Photo Credit: Michele S. Twitter @aNatsFan
In our minds is an image that has been nurtured by the cold, dark evenings of an interminable winter. Our young men bound out of the dugout wearing bridal veil white uniforms into the blinding sunshine set against impossibly green grass and an azure sky. While this is the staple of myriad games to come this one instance marks a threshold. It’s Opening Day. There will be special games in the offing, to be sure. But, there won’t be one of these for another year.
We divide our calendar year neatly into four equal segments. While this is wonderfully symmetrical in organization it doesn’t reflect the realities of either the climate or our life experiences. The year actually divides along two unevenly divided digital hemispheres. It’s shorts or slacks, open-toed footwear or shoes, air-conditioning or wood stove. The list goes on ad-infinitum. Add one more to the list:
Baseball is here or baseball is gone.
We recently upgraded our comment system to improve reliability, performance, and long-term control, and we’re currently running both systems during the transition. This shift moves us away from an external service to a system we run and control directly—meaning we own the content and can continue improving it over time. We’ve also reduced the comment refresh delay from about 30 seconds to 10 seconds, making it much closer to real-time.
We understand there have been frustrations and increased feedback, and we’re actively working to improve things. What we ask is simple: use the system and give it a fair shot. If you run into issues, please submit them through the support form so we can track and fix them properly. Repeated complaints without details don’t help us solve problems—we appreciate your patience as we continue refining the experience.
If you’d like a full side-by-side comparison of the platforms and the reasons behind this decision, please refer to the chart below. This change is being made with the long-term benefit of the entire community in mind.