Intellectual Divinity: About Me & Updates

I recently updated my profile to include suggestions for comments and emails. Much to my surprise, more people read this than I expected. I want to thank anyone who does peruse through the occasional entry, and especially to those who leave comments or email me. I have been posting my sports articles on Blogger for almost four months now and just published my 50th post the other day. While it shouldn't considered a great accomplishment, I'm impressed with myself in that I haven't given up yet, nor do I plan to do so anytime soon.

As I continue to post and garner more views, I have become intrigued with the aesthetics of blogging. I recently did some template research and learned a lot about coding and HTML. As you can tell, I recently rearranged the site and gave it a brand-new layout. Let me know what you think.

(On a side note: For those who are reading this on March 8th or 9th, the egregious, out-of-proportion picture of myself has been removed and I've updated my profile.)

As I continue to expand the site, I thought it would the timing would be apropos for a brief "about me" post. My name, as I'm sure you've seen somewhere on the site, is James. I live on Long Island and attend Stony Brook University. I have written football articles on about.com's football section in the past, and will be writing for www.fantasyfootballhelpers.com this upcoming football season. I feel sometimes I come off too robotic in some of my posts, but I assure you that I normally have an overwhelming sense of personality. Though when I write, I try to stick to sports, and try to remain unbiased (when applicable). I mainly enjoy covering baseball and football (both professional and collegiate). I follow NCAA Basketball much more closely than the NBA, but also tend to cover both occasionally in my writing.

One thing that does bother me is that all of my entries are long, in-depth analayses (or at least they feel that way when I'm typing them up). While it seems like a good thing on the surface, it often forces me to overlook smaller, less important issues that aren't worth devoting an hour to, or simply lack enough substance for a normal sized post. This is why I intend on starting a new feature, which will likely appear two or three times a week and will briefly outline the major news and issues for that day or period of time. I also intend on including a separate section within the post for my own personal, random (mostly sports) musings. It should add some life to the site and generate more topics of discussion.

Also, I always have a list 10-15 topics deep of upcoming potential articles. This way, if I'm ever in a rut or there isn't much going on in the world of sports, I'll have something to throw out there.

Here are some possible upcoming articles:

MLB Regular Season Preview (March 16th): This one I can assure will happen. I'll analyze each team, from their lineups, rosters, and minor league depth, and attempt to make predictions for the season. It will likely be somewhat similar to my AL East preview, but not as in-depth. I usually tend to wait until mid-March as injuries will inevitably pile up and seeing how teams perform on the field in spring training (not in the standings) often facillitate making predictions.

MLB Postseason/Awards Predictions: I'd like to do this sometime after the Baseball preview just to see how wrong I will be in a few months. Of course, in the slim chance I name the 2006 AL MVP before the season even starts, I'll have something to brag about.

NCAA March Madness Preview (Once the brackets are announced)

NCAA Conference Tournament recaps & results (Hopefully within the upcoming days)

NCAA March Madness: Players To Watch: We all know J.J. Redick, Adam Morrison, Tyler Hansbrough, and the rest of the players at the forefront of college basketball, but there will be many intriguing names from mid-major teams and even from the Top 25. I intend on throwing out a top ten/twenty sometime after the brackets are announced.

MLB Future Hall of Famers: I plan on analyzing active MLBers over 30 or who have accumulated at 8 full-seasons, and seeing their chances of getting into the Hall of Fame as it stands today.

MLB Top Prospects: A list of this year's top 50/100 prospcts and a brief outline on them.

If you have any suggestions for future articles, please feel free to email me with a topic you'd like to see me discuss. Also, I would like to apologize for typos and occasional mistakes that do appear in my entries. I am a one-man show and I usually don't have time to proofread all of my posts thoroughly, with school and a social life. I hope it doesn't detract from the substance of the articles.

Thanks again,
James

okay james...nice look on the "freshening up" of your site...i dont think your posts are filled with a good amount of information...that's what keeps me coming back here...but one question? why is the font so tiny?? maybe just my eyes from too late a night...lol

Posted by serendipitygirl | Saturday, March 11, 2006 9:33:00 AM