Home Run Derby

SO on a day where I have what feels like a terminal stomach virus, I have one bit of good news to share with you all. 

Sometime yesterday, Home Run Derby hit 100,000 Unique Visitors during the month of February … February ALONE.  It’s probably nothing compared to some of the big boys (I bet Deadspin gets 100,000 visitors in an hour.

But, HOLY COW!  If you had asked me just over a year ago when I started this website if we’d hit 100,000 Unique Visitors … I would have told you yeah, by 2008 … and I would have meant cumulatively.  Then something funny happened.  People started reading what we were writing.  I’m still kinda in awe that anyone even finds this site.  I want to thank some people for helping make that happen …

• Will Leitch at the incomparable Deadspin
• Jimmy Traina at Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard
• Matt Ufford over at With Leather
• David Pinto at Baseball Musings
• Rob Neyer at ESPN.com
• Brooks at Sports by Brooks
• Jesse Pugh over at the fabulous Bugs and Cranks
• Jason and Erin at BallHype
• Yardbarker.com
• Scrap at Epic Carnival and On205th and the old OBOS
• Dex at GasLampBall and the potty mouths at Drunk Jays Fans
• And a whole slew that I just don’t have room for.

A HUGE thanks goes to my wife, who has suffered countless nights of me on the computer typing away at something completely trivial.  Thanks go to Paulke (my tech guy), Nick the Greek, Devine, and The Franchise for either participating or telling me I could do this. 

I’d also like to thank all of you who have stopped by and checked out our work and left comments.  We love comments, because it’s more fun if YOU are involved.

We have some fabulous stuff lined up in the coming weeks and months …

• Our collaboration with Sky to do 30 Team Previews in 30 Days
• The 2008 Home Run Derby Contest will go live next week.  It’ll be tougher.
• A couple more cash prize contests – One for Cub fans and a new monthly one.
• The return of MLB Mascot Brackets
• A project I’ve been working on for a year.
• Whatever else happens

Thanks for being a part of Home Run Derby.

Rich

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