Comments on: Style Points http://baseblogging.net/2006/01/02/style-points/ A resource for baseball (and other sports) bloggers Sun, 25 Sep 2011 19:01:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Red Hot Mama http://baseblogging.net/2006/01/02/style-points/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Red Hot Mama Wed, 04 Jan 2006 00:47:05 +0000 http://baseblogging.net/2006/01/02/style-points/#comment-95 Thanks for the link. I thought it was funny that the two typos grated on my nerves so. Guess I'd better make good use of the spell check on my own blog. I'm a firm believer in writing skimmably, and I pride myself on my bullets. Whenever I see a dense, verbose chunk of prose on another blog, I think "who's going to read that?" But invariably, someone has responded with "Great analysis!" in the comments, and I'm again left questioning my entire belief system. Does being bombastic lend you credibility in a baseblog? Or was that post really so excellently fantastic that it transcended the presentation? Or did that person only say it was a great analysis to make themselves feel smarter after they tried and failed to decipher the impenetrable formatting? Whatever. I'll stick with the bullets. Mine look like little baseballs. Thanks for the link. I thought it was funny that the two typos grated on my nerves so. Guess I’d better make good use of the spell check on my own blog.

I’m a firm believer in writing skimmably, and I pride myself on my bullets. Whenever I see a dense, verbose chunk of prose on another blog, I think “who’s going to read that?” But invariably, someone has responded with “Great analysis!” in the comments, and I’m again left questioning my entire belief system.

Does being bombastic lend you credibility in a baseblog? Or was that post really so excellently fantastic that it transcended the presentation? Or did that person only say it was a great analysis to make themselves feel smarter after they tried and failed to decipher the impenetrable formatting?

Whatever. I’ll stick with the bullets. Mine look like little baseballs.

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