Happy Anniversary!

Yes, it was exactly one year ago, June 2nd, 2011, that I started Hot Corner Harbor. And I would say it’s been a great year. That first day, I asked whether the Cardinals needed to make any trade deadline moves. Since then, I’ve made 121 more posts (counting this one), started a series (becoming obsessed with retired numbers in the process), re-run another series, joined the Baseball Bloggers Alliance, released a whole bunch of Sporcle quizes, voted on a few things, and even been sarcastic on occasion.

I wanted to write something really profound and moving about how it’s changed me, but I don’t think it has too much. I’m still a huge fan of baseball, I just happen to write about it more often than I used to. And it’s been really fun writing about it, too. I suppose I’m slightly more responsible, in that I actually have to stop what I’m doing (usually procrastinating) and take time to write (granted, the writing itself is sometimes procrastination, but I’ll leave that issue for another time).

Thank you to everyone who’s been reading over the past twelve months! It means a lot to me, and I hope you all continue to visit. 

And now, as some additional trivia, the most-read posts of the first year of Hot Corner Harbor:

1) NL Central Predictions, or: How Not to Make Projections

2) Retired Numbers Series: Boston Red Sox

3) Paul Konerko, 500 Home Runs, and the Hall of Fame

4) 50 Best Players Not in the Hall of Fame Ballot Explanations, Part 1

5) Comparison: Ken Griffey, Jr. vs. Chipper Jones

6) Retired Numbers Series: Los Angeles Dodgers

7) A Post in Which I Try and Emulate Ken Tremendous

8) Retired Numbers Series: Detroit Tigers

9) 50 Best Players Not in the Hall of Fame Ballot Explanations, Part 2

10) Pitchers, the MVP, and the Hank Aaron Award