tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post8497051385149005100..comments2024-01-06T02:22:33.000-05:00Comments on Camden Depot: The Next Course: Anthony Bourdain and Moving OnJon Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-68706206061597687822018-07-04T20:54:05.512-04:002018-07-04T20:54:05.512-04:00Jon- you are a gift to the baseball and medical co...Jon- you are a gift to the baseball and medical community. I look forward to following your career...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08361923566396284709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-57545644757808398102018-06-22T10:16:19.343-04:002018-06-22T10:16:19.343-04:00Very sorry to hear this website will be closing, b...Very sorry to hear this website will be closing, but I wish all of you much success in your future endeavors. I have very much enjoyed reading articles from all of you over the last several years. Camden Depot had somewhat of a unique perspective on Orioles baseball that I will certainly miss. Thank you all for all of the hard work and dedication you put into this website (and all of the rest of your work). I feel like I really learned a lot about the sport from this site, and considered things I hadn't thought about before. It helped me enjoy my favorite sport even more than I had previously. Best wishes to all of you, and good luck.<br /><br />Last but not least<br /><br /><br />GO O's!!!!!! They will rise again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683029612103187066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-193887445288698752018-06-22T08:33:42.244-04:002018-06-22T08:33:42.244-04:00Camden Chat, Eutaw St. Report, and anything Jon Me...Camden Chat, Eutaw St. Report, and anything Jon Meoli writes for The SunMatt Kremnitzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15693430925266947705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-63674412080144560342018-06-21T19:14:21.615-04:002018-06-21T19:14:21.615-04:00Oh man, I’m sorry to hear that. I appreciate all t...Oh man, I’m sorry to hear that. I appreciate all the work you guys have done, and will miss checking the depot for updates. Any suggestions for alternative places to get analytically minded Orioles writing? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15938171658016107566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-26118628932774451232018-06-21T15:51:27.604-04:002018-06-21T15:51:27.604-04:00Wow. Well I for one have thoroughly enjoyed your ...Wow. Well I for one have thoroughly enjoyed your insights and posts for years. I think a void will be left. Just saying. <br /><br />Good luck and thank you. Boss61https://www.blogger.com/profile/01045206084120458063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-51782838636089400592018-06-21T15:47:46.843-04:002018-06-21T15:47:46.843-04:00Nothing has completely been decided, but the expec...Nothing has completely been decided, but the expectation is that once I depart, the other writers will either seek out opportunities at other sites or stop writing. None of us see the point in continuing the site if a completely new team takes over. I do not expect an editor to come forward. It has been difficult over the years to find any writers. Therefore, I expect us to write a final farewell in October and then the site will no longer be updated.Jon Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521809778977098687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-88617738276873216992018-06-21T15:32:22.595-04:002018-06-21T15:32:22.595-04:00Re there plans for Camden Depot to exist after the...Re there plans for Camden Depot to exist after the season? Will there be a new chief writer and editor?Boss61https://www.blogger.com/profile/01045206084120458063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-42425852593837509122018-06-20T16:18:01.330-04:002018-06-20T16:18:01.330-04:00Masterful display of writing J.S. Best of luck to ...Masterful display of writing J.S. Best of luck to you. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15427526051371867260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-48607220182720712852018-06-20T14:42:22.500-04:002018-06-20T14:42:22.500-04:00At times you go back to Bull Durham...
Baseball is...At times you go back to Bull Durham...<br />Baseball is a simple game. You throe the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball.<br />As an engineer, I should be enthralled by all the analytics. Yet, somethings in life I WANT simple. Chris Davis can't hit the side of a barn door if it were fifty feet away. Why? I don't care.<br />I've loved your Depot. But the analytics have always been a gloss over. I left Baltimore 35 years ago, yet still follow the Birds. Through thick or thin. This season is gutwrenchingly awful. Yet, it, like everything else will pass. And knowing or not knowing what the swing and miss rate of a certain left handed batter has against all right handed pitchers delivering downward breaking sliders is rather immaterial.<br />Baseball is about appreciating a Bundy curve, well executed, the beauty of a Palmero swing, the dive of #13 into the hole and pulling off the out at first (he needs to go back to third), or the humor of Jonesy losing the ball behind a huge bubble gum bubble (or throwing the ball into the stands after two outs in Oakland). <br />I hope you get back to the appreciation of home ccoking, a bottle of well know red wine, and the simplicity of the game of baseball.<br />best of luck, tthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03411805421223698185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2893512317902577458.post-87757170712126482482018-06-20T12:44:05.616-04:002018-06-20T12:44:05.616-04:00Jon, you are one of those incredibly rare combina...Jon, you are one of those incredibly rare combinations of left brain and right brain. Your writing is deep and beautiful. Most people, myself included, are either artistic or scientific, but almost never both.<br />The first name that comes to my mind is Alexander Borodin, a very great composer and a very great chemist. I can think of a few other names, but not many. <br />I am sad to hear of your complaint, the Internet is increasingly full of examples of that problem, and it is increasingly common in real life as well.<br /> I’m also very sorry that you are losing interest in baseball, but with at least one child, God knows you have plenty of other interests now and in the future to keep you busy.<br /> I do not deny that my regret is mainly selfish. I have always been enjoyed your writing and respected your thought process, even when I disagreed with it. The essence of communication is, after all, understanding, and not agreement. <br />This baseball season is very unpleasant on the Baltimore side, and it is doubly frustrating because it was so easily avoidable with a bit of foresight over the last three offseasons. <br />I still love baseball, but sadly the Orioles remain my team. And you are my favorite writer about the Orioles, and I will be very very sorry to see you go. I do hope that you will continue writing. That gift you have is so obvious and so rare that you should certainly wright about something, even if not baseball. I believe quite fervently in the Lord, and I do hope that He will continue to bless you.Piphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02853470978165087046noreply@blogger.com