I think anyone who’s read EWC for any length of time knows we’re usually good for a post or two per day most of the time. However, that just hasn’t been the case during the past 3 or 4 months. The readership has declined somewhat, and I think the quality has suffered at times, but this has been mostly a good thing for Jackson and I — because it’s meant we’ve been busier doing something we love (scouting).
Of course our dear readers see very little of this fruit, because the deeper we get into baseball the less we can share here. The more we belong to our employers, the more responsibility we take on as representatives thereof. Fun language Shinsano. What a great blog this turned into. Yes. We walked the line for a little while. We occasionally complained about this some out loud, but that didn’t make for good reading either.
What I’m saying here is that we aren’t shutting EWC down completely…you may find something here again someday…but we are going on an extended indefinite hiatus that may or may not end. It’s not easy to do. Personally, I got into this for the writing first, and I always can find time for that.
So at least for now, thanks to everyone for tuning in and please don’t ever hesitate to contact Jackson or I at eastwindupchronicle@gmail.com, which we both check frequently and use for other purposes besides the blog. We’re also both on Facebook and Linkdin if you want to go that route. I’d like to name some of our readers and contributors, both past and present, but I don’t want to leave anyone out. You know who you are. You guys helped make this place a fun place to write and hang out pretty much every day for 2 years and change.
All the best — and many thanks,
Aaron Tassano (Shinsano)
Cary Jackson Broder
20 responses so far ↓
1 Fred Knows Best // Oct 6, 2009 at 3:30 am
I was finally warming up to your loyal listeners and now you “pull the plug” so to speak.
darnit.
2 Brian // Oct 6, 2009 at 6:42 am
Take your time, but hurry back.
3 DJ // Oct 6, 2009 at 8:54 am
No surprise here. The writing was on the wall. Or, I suppose, the lack-of-writing. Too bad, though.
Bon voyage.
4 Chan Ho Park // Oct 6, 2009 at 3:45 pm
blogging FAIL
5 Shinsano // Oct 6, 2009 at 9:33 pm
No Chan-ho, you’re the FAIL. After some really good material you didn’t comment here for at least two months. What the heck else do you have to do online?
You also get a hamstring FAIL. You had a nice season going and a chance to maybe step into the closer role during the playoffs.
6 Fred Knows Best // Oct 6, 2009 at 9:55 pm
Now settle down folks. Let’s not point fingers or sling barbs or well I knew Shinsano was just half joking.
Chan-ho was just upset because he was finally learning some practical english through this site.
DJ, well I’m not sure what DJ is upset about. Perhaps one less place to vent frustrations.
As for Fred, I’m in the same place as Brian.
“Take your time, but hurry back.”
Simple, yet positive. Yes, let’s stay positive here.
7 Patrick // Oct 7, 2009 at 1:15 am
“the choice is yours, don’t be late”.
I haven’t exactly been the best blogger lately, so I know how it is. I’ve enjoyed your work here the last couple years and I hope it will continue in some form.
Cheers & good luck!
8 DJ // Oct 7, 2009 at 1:47 am
“DJ, well I’m not sure what DJ is upset about. Perhaps one less place to vent frustrations.”
Uh, I’m pretty sure I wasn’t upset when I wrote that. Maybe a little glum. And why? Well, it sucks that one of my favorite blogs–and daily rituals–is going dark. That’s not too hard to understand, is it?
9 Mike B // Oct 7, 2009 at 5:34 am
you’ll be missed
come back soon
10 Fred Knows Best // Oct 7, 2009 at 5:34 am
I did say I wasn’t sure about why DJ.
Glad to here you are a positive fellow afterall.
Yes, I agree it is a loss to the baseball blogworld as it was a fun surfstop.
11 baekgom84 // Oct 7, 2009 at 10:43 pm
But now where will I get my dose of K-pop news (relatively) untainted by fanboyism/girlism?
Have fun during what is hopefully a REAL hiatus, and not an excuse to avoid a teary goodbye!
12 tj // Oct 10, 2009 at 4:55 am
Nice blog and good luck. But really, it’s not national security. You could write about your work. Not many people really care. It’s going to come down to the money with all the asian signings anyway.
13 Michael Turton // Oct 10, 2009 at 11:26 pm
“Scouting” — so that’s what they’re calling KTV visits these days….
…you’ll be missed. Thanks for all the good stuff.
14 Navin // Oct 12, 2009 at 5:16 am
I hope you guys come back sometime in the future. This blog was a must-read for me. And Shinsano, thanks for all your work with the Cubs. Maybe one day they will win it all…
15 jwb // Oct 13, 2009 at 4:41 am
I’ll miss you; come back when and if you can. There have been a number of good bloggers who have disappeared or cut down on their blogging for professional reasons. Now there two more. It would be petty to despise you for your success as scouts, so I will wish you both continued success and happiness for you and your families. I will miss you not only for your insights into East Asian baseball, life as ex-pats in East Asia, and life as scouts, but for the cultural posts as well. By culture, I mean 19th century Japanese porn.
16 Korea Beat // Oct 21, 2009 at 12:50 pm
It’s a loss to the K-blogosphere, but I’m glad it’s for a good reason. Don’t stay away too long.
17 The Envoy // Oct 24, 2009 at 11:07 pm
And I just got here…..:P
18 Shinsano // Jan 31, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Test. Don’t fight it. Feel it.
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