While you're at it, how about shifting things around a bit on the main board? I really appreciate all the work you and the other main posters do in getting something new up here every day- it's really great to have somewhere to come and to see something new and insightful.

I understand the burden of trying to come up with something on such a frequent basis- one of the reasons I come here is because I don't have anything baseball-related to process and I'm looking for something! The onerous burden, though, sometimes takes its toll, and a poster can't come up with much to say. I don't want to point any fingers, because 99% of the time I love to read the insights of the various posters and I don't want to discourage any of them, but sometimes, well... you know what I'm trying to say.

The antidote to this, it seems, is posting some of the particularly insightful diaries on the front page rather than applying more pressure to your usual frequent contributors. Certainly things should be vetted, and I appreciate that you have an undoubtedly heavy editorial lead as it is, but why not go ahead and give top billing to posters who have taken a good chunk of time to investigate something or to articulate a hypothesis or idea about the team? Again, I'm not suggesting you hand over the keys to the board, but why not post things in the middle that you think are solid, and perhaps give your tired crew a bit of a break from writing (though not from reviewing/ editing)?

Blez convinced BB to trade Swisher knowing that the site hits would go through the roof, imagine what that does to the income (low budget site for low budget team). There are still diaries about Swisher's trade. Now Blez has the ability to finally get the site change accomplished. One question though, did you have to give BB anything under the table Blez?

I flinch whenever I read posts like yours on websites, because that invariably means more pictures, more videos, more noise, less information, and more of an emphasis on reader polls and other nonsense.

I like the current AN. I like the list of recommended diaries and complete diaries. I love the Rotoworld highlights on the left. I like the full list of interviews that people can click on.

I don't like photos, I don't like loud videos that give you sound when you don't want it. I don't like obnoxious ads that cover content because for some reason they're incompatible with your computer.

All of my favorite sites, including the NY Times and most of the sports sites, have been severely damaged by updates created by 22 year old programmers who like bells and whistles more than content. AN is one of the most content-intensive sites around. I love reading comments from you, from Paul Thomas, from Nico, and Baseball Girl and even Monkeyball.

Probably not the right thing to say since this is already in the works, but if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

This piece below has a writeup of SUsan Slusser's recent A's outfield rumors.   Candidates include Shannon Stewart, Mike Cameron, Coco Crisp, Reggie Sanders and Rondell White.

http://mlbfleecefactor.com/2008/01/1...

None of these names really excite me from the A's perspective.  In my opinion, Cameron is not coming here.  Why would he?  And why would they bring in Sanders or White instead of just resigning Stewart?

So that leaves Stewart and Crisp.  Obviously, Crisp is the better option, but I don't think Beane should give up too much.  His offense is putrid.  At this point, they should just play the kids.  Thoughts?