The Beckett Blog

There will be a series of these in the next few (undetermined amount of time), so dig out your old Beckett magazines or dig deep into your brain…

This first one will be about Beckett Baseball and the content that is in the magazine.

We want to know what you want!  What do you miss?  What would you like to see?  Was there something you used to love that we don’t have anymore?  What do you wish for?

These are just a few ideas of what we are asking you for…be more specific, of course.  The more detailed, the better.  Also, tell us WHY this was important, or could be important.

-More opinion columns?

-More reader submitted content?

-More sports features?

-More product reviews?

-More contests?

-Interviews?

-Prospect reports?  Veteran features?  Pictures?

-Scantily-clad women?  (OK, to not be sexist and to be fair to some of our most loyal readers, scantily-clad men?)

Whatever it is, let us know.  We can take polls all day long, and they are great, but here is a chance to write out your thoughts and also to read other people’s thoughts.

Please realize that there will be limits to what we can do.  The entire publishing industry is in a down turn, and budgets are limited everywhere.  So, as much as we’d LIKE to have more color pages and photos, that may not be something we CAN do.

Ok, there are going to be some rules to this, so please take the time to read them before you comment because rant/off-topic comments will not be approved.

- Nothing about the new Beckett.com, but feel free to post here if you need to.  (please read all the comments, glad to help but not glad to repeat the same thing, only due to time constraints.)

- Nothing about Beckett Sports Card Monthly (BSCM), the format change, the number of times a year it comes out, or any other magazines.  There will be a chance for that later.

- No questions, please.  We’d like to know what you think, not tell anyone what we think (at least not here on this particular post).

- We will keep this active until September 30, 2008, but that does not mean Football, Basketball, Hockey or any of our other titles won’t have a similar post before then, so keep checking back.

Now, what do you get for doing this service for us and for the rest of the Beckett Baseball readers?  Glad you asked!

The best suggestion (well-written and thought out, but not necessarily long-winded) will win this fabulous prize you see below!  There is no limit to the number of suggestions per person.  It’s not a “who posted the idea first” contest, it’s all about how you present the idea.

For instance-

Mr. Joe C. posts, “More scantily-clad women!”

Later, Mary H. posts, “More scantily-clad men, because that will bring in more advertising revenue for Beckett which will result in all the Beckett employees getting a raise, thus removing them from government assistance and freeing up more tax money to spend on important things like giant presidential campaign parties with tons of colored balloons, cheesy music and confetti, which in turn would boost the balloon industry, FM radio, the confetti industry, and also increase the number of cleaning crew jobs available.  So obviously scantily clad men in Beckett Baseball would help boost the economy of the United States and the entire world, and would secretly make Mr. Joe C. a very happy person!”

I think we’d have to say Mary would win that one…and, please, we are looking for real ideas…

To be eligible for the prize, you need to include your first name and at least your last initial, AND use your real email address when you post.

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Why is this #’d to 200, autographed Kathy Lee Gifford the prize?  Would it not make more sense to put a baseball card up as the prize?

Why, yes…yes it would make more sense.

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However, this is the best I could do to get some scantily-clad women up on the blog, since I can’t find any Benchwarmer cards right now.  :)

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