Can you believe that you're already five years old today? I mean, seriously, that's probably like a teenager in terms of a blog lifespan, right? So do I have to worry about AN going out and using drugs with some unsavory friends now? Or maybe caving into peer pressure and playing beer pong?
Seriously though, thank you to everyone who frequents this site and to the few of you who have been around nearly that long. It seems like just yesterday I was starting up a blog on typepad called Athletics Nation and then when it asked me for a subhead, I called it "baseball country". Remember that campaign? Wow that was terrible and what was I thinking?
I also want to say thanks to Nico, baseballgirl (excellent piece on Yankee Stadium yesterday), monkeyball, louismg, Brad Ziegler, Taj Adib, notsellingjeans, grover, devo and salb for being a part of providing great content on a very consistent basis. I still love AN as though it's my child, more than 10 million visits, more than a million comments and about 35 million page views later. Now go do your homework or you won't get into a great college!
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Unsavory friends?
Dude, we’re right here.
salb918 - November 6, 2008
Hey I don't go talking behind people's backs
I’m all up in your grill with it. ;-)
Tyler Bleszinski - November 6, 2008
You're welcome.
Oh wait. That came out wrong.
mikev - November 6, 2008
Five year old
blogblogblogblogblogblogblog!
oblique - November 6, 2008
Does this mean I can ask AN out on a date?
TwistNHook - November 6, 2008
Hey now
I AM an overprotective parent and would likely answer the door with shotgun in hand.
Tyler Bleszinski - November 6, 2008
Just wait until AN gets to college in a year and a half. Its gonna go crazy!
TwistNHook - November 6, 2008
Thank you so much Blez for your work that you have done for us;
not only as Athletics fans but also as bloggers…
We owe you and thank you again!!!!
MMunoz33 - November 6, 2008
My pleasure, man
This has been the hardest I’ve ever worked on anything, but I’ve never loved a job as much as this one.
Tyler Bleszinski - November 6, 2008
Not this?
Flashfire - November 7, 2008
Thanks to Paul Thomas
for his in-depth baseball statistical analysis of our team and opponents…
MMunoz33 - November 6, 2008
+1.
I like PT too.
And thanks to Poppy, Jennifer, 67M, 74mk, FSU, and countless others who are also draws for this site. Even in the offseason, I’m a lurker just to catch the funny stuff that goes on here.
GreenSocks - November 6, 2008
67MARQUEZ - November 6, 2008
gigglingone - November 6, 2008
I’d argue that 5 years in blog time is heading towards middle aged.
ragnarok - November 6, 2008
Thing is we don't really know
We don’t really have a precedent for the lifespan of blogs. Maybe they’re immortal like the Highlander and AN needs its head chopped off in order to die.
Who wants to live forever when love must die?
Tyler Bleszinski - November 6, 2008
Cake for everyone!
whiteshoes40 - November 6, 2008
Now THAT is a cake!
Masaryk - November 6, 2008
cake time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOO HOO! AN’S BIRTHDAY!! EXCUSE FOR MAD CELEBRATION!!!
#14fan - November 6, 2008
Piggy back rides!
67MARQUEZ - November 6, 2008
wooooo!
Happy congratulations! How you’ve grown in just five years.
Ryan Gantz - November 6, 2008
how many unique accounts are registered?
Cheezombie - November 6, 2008
only 5
There’s Blez, BBG, Paul Thomas, salb918, and all the rest are Nico
gigglingone - November 6, 2008
qotm
monkeyball - November 6, 2008
there i go again
qotm-ing myself.
oakinboston - November 6, 2008
QOTM
oblique - November 6, 2008
So I'm a figment of Cindi's imagination?
That’s so freaking depressing.
grover - November 6, 2008
Could be worse, you could be a figment of Monkeyball's
It’s crowded in here!
adragon - November 7, 2008
YAY!!!!!
-Cindi
Nico - November 7, 2008
Thankyou so much everyone
When I joined this site I was pretty confident I knew more about baseball than most people.
Now it’s a fact.
ChadGod - November 6, 2008
Man
I feel the same way.
Happy B-Day AN
HRH - November 7, 2008
Aww yay happy birthday, AN!
drmmerchk - November 6, 2008
Teenager, ha!
With all those baby blogs running around the SB Nation, either AN is quite the promiscuous teenage blog or you’re lying about your age like a Dominican baseball prospect.
Many happy returns, for you and all your progeny!
GoA's - November 6, 2008
Um,
(happy birthday)
Leopold Bloom - November 6, 2008
FIRE MACHA NOW!
pickinmachine - November 6, 2008
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!
whiteshoes40 - November 6, 2008
AHHHHHHH!!!!
FormerHuntsvilleStar - November 6, 2008
AN, Reducing Work Productivity since 2003!
connie mack - November 6, 2008
I think I just found my new signature
Thank’s connie mack
adragon - November 7, 2008
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 5 years is VERY impressive for a blog…but I am not shocked this IS the best site on the web!!! I can’t help but visit the site atleast 5 times a day…ok, I can admit, I have an addiction and I love it! Happy birthday!
ilovegregsmith - November 6, 2008
Five years. Wow, time flies ...why it just
seems like yesterday that I was recovering from what bear_88 dubbed the “great playoff miss of 2004”.
So anyway, five years. I think Nico’s contract is up for arbitration now?
ak_A - November 6, 2008
I was non-tendered
That’s not true, actually – I’m very tender.
Nico - November 7, 2008
Congrats on five fun years!
FormerHuntsvilleStar - November 6, 2008
More congratulations, Blez
AN is my favorite A’s place…thanks to you and the AN team. Baseball fans, A’s fans sure do make good friends.
LongTimeFan - November 6, 2008
Happy Birthday
Flagship Blog, the best.
Hit4TheCycle - November 6, 2008
Happy B-day
From a newbe
adragon - November 7, 2008
Happy B-day
From a nudie
67MARQUEZ - November 7, 2008
Happ B-day
From a never-nude.
salb918 - November 7, 2008
Ick!
grover - November 7, 2008
A day late, $10 short.
Happy Belated, AN!
pam5981 - November 7, 2008
hey you
Nice to see ya.
paradox - November 7, 2008
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
A day late but still sincere.
paradox - November 7, 2008
It's a great blog...
Thanks so much for creating it and Kudos and a big hug to all that write for it on a consistent basis. It really is the “go to” place for A’s news.
IM4Oakgal - November 8, 2008
Congratulations, Blez
I would also like to congratulate AN legends Cutthemullet, Ice Cream, mcbronsh, jrbh, BobbyCrosbysGirl, Brian in 317, HandsomeRuss, PosterNutbag44, Czech Micah, ohad, A’s Avenger’s Dad, Taj Adib, kaweahkaweah, and JediLeroy.
Reg - November 8, 2008
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