Wednesday Update

Happy to have MC Hammer here in the MLBlogosphere for his official baseball blog, and it looks like Rob has gotten the comments started on Hammer's latest post about Barry Bonds' climb up the home run charts. Please light up the comments there, unless for some reason you don't remember that this is a major entertainment name -- and a former Oakland A's batboy during their 1970s dynasty -- in our midst. A new Photo Album also has just been added to his MLBlog. MLBloggers Don't Hurt Him!

Here's another blog about Barry . . .

Recently I shared some Traffic Tips for MLBloggers (and thanks for the comments that are also worth reading if you are new here). No. 5 on that list continues to be a great method. Liveblog! And don't just liveblog, but get the word out in the preceding 24 hours that you are going to liveblog. Post it as a comment here, and invite an MLBlogger from the team your own team is playing to liveblog against you. The sweet spot on the MLBlogs.com homepage was dedicated all last night and until noon today to the liveblogging between Jason and Cyn, and you can see from the number of comments on their posts that a lot of people are visiting. It might be an intense way to follow a game, but once in a while it also might be a way to pump up the traffic volume. Try it and remember to tell everyone about it here on the community blog.

On this Hump Day, please turn your attention to the ultimate hump on any baseball field -- the pitcher's mound! Murray Cook is Major League Baseball's groundskeeper emeritus and he just blogged about what it takes to build a pitcher's mound. Very insightful stuff from the MLBlogger with the greenest thumb.

White Sox VP/Communications Scott Reifert continues to hit one home run after another in the Sphere. His latest post on Inside the White Sox takes you inside Ozzie Guillen's office five hours before a game. You absolutely cannot find the kind of access that an MLBlog like Scott's provides on a regular basis anywhere else in the traditional media. It has also been the definitive place to find out about Jose Contreras' status all week.

Chapter Three - Second Inning. It's now posted at The King's Game.

We'll be on the lookout for any special blogging about Moms for this weekend. Please post a comment here if you blog about Mother's Day.