Reviews needed: AZ and LAD World Series DVD Sets

AZDVDSET.jpgUpdated 1:45 p.m. ET Wednesday

Last night I wrote this story for the MLB.com and Cubs.com homepages about "Cubbleyous." Yes, I counted all 10,000 W's that appear in the article! Congrats to the Cubs for reaching that milestone. It would have been ironic if Greg Maddux had reached 350 at almost exactly the same time, but somehow Trevor Hoffman just blew another very high-profile save opportunity...common lately.

Now it could be your turn to have an MLB.com byline. In the last year, a lot of MLBloggers have had prominent bylines on club homepages, simply by offering to review our popular World Series Collector's Edition DVD sets that are brought down to my desk from my MLB Productions colleagues upstairs here at our MLB Advanced Media headquarters in Manhattan. We kind of have a system going now and a little breakthrough modern journalism happening. I just got a couple more sets:

The Arizona Diamondbacks 2001 World Series Collector's Edition: "Celebrate the Arizona Diamondbacks' historic first World series championship. All seven World Series games against the New York Yankees." ($51.99 listed value)

LADDVDSET.jpg The Los Angeles Dodgers 1988 World Series Collector's Edition: "The dramatic 1988 NLCS Game 4, the pennant-clinching Game 7 and all five World series games against the Oakland Athletics." ($42.99 listed value)

I am looking for enthusiastic writers who would like an MLB.com byline for the resume and a great product to keep for free after reviewing. The articles are going onto dbacks.com and dodgers.com for an entire fan base, and these sets obviously are celebrations of important historical club moments and the articles will need to embrace that feeling from a fan perspective. You win by getting a byline and a free product, we win by further promoting the game.

If you are interested, EMAIL ME NOW with full name and mailing address and you will be considered. Do this by email rather than by comment here. If you are selected, I will have the set overnighted to you. You will have five days from receipt of the set (or asap) to file your 500- to 700-word review to that same email address, and I will budget it for presentation on that club's homepage. UPDATED: I have three interested reviewers, but would prefer they be hardcore Dodger/D-backs fans.

There will be others to come so stay tuned. Only on MLBlogs!!!

- Mark/MLB.com

Examples of past MLBloggers reviews on MLB.com:

http://mlblogs.mlblogs.com/archives/2007/09/around_the_sphe.html

http://mlblogs.mlblogs.com/archives/2007/08/latest_mlbcom_b.html

http://mlblogs.mlblogs.com/archives/2007/08/dvd_review_upda.html

http://mlblogs.mlblogs.com/archives/2007/08/more_mlbcom_byl.html

http://mlblogs.mlblogs.com/archives/2007/07/around_the_sphe.html

http://mlblogs.mlblogs.com/archives/2007/06/exclusive_oppor.html

Our friend Zoe Rice, the NYC author who maintains the well-read Pick Me Up Some Mets! MLBlog, actually got the ball rolling on this year-long effort with a review last May of a Mets DVD. That appeared on the top of the front of Mets.com.

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I am locked out of my blog. Please help!

Argh. That sucked. Update: I am able to get into my blog. Thank goodness for understanding computers.


Bug Report from this experience: There are no means to change our emails on our profiles. Can we please have that capability. Also, the MLBlogs account apparently isn't synced up with the rest of MLB.com... I changed my email through MLB.com. Was able to get into MLBlogs with my old email for a few days. Until today. BUT I wasn't able to log in using either the old email nor the new one. See if you can replicate that... I don't care to repeat the experience personally. Nor am I paid to do it.


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Bug Report: As with a recognized MLBlog but a recognized MLB log-in, when I was leaving the earlier comment, the message "You are not authotized to comment" still shows. Also once posted, the error message some like "your comment has not posted. Reason: you posted too many messages in a short period of time. Return to original post" (this is not verbatim.. I didn't record it). Might want to make it more friendly for MLB account holders without blogs to comment.

Hmm.. I wasn't clear. What I ended up doing to get into my blog was switching my email at MLB.com back to the old one. Once that updated, I was able to log back into my blog.


Also, can you please turn off the feature where comments get emailed to me?

Done on the comment/email request. Sorry, but can't update at this time on the other (auth synch) issue. Thanks for the comments.

Hi, Mark, and all at MLBlogs !

I would like to Post comments on many Blogs, but there seems to be on many MLBlogs - when you try to post a comment - a notice that states: "you do not have permission to comment on this blog" ... I think I have my Blog set-up properly to, receive "all comments", and "trust all comments" [ I think its set-up correctly, but I'm really not sure] ...but, I have received some comments from different viewers, so I think it is set-up to accept "all comments".....With that said, my suggestion is, maybe it would be helpful [to all] to do a write-up on one of your next Posts that addresses this issue....An explanation to everyone on how to open up their MLBlogs to "accept all comments" would be greatly appreciated....I think a big part of the blogging experience is receiving and offering comments on various Blogs....I really enjoy receiving and posting comments, and look forward to reading the thoughts and opinions of others...Also, I do respond to any comment I do receive, but its frustrating not being able to post a response, and, or, comment on that person's MLBlog because the setting does not allow "permission to comment"...Writing "Posts" on my MLBlog is "fun"...and, receiving, and responding to comments on these posts, as well as, offering comments on other MLBlogs greatly adds to the fun and the"whole experience" of blogging here at MLBlogs...Hopefully, you can give some insight, regarding this issue !!!....Thank you, Jimmy ....Also, on a lesser level...an explanation on how to space the comments into "paragraphs" would be greatly appreciated !!! .... Thanks, again, Mark, and all at MLBlogs ....Best Wishes, Jimmy !!! http://baseballtheyankeesandlife.mlblogs.com/

You neglected to mention on the home page that some bloggers write open letters to members of his/her respective team who have suddenly fallen ill with the Red Sox plague. Just saying.
-A
http://catchingredsox.mlblogs.com

Ha - you just said it best, Arielle! Everyone check out http://catchingredsox.mlblogs.com, home of a longtime MLBlogger.

Jimmy, thanks for the comment and the overall commenting protocols will be taking into consideration for next software updates.

I was trying to figure out who the longtime MLBlogger was and then I figured out that you were referring to me. Doesn't seem like I've been doing this for two years. Can I be the featured blogger on my birthday? (4/28). It's my eighteenth and I can vote, drink internationally and join the army. Woot!
-A
http://catchingredsox.mlblogs.com

Unfortunately, I have been unable to comment on all MLBlogs (except mine). I tried something new today and logged out and then signed in to comment. Obviously, it worked.


http://dodgersblog.mlblogs.com

Unfortunately, I have been having difficulty posting comments on all MLBlogs (except mine). However, I found out how to resolve this eminent issue.


When I am logged out, MLBlogs say that I must be signed in to comment. When I sign-in, I am allowed to comment. For some reason, I do not get that usual "You do not have permission to post," error message.



http://dodgersblog.mlblogs.com

Hey Mark,

My link list issues are officially a thing of the past. No problem editing at all. Thanks!

Next issue: when will tag clouds expand to fit all tags, A-Z? My cloud currently only goes from A-F.

Steve
http://soxblog.mlblogs.com

Thanks, Steve T - checking on that. Marc, will follow up as well.


Arielle, keep an eye on http://www.mlblogs.com on your birthday. ;)

OK, for what it's worth, gang, I just used three br tags in a row to make that space between paragraphs in my comment right above this one. Two of them should make correct space. Except the last time I used two it made no line space at all. Upgrade soon hopefully will fix comment-spacing issue.

I experienced a similar issue. The
tags worked the first time, and then the second time it didn't work at all. Thanks for the update and hopefully this matter will be resolved shortly.



http://dodgersblog.mlblogs.com

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