you).
Updated Player Pages (7/25/06)
Player pages have been updated with stats and notes. I still need photos and descriptions for everyone, so if you have a moment, please send them along to coach@superbas.org.
#16 Jeff Adams »
#51 Jason Bariel »
#2 Ted Bayham »
#41 Wright Cole »
#23 Jesus Espinoza »
#8 Kevin Ghalambor »
#5 Eric Grace »
#00 Joe Gray »
#09 Raphael Harper »
#11 Bill Mallchok »
#27 Andy Orr »
#10 Carlo Quinonez »
#14 Brooks Ramsdell »
#3 Jeff Wisniewski »
#34 Craig Wright »
Declaration Of Interest (7/25/06)
Do you know of a talented ballplayer who may be interested in suiting up for the Superbas next season? Tell him to submit a declaration of interest at superbas.org/interest. (Hell, we need all the help we can get.)
Site Issues: New Server (12/18/06)
In lieu of the coming season, the organization has moved the website to new servers which will provide ample room for the anticipated growth of the team and fan-base. While the site is being loaded on the new servers, some temporary hiccups may pop-up here and there. If there are any persistent hiccups, please let the coach know.
Googling (1/12/07)
The world has begun to notice the feared softball team in northern California…
– Google “red legged superbas” and our website is the first result.
– Google “superbas” and our website is the fifth.
Site Housecleaning (1/29/07)
Before the second season starts, some site housecleaning was necessary.
Some additions were logistical…
– Email the Coach is available at superbas.org/coach;
– An updated, detailed and thorough site index is available at superbas.org/index; and
– Players and fans can subscribe to blog updates at superbas.org/subscribe.
Another addition was for archival reasons… a full rundown of all the awards from last season.
The main page now includes a revolving banner that runs through all of the most recent blog entries.
And lastly, since a few players from the inaugural season will not be returning, the creation of an alltime roster was unfortunately needed.
Website (9/24/07)
Some people have noticed that Superbas.org is undergoing changes. Although there will be a few glitches along the way, as long as you subscribe to the blog, by way of email or rss reader, all the information will continue to be streamed to you.
The reason for the change — from a mixed-static site to a pseudo-dynamic one — will be realized in due time. It will establish an infrastructure for the website, which has long been needed and has, until now, only been sporadically maintained by me. Additionally, the new MovableType-powered blog will allow for guest contributors. (If you are interested in publishing your memoirs, as it pertains to softball, let me know.)
The first part of any website overhaul is the restructuring of existing data. At the same time, however, one must keep the current movement unfettered. That is the tough part. Up to last week, there had been 248 blog posts. All of those must be republished (a series of copy-and-pastes). And all other active web pages — the gamelogs, subscribe tool, email the coach, etc. — must be redone.
The second part — one that should be run concurrently with the first — is the redesign. In a perfect world, I would have time to do both. Alas, I do not. It is my intent to have the new website — fully republished with new site design — ready to go for the recruiting season for next summer. Target date: January 1, 2008.
Until then, it is a fucked up world. But it will be a more organized one.
-Jeff
