Observing Blogs 1

For our next essay, we were instructed to follow a blog of our choice, follow up on the daily posts, as well as participate in the blogs by posting up our own comments. Rather than going out and finding a blog that I am unfamiliar with, I decided to observe the NY Mets blog, which I read from time to time. Though I visit this site randomly, I have never actually participated by posting up my own follow up comments.

The main author of this blog is Matt Cerrone, however, there are other contributions by his team. They blog about the Mets team, the minor league system, free agent tracking, injuries amongst the players around the league, as well as trade rumors.

On day 1 of observing this blog, I read a post titled "Starting Pitcher: The Case for Perez," which states that Oliver Perez, one of the Mets starting pitchers, is eligible for free agency this coming Friday. Friday is the deadline for MLB teams to offer a new contract to their free agents. This post weighs the Met's options for either a replacement for Perez or a new contract. They discuss Perez's statistics during his recent MLB career, and compares it to other free agents who are also starting pitchers. Because of the recent recession, there are talks about a decline in enormous contracts that has been given out in recent years, due to the fact that teams are afraid to commit multi-millions of dollars in a shaky American market. They also discuss the inconsistency of Perez's play, but shows stats that say otherwise; but as we all know, stats don't show the whole picture and can be deceiving. Judging from the comments that other bloggers have posted, it seems that there are some Mets fans who want Oliver Perez to remain on the NY Mets team for various reasons, as well as those who are against retaining Perez because of other legitamit options in the free agent market.