To our American JITHers - I haven't been around to see the conversations but I love you while I hate what your government and too many of your fellow countrymen are doing to us. Things are going to get ugly and I'm so sorry it came to this. I hope the Jays weather what is to come.
And that I didn't even think to come and check in when everything started to go down confirms that I made the right choice at the end of the season when I quietly asked Dabbles if he would be willing to take over the day to day management of this site and he agreed. RADAR and I discussed who would be a good leader and Dabs came to mind as someone who was always around and who people liked and respected, even as they sometimes get frustrated when he goes into full Eeyore. I felt he can rise to the occasion when needed.
It seems it went well as I never got an email even though he knows he can if he needs advice or guidance. I did ask if he wanted to do a redesign of the site but he didn't really care one way or the other. I do feel it needs an update but I don't have the bandwidth so if anyone wants to take that on, let him know. I don't know if Disqus is behaving itself or not but changing that might be worth a discussion if the update goes ahead. For the foreseeable future, I'm keeping control of the administrative functions of the site and domain and will be on call for tech issues but Dabs has full moderating and posting control. Please give him your support.
I'm not going away never to return. However, I won't be here much. Baseball has mostly lost interest for me this past year. My friends knew more about the deadline trades than I did, a first. I still like the game but my interests and career have been going in a very different direction that I need to give the majority of my focus to. (Hint, I'm actually working with my baseball tarot deck on the regular.) But I'm always up to see a game with any of you. Just ask.
And hey, if you know anyone who would think it's fun to have cards read at a party, direct them to mkextra.com. (Once I get the stupid redirect to work!) I'm also launching a YT channel in about a month with a friend that will feature readings and whatever else woo woo stuff strikes our fancy so if you know anyone for whom that's their jam, also send them my way. I'll let you know when it's live.
So this is my formal goodbye to leading this community. I've tagged this post with goodbye so you can easily search it if the people who come back when the season starts wants to read it. I still remember day one. I was so happy when I watched everyone come over and get excited about posting gifs and swearing again. We've been through many highs and way too many crushing lows, we've seen many people come and go, but we somehow managed to carry on. The site will turn 9 years old next month and I'm proud of all of you for keeping this going all this time when so many other Jays sites have died. It's your passion (even the times when I felt it was TOO much passion) and your compassion that have done this. My favourite thing was watching you take care of each other, especially when someone was having a tough time, and I hope that's the legacy of this place.
Be good to each other. Peace out.
