Where's th Donz?

[johncap]

Where is Donzbloc? I've not been around much and now I'm noticing his cynical self seems to not be at all.

[Elvis]

Maybe he slipped on a prune danish?

[ed hardiman]

Its my understanding arbitrary and capricious censoring by the webmaster has robbed us of our best player on BBF.

[Androctus]

.... the term "Webmaster" always summoned up images of computer geeks in long rune-covered robes and grey beards ....

[johncap]

Its my understanding arbitrary and capricious censoring by the webmaster has robbed us of our best player on BBF.

Censoring? What, Homeland Security and this Republican regime has infiltrated this baseball site too? :radio

[ed hardiman]

Censoring? What, Homeland Security and this Republican regime has infiltrated this baseball site too? :radio

I think if you delete posts well after they are written for being no worse than the occasional bickerspat some threads devolve into momentarily then you risk eliminating your inventory of people willing to post because in the final analysis we all love our little scribbles like children.

Don Block, whether anyone cares to know this or not, is a great College English professor, superb author, noted critic and his knowledge of baseball is impeccable.

Quite frankly I'm saddened by his absence and question contributing to a site that has little or no ongoing concern for someone who consistently contributed so much for so many years.

[johncap]

I think if you delete posts well after they are written for being no worse than the occasional bickerspat some threads devolve into momentarily then you risk eliminating your inventory of people willing to post because in the final analysis we all love our little scribbles like children.

Don Block, whether anyone cares to know this or not, is a great College English professor, superb author, noted critic and his knowledge of baseball is impeccable.

Quite frankly I'm saddened by his absence and question contributing to a site that has little or no ongoing concern for someone who consistently contributed so much for so many years.

Hmmm, wondering what this is all about and why such an ardent contributor would be relegated to the sidelines. Afterall, what value is a site like this without passionate contributors?

[ed hardiman]

...what value is a site like this without passionate contributors?

The answer is none.
I expect this thread will be zotz-ed for not being about baseball or on some other thin pretext but it does cut to the heart of the matter:

I don't know what kind of living the owner of BBF makes from this site if any at all.
I'm inclined to think he might break even or make barely enough to justify the headaches.

Most of the Mods I've encountered, the two here on the Phillies thread, the Natty Mod, and the Giants Mod come to mind have been more than gracious to me, have never wielded their authority in anything other than a deliberative, cautious and considerate manner, and I applaud their continued efforts to be fair in their actions.

This was not about current posts on that particular thread but ones well in the past. They wouldn't even have caused a ripple in the Phillies forum cause Phillies fans are obviously thicker-skinned...I know because I had been following the same thread Don was posting on.

On the other hand I have no respect for post-sanitizing a thread because someone posts something unpopular or a dustup occurs (see: the bobby abreu gold glove thread) because that's the nature of passionate discourse.
Which in turn makes this site appealing.
Not a bunch of Stepford Baseball posts.
I can get that watching a local newscast.

I would welcome a credible official explanation for post-hoc sanitizing in this thread.

[Androctus]

I would welcome a credible official explanation for post-hoc sanitizing in this thread.

I ummm, no. Androctus can't say that. They'll throw him out for sure.

i noticed Don notoriously absent, I just figured he was in winter limbo like many others....

[ed hardiman]

I ummm, no. Androctus can't say that. They'll throw him out for sure.
i noticed Don notoriously absent, I just figured he was in winter limbo like many others....

Ed Hardiman wouldn't say that either but then again he's more of a lurker than a leader...Don is wildcat striking the BBF...
I say we all show our solidarity with Don by a work stoppage until Management knuckles under and gives us a ten cent an hour raise across the board!
"We Want Don! We Want Don! We Want Don!"
(insert woody guthrie song here)

[brewcrew82]

Its my understanding arbitrary and capricious censoring by the webmaster has robbed us of our best player on BBF.

As someone who lurks in the Phillies forum but does not post (don't get me wrong, I like the Phils), I too have noticed Donzblock's absence and would like to see him back here.

[ed hardiman]

As someone who lurks in the Phillies forum but does not post (don't get me wrong, I like the Phils), I too have noticed Donzblock's absense and would like to see him back here.

First, welcome to the Phillies forum all are welcome regardless of other favorite teams, don't lurk, chuck your two cents in.

Second, thank you for noticing a real asset to this great site is currently MIA due to a practice less than honorable in my opinion.

For example:
If we are heatedly bickering over let's call it "baseball trinkets" and I wrongly ad-hominem posted you are a lousy dog catcher when in fact you happen to be a crackerjack mutt swiper in real life and you reply "not so mr. poopyhead" and that gets left in the thread for quite some time and we have moved on.

Going in much later to remove it is a perfect example of what's called in the law "unringing the bell" and everyone knows that just isn't possible...

I'm not ascribing evil intent on the webmaster's part in doing it, I assume the webmaster considered it tidying up not controversial.
But this is baseball bickery not celery.

In baseball terms you hit my batter, I sit one of yours down the next frame, umpire warns both sides, game back on...

Finally, if you purposely misquote me again I'll key your Chevette in the parking lot, I said webmaster not Mod...

[mojorisin71]

The baseball season is approaching us, and we at the LA forum need some words of encouragement from the Professor. I hope it's just winter hibernation.

[ed hardiman]

The baseball season is approaching us, and we at the LA forum need some words of encouragement from the Professor. I hope it's just winter hibernation.

What you read is what it is.
I would hope at some point those who compelled Don to leave would at least fairly explain their actions.
I give them full benefit of the doubt and think if post-hoc censoring is a reasonable activity they would have no problem replying in this thread.
It's not required, expected or a demand, the net result is still the same.
No Block.
I would hope a concern of this nature on our part would merit their attention, consideration and reply rather than simply yanking the thread without comment.

[Captain Cold Nose]

I thought I saw the good Professor's name as one of the members currently on the site.
He is missed. Throughout the site.