Back when BBM debuted in 2005 under the name Pelotero, we offered readers free direct email subscriptions in which they received newsletters for every column concerning Mexican baseball the day it posted on the internet. It was quite popular 16 years ago, so why not do it again?
This time, if you contact us at BaseballMexico@live.com and let us know you'd like BBM sent to your inbox, you'll get a free newsletter every Monday BEFORE the text is posted on this blog. We'll be notifying past subscribers to ask if they'd like to be added to the new mailing list but if you're one of those folks, it makes sense to remove all doubt and sign up as though you're a newbie.
On a related note, BBM will cease posting notifications with headlines of our weekly posts on Facebook and Twitter. Neither platform has led to an increase of traffic on the BBM site and that's the reason for posting on those sites. Facebook in particular has restricted our posts from news feeds without answering repeated requests for an explanation as to why.
There WILL be a BBM group on MeWe in the near future because readers won't be censored, assaulted by advertising or tracked by that platform while being able to interact with each other. More on that when it happens.
Anyway, be sure to sign up for our FREE email newsletter by emailing us at BaseballMexico@live.com. We'll put you on the mailing list and you'll start getting your weekly update on Mexican baseball next Monday.
As always, thanks for reading. We definitely don't do this for the money (if anything, Baseball America still owes us $75 for a past entry to one of their Almanacs), it's for the love of both baseball and Mexico. It's amazing that Baseball Mexico is still the only English-language source of news on baseball south of the border, but that only adds importance to the need for accuracy in what you read here. You'll still get an occasional opinion tossed in, but this has always primarily been a news site and that role is taken seriously.
Yours in Beisbol,
Bruce Baskin
2 comments:
Hi. I hope you and your family are doing fine in the Philippines.
I love BaseballMexico. Please keep it going!
Hello. Thank you so much for reading. Baseball Mexico is staying. I'm just making a few changes in getting the word out and how people can follow it. Facebook and Twitter haven't done much to increase readership. Facebook in particular keeps restricting my posts inviting people to visit the site without telling me why, so I'm making it easier for them by taking down my account.
You're certainly welcome to subscribe to the newsletter for free. People who have signed up got the January 18 Baseball Mexico in their inbox an hour before it was posted on the internet.
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