Congrats, Chris!
Thanks goes to you and the rest of the posters here. It's appreciated that you guys choose to come back and talk sports each day.
Posted 08 April 2019 - 03:15 PM
Congrats, Chris!
Thanks goes to you and the rest of the posters here. It's appreciated that you guys choose to come back and talk sports each day.
Posted 12 April 2019 - 09:09 AM
Took us longer than it should have to get from 700k to 800k... but that's largely due to how poor the Orioles were last year.
800k posts... not too shabby!
Even if the W-L trends are as forecasted, I think the differences in organizational makeup and vision might help the posting pace...eventually.
Posted 15 April 2019 - 03:04 PM
As a newcomer, I really appreciate having this board. When the Sun closed their forums, I was pretty bummed, because I was a daily visitor, like I am here. The O's/Ravens talk is great, but the bonus of BSL is the active music and movie conversations. The Sun had those forums, but they were rarely utilized.
Good news! I saw a dog today.
Posted 16 April 2019 - 01:10 PM
Took us longer than it should have to get from 700k to 800k... but that's largely due to how poor the Orioles were last year.
800k posts... not too shabby!
Congrats Chris.. heading for a million.
Posted 25 September 2019 - 04:53 PM
As of September 25th 2019
2) BSLRobShields 84,119
3) Ricker Says 43,363
4) Mackus 41,334
5) Pedro Cerrano 29,127
6) Oriole85 26,321
7) BSLMichaelWeber 25,456
8) fishteacher 24,260
9) DJ MC 23,035
10) BSLChrisBacon 21,255
11) RShack 19,483
12) BSLMikeRandall 19,374
13) BSLSeanJester 18,462
14) MikeB 15,285
15) BSLSethBondroff 13,422
16) Markus 13,363
17) BSLMikeLowe 12,867
18) BaltBird24 12,345
19) SammyBirdland 12,019
20) JeremyStrain 11,152
21) Don Quixote 10,502
22) BSLBobPhelan 8,910
23) Russ 8,809
24) BSLGabeFerguson 8,186
25) McNulty 7,624
26) jkough1 7,457
27) CA-Oriole 7,323
28) Dupin 6,652
29) dude 6,517
30) Icterus galbula 6,208
31) BSLSteveBirrer 5,876
32) DuffMan 5,774
33) Adam Wolff 5,261
34) The Epic 4,958
35) JeffLong 4,826
36) Matt_P 4,552
37) Coker 4,510
38) Nigel Tufnel 4,351
39) Cisc-O's 4,044
40) BSLZackKiesel 3,890
41) Biggsy 2,961
42) PD24 2,658
43) Matt 2,571
44) B00E00N00 2,513
45) Mark Carver 2,216
46) Greg Pappas 2,211
47) Patrick Dougherty 2,204
48) glenn_davis 2,069
49) FlavaDave10 1,898
50) RZNJ 1,819
51) MKlein76 1,818
52) Stringer Bell 1,780
53) LanceRinker 1,736
54) Hooded Viper 1,730
55) FFH 1,553
56) ChaosLex 1,533
57) JTrea81 1,387
58) tennO'sfan 1,314
59) ravens8589 1,306
60) russsnyder 1,243
61) Moose Milligan 1,206
62) Dr. FLK 1,190
63) Miller192 1,185
64) Mashed Potatoes 1,149
65) bmore_ken 1,125
66) weird-O 1,091
67) Tucker Blair 1,074
68) Bmore Irish 1,032
69) primetime 942
70) MattJergensen 934
71) esporter 917
72) clapdiddy 872
73) mdrunning 828
74) jamesdean 799
75) ll BuonO 743
76) Gooch 728
77) cprenegade 727
78) Domenic 717
79) vatech1994 710
80) Slidemaster 681
81) RampageBassoon 662
82) Nuclear Dish 573
83) Jon Shepherd 562
84) Brobey 561
85) 1970 558
86) Can_of_corn 557
87) Stotle 529
88) Steve55 512
89) oldballcoach 509
90) waroriole 502
91) KRL224 495
92) DBean 482
93) Thirteen 469
94) aurelius 458
95) DanBryden 440
96) GreyhoundAlum 419
97) 85Knight 417
98) MDtransplant757 391
99) Luke Jackson 386
100) ivanbalt 377
Posted 25 September 2019 - 05:03 PM
101) Kevin Ebert 367
102) hallas 348
103) Tyler Bingaman 332
104) Genius Movement 307
105) jasterps 297
106) Dystopia 291
107) JBMAD 290
108) Michael Keltics 282
109) Ravens2006 280
110) ShawnBrubaker 278
111) CrimsonTribe 267
112) Why Not? 267
113) Chris Worthington 266
114) ravens82 253
115) BSLWillieSeanCoughlan 247
116) BCFan 243
117) JamesGallden 230
118) ShoNuff07 221
119) ECF 207
120) tpjs1 203
121) mdak06 198
122) scOtt 193
123) ncicere 193
124) JHTerp01 187
125) Stallion77 186
126) MattCLund 186
127) 211sports 173
128) GaryArmida 173
129) OldSchool 168
130) Ovechkin8 166
131) NadeemK 164
132) 11ROVER 163
133) glorydays 160
134) B-more Ravor 155
135) TerpInTheSouth 154
136) TSMarine 153
137) CTSchwink 153
138) Atomtastic 152
139) ChrisGarman 150
140) JStruds 150
Posted 25 September 2019 - 05:06 PM
141) dandrews 149
142) fan4life 146
143) BrandonWarne 145
144) Thyrl 144
145) BSLRaphielleJohnson 139
146) erb8472 137
147) Zwolfe0 135
148) Slappy 131
149) Beesemode 127
150) bmoreb 122
151) DerekESR 119
152) chrismonty 118
153) SaintBull 117
154) Bosibus 113
155) Oldtime 113
156) MarkBullock 112
157) TomPeace 111
158) BSLZachSpedden 107
159) RobHabib 107
160) CMU27 106
Posted 17 November 2020 - 01:43 PM
We're at just under 909k total posts on the site. Let's see how long it takes to hit 1M.
Posted 23 November 2020 - 03:09 PM
We're at just under 909k total posts on the site. Let's see how long it takes to hit 1M.
The Ravens are trying to help. Nothing drives the posts, like the local team facing adversity.
Posted 28 July 2021 - 10:16 AM
We will hit 950k shortly. 50k away.
Probably about a year from 1M.
Posted 24 December 2021 - 01:48 PM
Up over 976k posts... few months away from 1M.
Thanks all!
Posted 07 January 2022 - 01:26 PM
I launched BSL Jan. 7th, 2009.
At the time I was working for a great company but pretty miserable in my position. BSL was a cathartic diversion for me. We had some incremental success, and the audience grew.
We spent years attempting to obtain a fairly minimal investment to grow further - but repeatedly we were turned down by banks, Angel Investors, VC's. This made for some very lean and tough years.
Ultimately, that lack of immediate larger success might have been for the best. Necessity (and desperation) is the mother of invention! We revised our business plan multiple times, and gained additional needed experience through a number of other professional stops. I was able to take something from each of those experiences.
Are we a finished product? No, but we are self-sustaining at this point, and poised for a lot of growth going forward.
BSL has a great writing staff ( https://lnkd.in/eeV_PUY ) that I'm very proud about. It's also been rewarding to see 4 of our previous writers go on to work for MLB teams, while others have left us and contributed to ESPN, CBS, FOX Sports, BP, FanGraphs, etc.
Other components of BSL are:
Baltimore Metro Business Development (BMBD)
https://lnkd.in/es3wC7mN
Baltimore Pacesetters
baltimorepacesetters.com
Annapolis Pacesetters
annapolispacesetters.com
&
Baltimore 2029
baltimore2029.com
When I started a blog with nobody but close friends and family reading; I didn't anticipate that leading to running networking events and business development groups. It's just how things organically grew.
All development is not linear. Sometimes any level of success is delayed. If you care enough, keep at it. I've been knocked down 1,000 times, and I'm sure I'll be knocked down again. But you'll never keep me down. Life is always about dealing with adversity, adjusting, and finding another way.
Thanks to my BSL colleagues past and present for their efforts. Thanks to friends, family, and business colleagues who have been supportive and helped us along the way. Thanks to you our readers / posters.
I'm very excited about where we go from here.
Posted 07 January 2022 - 10:38 PM
Posted 08 January 2022 - 08:26 AM
Well said, Ricker.
Posted 08 January 2022 - 08:47 AM
Thanks guys, appreciate the comments and all you've added here.
Posted 23 March 2022 - 11:56 AM
Up over 990k posts... closing in on 1M.
Posted 23 May 2022 - 08:04 AM
999,415 posts currently. Will hit 1M in next couple of days.
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