The fundamental problem with the Japanese baseball blogosphere

[dr4b]

It's written mostly by people who don't actually go to baseball games in Japan.

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And maybe that's the way it should be. But the fact is, I no longer post things to Marinerds, choosing to put all of my game experiences here instead, because I'm mostly just writing about myself and my experience at the games, rather than what the players did, and I can't tell whether anyone who doesn't know me personally will actually give a shit about that kind of crap. I've been to 83 games this year, all over the fucking country, and am on target to hit 100 within the next month or two. I've had the time of my life doing it. But somehow I feel like nobody actually cares about that kind of stuff, the adventures of being a white girl in a vast sea of Japanese people.

The funny part being, I started Marinerds because everyone was sick of me posting so much about baseball here. Ugh. What the hell should I do?

Comments

[nickjong.livejournal.com]

I largely agree with the other commenters: write what you want to write in your LiveJournal, and accept that people will read what they want to read. With regard to Marinerds, I suspect it might be helpful to identify your goals. If you just wanted a separate venue for baseball-related posts, well, I think using tags and icons in LiveJournal can help readers skip such posts if they don't wish to read them. If you harbor hopes of launching a sportswriting career, a non-LiveJournal blog could be important. In this case, you have to balance knowing your audience with playing to your strengths. Maybe it is to your advantage to be different from all those other writers in that blogosphere. I would think your personal experiences with baseball are worth sharing, at least as much as yet another recap of a given game. Then again, the only Mets blog I still read is metsgrrl.com; I haven't found time for the various game recap / news rehash / team ranting blogs.

On the whole, I would say you're doing fine, and that you should feel free to share your personal experience on your baseball blog. In the worst case, it can take little effort to crosspost from LiveJournal, and I'm sure some people find it worthwhile.