can i say something? I know i rarely post. But ive been here since the original exodus from the Cincinnati enquirer exodus (98ish?) i went by rijo then... I know the original reason for this site was to leave behind all the trolling and just have the fans and enjoy each others company and leave the drama. We wanted members who actually add value to the community and not post dribble. But I gotta say something... this forum is really not fun anymore. The rules in order to protect the community makes this a hierarchical bore. There are a handful of threads which are 20 pages long in which people continually argue which stats or baseball methodologies are more valuable or not. A few posters seem to need to validate or dismiss every comment by lesser posters. I have to read through 30 back pages just to get to resent conversation about a players progress. It's like Lawyer Baseball and it sucks. You shouldnt have to be a sabermetric deity or 15 year old veteran to be on this sight.