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Have The Red Sox Gotten Too Big For Their Britches?

By Administrator | July 29, 2010

I have gotten used to the Red Sox treating “bloggers” with contempt and disdain… now comes word that the minor league affiliates are following suit.

For the entire time I have maintained a website, the Red Sox have ignored any and all requests I have made for access and assistance. Even when I asked for contact information for a couple of agents (to solicit assistance from players with a charitable endeavor) the response was: if it doesn’t help the Red Sox Foundation, we won’t help out. Not even with a phone number to assist in raising money for ALS (the supposed charity of Major League Baseball!!). Can you imagine that?

Earlier this week we learned the Red Sox have lost 1/3 of their radio and television audience… so you might think they would be desirous of securing additional media coverage. Not so. On the heals of the disastrous news about their listening and viewing audience, I’ve been advised the team will no longer make their minor league prospects available for “bloggers” to interview.

In spite of the fact the traditional media is ever-shrinking and the non-traditional media continues to expand by leaps and bounds, the Red Sox have determined to ignore the non-traditional media and focus on the traditional media — the media outlets where they might be able to control and / or influence content.

For the last three years I have provided almost daily coverage of the PawSox, Sea Dogs and Salem Sox… but because I am not “connected to a regular media outlet” I will no longer be granted access to the prospects. Imagine that! If Fox Sports ignores the PawSox or Sea Dogs — which they usually do — but all of a sudden decides they want to interview Ryan Kalish, they are welcome to do so. But if “a blogger” like me, who until recently covered the three teams almost every single day, wants to interview him, we are SOL.

So you will notice that I have stopped providing coverage of the minor league affiliates because they do not perceive that they “receive much benefit” from coverage provided by bloggers. No kidding, folks, that is what one of the clubs has told me!!

Which leads me to my final topic for today… after 8 years of daily posting - usually as few as 4 or 5 articles daily (except when I am on vacation) and oft-times as many as a dozen postings daily - I will be ceasing daily posting on this website effective immediately. The site will remain up and I’ll post a couple of topics a week… but if putting 4 or 5 hours a day into the site is not considered of value to the Red Sox organization, then I’ll spend that time with my wife who, thankfully, still craves every single minute we spend together.

It is time for me to get my priorities straight.

I have enjoyed doing this daily and thank all of you for reading my site. Since I started SOX1FAN.com back in 2004 I have had nearly 12 million hits… and I thank you for your loyalty. But it is time for me to turn the page… I’ll still be here, but just a lot less often… and WITHOUT prospect interviews!!!

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8 Responses to “Have The Red Sox Gotten Too Big For Their Britches?”

Kipp Says:
July 29th, 2010 at 3:39 am
damn…thatis pretty shitty of the organization as a whole!
Kipp Ryan Says:
July 29th, 2010 at 10:28 am
12 million hits…and they don’t care about your reporting. That is a damn shame JB…well, just keep on keeping on for the sake of your passion and for your faithfuil readers! Don’t let “the man” get you down!
Administrator Says:
July 29th, 2010 at 10:41 am
It comes down to a choice between writing about people and teams who don’t value or respect what I am doing, or spending that time with my wife. It’s an easy decision. As much as I have loved doing this, my wife wins hands down. I’ve listed the website for sale on godaddy.com
Kipp Ryan Says:
July 29th, 2010 at 12:55 pm
Damn JB…that sucks! I totally understand though…I have made the choice of “wife and kids” over many things as well…Good luck to you, if you do call it quits!
nobatternobatter Says:
July 29th, 2010 at 5:21 pm
The Globe, Herald, or Providence Journal should take you on in some capacity to keep this site moving forward.

SOX1Fan is a go to site for Boston. Your write ups are outstanding. Very sad to hear this news. Hope something changes soon.

Do you have a Sox email that I can write to?
larry bodin Says:
July 30th, 2010 at 9:06 am
Hi JB,
Sorry to hear the news about the Red Sox and your website. You have been dedicated to this website and the information that you had published was great. You were always my first source to find out what was really happening in Boston. I also appreciated the opportunity to publish a few articles and comments and hope your readers found them interesting.
Best of luck and let’s stay in touch.
Larry
Kipp Says:
August 1st, 2010 at 5:27 am
can you still send one back to me?? unless there is a chance that you could get it signed sometime soon??
Chris Says:
August 2nd, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Hey Sox1Fan!

I go away for a few days and look what happens! A staple of Red Sox Nation goes up for sale! Watching the Sox now will be like eating bread without butter, having turkey without stuffing and chowing on mashed potatoes without gravy. The game goes on, but it won’t be the same.

Shame on the entire Red Sox organization!