If somebody that’s interested doesn’t have a lot of those though, they might want to e-mail Russ or me a writing sample. You personally would be strongly considered with just your “Bigger is better…” fanpost and your recent comment history, as that fanpost in particular falls exactly into a kind of well thought out, discussion fostering piece we’d like to regularly see from new writers.

So they’d be assigned a Rockpile or Pebble Report a couple of times a week depending on which they’re most comfortable with and then one Game thread, and one post-game wrap-up.

the Denver-/Western-based thing is really more about being able to monitor the site when I have to sleep. The Rockpile has been and always will be a link dump/news roundup.

So don’t pay attention to the exact days as this is just a sample, but the mock schedule I worked out for Russ in our e-mail conversations looked like this (with a change on Saturday because in my e-mail to him I put in the wrong new writer):

Monday: Rockpile – Writer X; Pebble Report – Russ; Game Thread – Russ; Postgame – Writer X (Rox Girl, Writer Y off)

Tuesday: Rockpile – Russ; Pebble Report – Rox Girl; Game Thread – Writer Y; Postgame – Russ (Writer X off)

Wednesday: Rockpile – Writer Y; Pebble Report – Rox Girl; Game Thread – Rox Girl; Postgame – Writer Y (Russ, Writer X off)

Thursday: Rockpile – Writer X; Pebble Report – Rox Girl; Game Thread – Writer X; Postgame – Rox Girl (Russ, Writer Y off)

Friday: Rockpile – Rox Girl; Pebble Report – Russ; Game Thread – Russ; Postgame – Rox Girl (Writer X, Writer Y off)

Saturday: Rockpile – Writer Y; Pebble Report – Russ; Game Thread – Russ; Post Game – Russ (Rox Girl, Writer X off)

Sunday: Rox Girl does it all! (Russ, Writer X, Writer Y off)

So that works out to Writer X being asked to do a Rockpile and Postgame thread Monday and a Rockpile and Game discussion thread Thursday.

Writer Y would be asked to write a game thread on Tuesday, Rockpiles on Wednesday and Saturday, and a post game thread on Saturday night. With both of these samples I was working with the assumption that they wouldn’t be familiar with, or comfortable, doing write-ups with the minor leaguers, but if they are, we could substitute a Pebble Report for one of the Rockpiles.

That would be a sample schedule, but again we’d be working around everybody’s calendars to get a good fit. The time commitment for a Rockpile thread depends on how much analysis you wish to put into the link or content you’re providing, if you’re just posting some links without saying much, it will take less than a half hour. If you do have something more to say or analysis you want to get into, it could take quite a bit longer, particularly if you have to look up statistics or other references to support your points.

Game threads don’t take long at all to post, again unless you have something important you really want to get off your chest, but we will ask you to monitor the discussion in them to make sure comments aren’t going out of bounds from the website’s standards.

The post-game wrap.., well I really don’t know how long to estimate for that as I haven’t really done many myself, but you could put your own stamp on it and make it as detailed or brief as you’d like so long as the content’s worthy. If you keep everything to brief or to the bare minimum, we’d probably look for you providing an extra piece of content or two each week outside the scheduled chore posts.

Although I still post on my current blog, the next year or so (what with bar review all summer, the bar exam in July, and the possibility I’ll be moving at some point) would cripple my ability to post here.

who joined before the ’07 season is an old-timer.

Although we’d be looking for two writers in addition to you anyway due to current geography, but I like your stuff. I know Russ is biased, but we’ll have to discuss this.

after you get those powers here. Wait, I don’t even know if you can ban yourself. Never tried it.

For the Simpsons reference… you’re hired!

Apu: Yes! I am a citizen! Now which way to the welfare office? I’m kidding, I’m kidding. I work, I work.

…..and the Coor’s light reference.

Homer: Here’s to alcohol, the cause of — and solution to — all life’s problems.

2. Someone finally cagey enough to beat the Pit’s admins in a friendly wager

HAH!! ::haughty laugh::

I’m engaged (have been for like 4 months, at Coors Field, 7th inning stretch, during “Hey Baby” after “Take me…”, said yes, tears, peanuts raining down on us) and that takes up a good amount of my time.