Happy Birthday, Athletics Nation!!!
by Tyler Bleszinski on Nov 6, 2008 8:08 AM PST
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PrintCan you believe that you're already five years old today? I mean, seriously, that's probably like a teenager in terms of a blog lifespan, right? So do I have to worry about AN going out and using drugs with some unsavory friends now? Or maybe caving into peer pressure and playing beer pong?
Seriously though, thank you to everyone who frequents this site and to the few of you who have been around nearly that long. It seems like just yesterday I was starting up a blog on typepad called Athletics Nation and then when it asked me for a subhead, I called it "baseball country". Remember that campaign? Wow that was terrible and what was I thinking?
I also want to say thanks to Nico, baseballgirl (excellent piece on Yankee Stadium yesterday), monkeyball, louismg, Brad Ziegler, Taj Adib, notsellingjeans, grover, devo and salb for being a part of providing great content on a very consistent basis. I still love AN as though it's my child, more than 10 million visits, more than a million comments and about 35 million page views later. Now go do your homework or you won't get into a great college!
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Unsavory friends?
Dude, we’re right here.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
Hey I don't go talking behind people's backs
I’m all up in your grill with it. ;-)
by Tyler Bleszinski on Nov 6, 2008 8:18 AM PST up reply actions
Five year old
blogblogblogblogblogblogblog!
"God doesn't pay attention to your cute little hypotheticals." -- Jeff from LL
Does this mean I can ask AN out on a date?
Please disregard the above ramblings as those of a clearly delusional fan.
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Hey now
I AM an overprotective parent and would likely answer the door with shotgun in hand.
by Tyler Bleszinski on Nov 6, 2008 9:03 AM PST up reply actions
Thank you so much Blez for your work that you have done for us;
not only as Athletics fans but also as bloggers…
We owe you and thank you again!!!!
"What do we do with Crosby? Well, in my neighborhood, trash goes out on Mondays." ~ Nico
My pleasure, man
This has been the hardest I’ve ever worked on anything, but I’ve never loved a job as much as this one.
by Tyler Bleszinski on Nov 6, 2008 3:13 PM PST up reply actions
Thanks to Paul Thomas
for his in-depth baseball statistical analysis of our team and opponents…
"What do we do with Crosby? Well, in my neighborhood, trash goes out on Mondays." ~ Nico
+1.
I like PT too.
And thanks to Poppy, Jennifer, 67M, 74mk, FSU, and countless others who are also draws for this site. Even in the offseason, I’m a lurker just to catch the funny stuff that goes on here.
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball." -- Connie Mack
I’d argue that 5 years in blog time is heading towards middle aged.
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
Thing is we don't really know
We don’t really have a precedent for the lifespan of blogs. Maybe they’re immortal like the Highlander and AN needs its head chopped off in order to die.
Who wants to live forever when love must die?
by Tyler Bleszinski on Nov 6, 2008 1:33 PM PST up reply actions
cake time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOO HOO! AN’S BIRTHDAY!! EXCUSE FOR MAD CELEBRATION!!!
Awww… Unicorn's optimistic. And a cheeseball. That’s cute. ~Whiteshoes40
wooooo!
Happy congratulations! How you’ve grown in just five years.
I'm one of four guys who built SB Nation 2.0. Please enjoy.
only 5
There’s Blez, BBG, Paul Thomas, salb918, and all the rest are Nico
There's no crying in baseball!
So I'm a figment of Cindi's imagination?
That’s so freaking depressing.
The monster at the end of this blog.
Thankyou so much everyone
When I joined this site I was pretty confident I knew more about baseball than most people.
Now it’s a fact.
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Teenager, ha!
With all those baby blogs running around the SB Nation, either AN is quite the promiscuous teenage blog or you’re lying about your age like a Dominican baseball prospect.
Many happy returns, for you and all your progeny!
Um,
(happy birthday)
I see a deranged rabbit, on fire, cowering away from a vagina. I await the results of the Rorschaschererer. -Nico
AN, Reducing Work Productivity since 2003!
They're called RUNS for a reason.
I think I just found my new signature
Thank’s connie mack
"AN, Reducing Work Productivity since 2003", connie mack 11/06/08
Five years. Wow, time flies ...why it just
seems like yesterday that I was recovering from what bear_88 dubbed the “great playoff miss of 2004”.
So anyway, five years. I think Nico’s contract is up for arbitration now?
alaska A residing in colorado.
I was non-tendered
That’s not true, actually – I’m very tender.
I like Cindi. A. She never pretends to know more than she does. B. She has unbridled enthusiasm for her "Hotties," and isn't afraid to show it. -IM4Oakgal
More congratulations, Blez
AN is my favorite A’s place…thanks to you and the AN team. Baseball fans, A’s fans sure do make good friends.
"And sometimes, when it seems like all hope is gone, Life tosses you a special gift of a baseball game" . 7/10/08 BaseBallGirl headline
Happ B-day
From a never-nude.
Children, until we have taught them better, will be perfectly happy with a seasonal round of games in which conkers succeeds hopscotch.
A day late, $10 short.
Happy Belated, AN!
If I don't comment on your comment how will you know you are completely wrong? -Rocktopus
It's a great blog...
Thanks so much for creating it and Kudos and a big hug to all that write for it on a consistent basis. It really is the “go to” place for A’s news.
Congratulations, Blez
I would also like to congratulate AN legends Cutthemullet, Ice Cream, mcbronsh, jrbh, BobbyCrosbysGirl, Brian in 317, HandsomeRuss, PosterNutbag44, Czech Micah, ohad, A’s Avenger’s Dad, Taj Adib, kaweahkaweah, and JediLeroy.
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