Time To Move On

by Sky Kalkman on Nov 2, 2009 9:00 AM EST in Site News Comment 33 comments

Thanks for everything, everyone. With a great lady, a new house, and (hopefully) a career upgrade, the time I have for this hobby has taken a hit. Overall that's a good thing, but for my role with this site, it's not. Therefore, I'm going to step away from managing and writing at BtB and leave you in the capable hands of Tommy Bennett and the rest of the writing team.

Thanks to RJ, who brought me on board last August and is one of the best at combining data with convincing, non-numeric arguments. Thanks to the SBN crew, including Jim, Trei, Chris, Tyler, and Eric, who have many more tricks up their sleeves. Thanks to the writers who have been part of the ride, you're all even more talented than you think. Thanks to all of you readers who have spent time commenting at the site -- the discussions have always been my favorite part. And thanks to Tommy Bennett, who has agreed to take over the managerial reigns. Tommy's a really smart guy with great ideas, and I expect him to take BtB to the next level.

Where am I going? Who knows... I'm not disappearing, but snarky discourse in comment sections around the web are probably my limit for a while. Feel free to drop me a line to talk baseball any time at skyking162@gmail.com or twitter.com/BtB_Sky.

Play nice. Ask questions. Go Pirates.

- Sky

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Thanks!

Thanks for the all the great work, Sky. I have learned a lot from reading your work. I’m sure Tommy will do fine.

Best,
D.J.

by D.J. Short on Nov 2, 2009 9:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

I has a sad

=(.

Good luck Sky, and thanks for all your time and energy! I know its largely a thankless job (until you leave), but we all appreciate it.

Free Milton

by all4tookie on Nov 2, 2009 10:00 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Wow

you will be sorely missed

all the best

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by devil_fingers on Nov 2, 2009 10:19 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Don't worry Sky

Now you can hang out with me at the Former BtB Manager’s Club. We have free ice cream!

by Marc Normandin on Nov 2, 2009 10:32 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

The fine print probably states that the dues are really high, though.

Mmm, ice cream.

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by Sky Kalkman on Nov 2, 2009 11:53 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Another one bites the dust

So in the past few months, we’ve lost Pizza Cutter, Colin Wyers, and now Sky to real life interests, and Rally’s blog is largely done due to spamming in the comments. I don’t have many heroes left!!
-j

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by JinAZ on Nov 2, 2009 10:50 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Real life sucks.

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by SFiercex4 on Nov 2, 2009 11:20 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I do also want to thank Sky for his efforts on the site.

All the best in your real-world pursuits, all kidding aside. You will be missed, though I’m sure you’ll be around plenty.

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by SFiercex4 on Nov 2, 2009 11:22 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Justin, I promise I'm not dead

just “retired”

by pizzacutter on Nov 2, 2009 3:15 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I'm even less dead!

I still write for THT Live about once a week!

I has a blog. | Ask a sabermagician!

by cwyers on Nov 3, 2009 1:35 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Good luck with everything.

And thanks for the opportunity!

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by Jack Moore on Nov 2, 2009 11:28 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

Best of luck, Sky

Thanks for all you’ve done to help make this site what it is.

by chuckb on Nov 2, 2009 12:14 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Good Luck Sky

Funny thing about real life: Having a career, wife, 2 kids, house, pets only makes writing that much more enjoyable. Back when I had time, I never participated on blogs. Now its the great escape!

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by FreeZorilla on Nov 2, 2009 1:23 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Sorry to see you go, Sky.

I wondered if real life had taken you away from the site since I hadn’t seen you post in a while. Good to hear that you’re okay and positive reasons have taken time away from BTB.

by jwiscarson on Nov 2, 2009 1:36 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

I can't believe Dan outlasted both Bendix and you.

by R.J. Anderson on Nov 2, 2009 1:57 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Turkenkopf is solid as a rock

by iwasawesomer :( on Nov 2, 2009 6:23 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs

Haha

by vivaelpujols on Nov 2, 2009 10:41 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for everything, Sky.

Good luck in the future.

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by Justin Bopp on Nov 2, 2009 3:11 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Hey Sky, now that you have some free time...

wanna write for StatSpeak?

by pizzacutter on Nov 2, 2009 3:16 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Brett Favre

needs to read this page, stat.

Crashburn Alley

by Crashburn Alley on Nov 2, 2009 3:30 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Against what's probably my better judgement, I have to ask

Why’s that? He’s passing for 240 yards/game and has a 16/3 TD/INT ratio. His QBrating is 106.0

Sure, it’s a team game, but the quarterback is certainly one of the most important members of the team. The Vikings are 7-1. As a team, they’re 2nd in the NFL in TDs.

please explain to me why it’s time for him to move on. I’m pre-emptively striking down responses like, “It’s just his time” and “he owes it to the Packers.” If another blog network offered you millions of dollars to write for them, would you still be on Crashburn Alley?

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by jessef on Nov 3, 2009 1:28 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Good luck Sky

BtB will miss you.

by vivaelpujols on Nov 2, 2009 3:44 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Good luck with everything sky

thanks for the great work

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by fetch9 on Nov 2, 2009 4:18 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

thanks for all the good work

by Sam Page on Nov 2, 2009 5:03 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Good Luck

You’ve clearly brought on a host of good writers over the recent months, and thus leave the blog in great hands. Thanks for all of your efforts both in writing and managing.

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by stevesommer05 on Nov 2, 2009 7:17 PM EST reply actions 0 recs