2025 Creighton Baseball

[Realhoops]

Can I ask that if you're going to live-tweet the baseball games through the board, can you at least provide some context? It probably won't surprise you to learn that virtually no one else on the board is following the game stream or watching along with you. I'm not saying to stop posting, but maybe give us some more information than "nice play" so it doesn't feel like we have to wade through a bunch of spam posts to see if there is anything to know about the team or the season.

Yeah -- I like that there's someone with interest and excitement. And I like to check in on the game and see how things are going when I can't make it down, etc. But at least some score updates and some kind of context would be great. And maybe instead of a brand new post for every single thought, just have one for the game and edit to add the next thought until somebody else has responded.

Seriously -- actually don't mind the barrage of thoughts, don't mind the responses to yourself, etc. -- but as another reader, I'd be way more apt to engage and get way more out of the posts if those kind of things were included -- tell us what inning you're talking about, what the score is, what the "nice play" actually was, etc. All of that would help other readers and likely be more apt to get some engagement from others.

Just my .02, fwiw (which probably isn't even that much).

[Tdjay114]

Fair enough on both. I'll try to do that. However, I was treating it more as it is on the basketball board. People there literally post their thoughts on every single play. You can follow play by play on gametracker or watch on espn plus most games. I'll try to add the inning and score, though I do usually say the score and inning after an inning. I feel like adding some color to it would be good - which I'll try to put in longer form posts. It's not my fault no one else responds throughout a game. People post multiple times on the basketball board in the same half even! I appreciate the posters here who have been responding, and I appreciate your suggestions. I will post any insights, regarding players, injuries, etc. and even in-game thoughts. I didn't know the details that the other poster made about Wendt or even the previous one about Nissan. And those wouldn't have been prompted if not for my incorrect suggestion that Wendt start yesterday. I'm a work in progress, as are my posts, but some people including our NY Jays fan friend, have commented that they like the play-by-play posts because they help him follow. I don't know that anyone on the basketball board is criticized for in-game posts. The more posters here the merrior.

[JaysLifer]

Fair enough on both. I'll try to do that. However, I was treating it more as it is on the basketball board. People there literally post their thoughts on every single play. You can follow play by play on gametracker or watch on espn plus most games. I'll try to add the inning and score, though I do usually say the score and inning after an inning. I feel like adding some color to it would be good - which I'll try to put in longer form posts. It's not my fault no one else responds throughout a game. People post multiple times on the basketball board in the same half even! I appreciate the posters here who have been responding, and I appreciate your suggestions. I will post any insights, regarding players, injuries, etc. and even in-game thoughts. I didn't know the details that the other poster made about Wendt or even the previous one about Nissan. And those wouldn't have been prompted if not for my incorrect suggestion that Wendt start yesterday. I'm a work in progress, as are my posts, but some people including our NY Jays fan friend, have commented that they like the play-by-play posts because they help him follow. I don't know that anyone on the basketball board is criticized for in-game posts. The more posters here the merrior.

One of the main differences between basketball and baseball (aside from the disparate levels of in-game engagement among fans) is that each basketball game has its own thread. So if I don't really care to read people's in-game's thoughts, I won't read the game thread. With baseball having just one thread (and I'm not suggesting that each baseball game or series have its own thread on this board), I like to open the thread to see if there are any developments with the team or the season. It's hard to do that when there are pages filled with single-sentence posts that don't really even tell me anything about the game.

I realize it's probably bad form to tell someone how to post, and you're welcome to post however you see fit, but it takes away from the purpose that the baseball thread has historically served.

[Tdjay114]

Again, fair enough, but good ol’ Jaybird on here criticized me for being like James Joyce with my longer posts and longer analysis, so I can’t win for losing. Too long. Or too short. I just like Creighton baseball, and I am just trying to get more interaction and engagement on here like there is for basketball. The more people that reply and the more posts there are all the better. I’ve replied when others post interesting tidbits, as they have regarding Wendt and Nissen.

[Realhoops]

Fair enough on both. I'll try to do that. However, I was treating it more as it is on the basketball board. People there literally post their thoughts on every single play. You can follow play by play on gametracker or watch on espn plus most games. I'll try to add the inning and score, though I do usually say the score and inning after an inning. I feel like adding some color to it would be good - which I'll try to put in longer form posts. It's not my fault no one else responds throughout a game. People post multiple times on the basketball board in the same half even! I appreciate the posters here who have been responding, and I appreciate your suggestions. I will post any insights, regarding players, injuries, etc. and even in-game thoughts. I didn't know the details that the other poster made about Wendt or even the previous one about Nissan. And those wouldn't have been prompted if not for my incorrect suggestion that Wendt start yesterday. I'm a work in progress, as are my posts, but some people including our NY Jays fan friend, have commented that they like the play-by-play posts because they help him follow. I don't know that anyone on the basketball board is criticized for in-game posts. The more posters here the merrior.

One of the main differences between basketball and baseball (aside from the disparate levels of in-game engagement among fans) is that each basketball game has its own thread. So if I don't really care to read people's in-game's thoughts, I won't read the game thread. With baseball having just one thread (and I'm not suggesting that each baseball game or series have its own thread on this board), I like to open the thread to see if there are any developments with the team or the season. It's hard to do that when there are pages filled with single-sentence posts that don't really even tell me anything about the game.

I realize it's probably bad form to tell someone how to post, and you're welcome to post however you see fit, but it takes away from the purpose that the baseball thread has historically served.

That's why I suggested maybe a single post for the game, and then editing to add the new thoughts as the game goes if nobody else is responding.

Totally agree, not my place to tell someone how to post. But I know I'm way less likely to even open the baseball thread if it is actually just page after page of one person responding with two or three word thoughts and no context like it currently is. Like I said, I appreciate having someone who wants to get some baseball discussion going. And this seems totally different than the observations about lengthy posts without no kind of formatting or anything (which admittedly have a similar impact).

Again -- you do you. I just think you might actually have more success getting others to be willing and interested in joining in and engaging if it was a more friendly presentation for doing so. I suspect that the way it's gone so far this year is actually more likely to keep people from even opening the baseball thread, causing the exact opposite.

Genuinely good faith observations. Totally up to you how to take them or what to do with them.

[Tdjay114]

Fair enough, again. I just find it odd that rather than engaging in posts, as people do on the basketball board all the time, people find it appropriate to just criticize not the content of the posts themselves but the format or, sometimes, the posts, which are in fact related to Jays baseball. Why tell someone how to post rather than actually reply and engage in content that is related to Jays baseball?

The basketball in-game and season threads are all over the place. There's no rhyme or reason to most posts, especially when people complaint about the refs, or go nuts during the games because of emotion. Why not just reply and actually discuss Bluejay baseball, which is the whole point of my posts and the point for why I'm here on this thread?

[Tdjay114]

I've also posted on the men's basketball board and the women's basketball board. Even on the volleyball board. No criticism of the type of post there. I think it's just that people don't post as much on baseball.

Here's a baseball related post that I'll keep short and direct: I hope we can get all three games in this weekend against St. Mary's. They have a decent record. The snow should melt over the next few days, and the weather looks like it'll be nice this weekend.

[Realhoops]

Fair enough, again. I just find it odd that rather than engaging in posts, as people do on the basketball board all the time, people find it appropriate to just criticize not the content of the posts themselves but the format or, sometimes, the posts, which are in fact related to Jays baseball. Why tell someone how to post rather than actually reply and engage in content that is related to Jays baseball?

The basketball in-game and season threads are all over the place. There's no rhyme or reason to most posts, especially when people complaint about the refs, or go nuts during the games because of emotion. Why not just reply and actually discuss Bluejay baseball, which is the whole point of my posts and the point for why I'm here on this thread?

I give up. I don't how else to say I'm not trying to "just criticize" the content or format. I'm simply trying to point out one reason why it may be that during a game you can go back and find roughly 50 consecutive posts where you are talking to yourself with something like "that was nice" and nobody else at all posting and there is little or no actual engagement from anyone. I was trying to suggest some things that might actually get others to engage, instead of turning people completely away from doing so.

I'm someone who would be inclined to engage and talk about some of these games. Now, not so much.

But enjoy the season and go Jays.

[JacobPadilla]

Fair enough, again. I just find it odd that rather than engaging in posts, as people do on the basketball board all the time, people find it appropriate to just criticize not the content of the posts themselves but the format or, sometimes, the posts, which are in fact related to Jays baseball. Why tell someone how to post rather than actually reply and engage in content that is related to Jays baseball?

The basketball in-game and season threads are all over the place. There's no rhyme or reason to most posts, especially when people complaint about the refs, or go nuts during the games because of emotion. Why not just reply and actually discuss Bluejay baseball, which is the whole point of my posts and the point for why I'm here on this thread?

He explained exactly why you're getting that kind of response, and the differences between what you're doing and the other sections of this message board. He's offering feedback for how to get the engagement you want.

[Tdjay114]

I said fair enough, and I appreciate it. I then made another post about this weekend's series and the weather. I'm just not quite sure why posters on the other sports' threads don't get the same criticism. That's all. Go Jays. Sweep Gaels.