Last week I asked for applicants for a new Weekend Editor position here at BCB, and today I'm proud to announce that three weekend editors have been brought on board.

If you've visited the comments section, you're probably familiar with NoahJ, Morineko and Fatter than Joey. Starting tomorrow, the three of them will be responsible for weekend content here on the site, working on a rotation. NoahJ will debut tomorrow, with Morineko and FTJ making their debuts in the weeks to come.

Please join me in welcoming them on board!

As you've probably figured out by now, the "visual refresh" KL mentioned in yesterday's Mug went through.  Rest assured, your Firefox isn't broken.  I dig the changes, actually, though our SBN overlords have more work to do: if you click on, say, yesterday's Mug, the beer mug logo covers actual text, instead of pushing it down.  Ned Yost would not tolerate that sort of thing, SBN-y!

Make no mistake about it: I've loved my time here as part of BCB. The site is growing, the comments section is frequently a fun place to hang out and I've made some great friends here. With that said, I do have some other commitments and I occasionally need to leave the house without the site going dark until I get back. That's (possibly) where you come in.

I'm looking to recruit someone to manage the site on weekends when I'm away. Based on my experience, I'd say the job will probably take somewhere between 2 and 4 hours each weekend, with duties including:

• Producing one weekend roundup news post. Ideally it would be Mug-style post, but I'm willing to be flexible on that. I'm more than happy to share the tools I use for the Mug, if you're worried about where you'd find links.
• FanShotting breaking news and/or promoting FanShots to the front page. This doesn't usually take long. Check the major sources a few times a day to make sure we're not missing anything, and if we are, fix the issue. 
• Comment moderation. This issue doesn't come up very often, but occasionally someone crosses the line, a debate in the comments gets ugly or a troll/spammer stops by and someone needs to step in to keep things from getting out of hand.
  
• Posting Game Threads/Event threads. These can be as quick and easy or as involved as you want them to be, and can be scheduled in advance, so they're pretty easy.

The ideal candidate would be able to work many/most weekends. I can still handle some weekends if you need one off for whatever reason, but if you're only going to be able to do this once a month or less, you're probably not an ideal candidate.

This position is unpaid (sorry), but writing for this site can be a pretty unique opportunity if you make it one. Over 800,000 people have stopped by since the first of the year, and even during the offseason the site averages roughly 2000 readers per day, and has around 1600 followers on Twitter. You probably won't ever take home a paycheck here, but it's a good place to get your work out there and get recognized.

If you're interested, send me an email with your qualifications and/or a writing sample at FFGKyle[at]gmail.com. The next step from there will depend on the quality/quantity of applicants: there may be some kind of tryout process, I might just pick someone, or I might pick a bunch of someones.

Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you!

KL

It's been a good run, but I'm waving goodbye.

Due to other commitments and interests, I'm handing over the reins of Brew Crew Ball to KLSnow, who will boldly (and semi-drunkenly) lead you into the future of the Milwaukee Brewers.  I'm not going away entirely (sorry!) ...KL has left the door open for me to pop in as I see fit.  He keeps referring to me as the "voice of reason," which suggests that he's either (a) being nice, or (b) in for some serious disappointment.

Before I go, I want to thank all the contributors, moderators, and regulars of the site.  This has never been a one-man show, and that became especially clear this season, as we'd frequently have three or four authors on the front page at the same time. 

And, thanks to KL for taking over.  I'm much happier to leave the keys with him (and the rest of the writers and mods) that to fob off the site on an unknown quantity.

Go Brewers!

Check out the left-hand toolbar. I didn't have their ages listed before, and that seemed like more relevant information than their batting handedness, so I swapped the latter out for the former. I moved the player's level to the line below because it ran over for a few players, and I didn't like the way lines like "E. Frederickson" looked--too 19th Century. To save a little more space, I removed the "H" from pitchers' positions, so that a right-handed reliever is now "RRP" and a left-handed starter is "LSP"; reminds me of a popular joke from first grade in which you quickly recite the alphabet, omitting the letter "P", and then, when someone asks "Where's 'P'?" you answer "It's running down my leg."

Oh, as you'll notice, it runs through #26, not 25. I figured the 26th spot would be a nice way to highlight a player I like but who hasn't played much or at all yet and wasn't a high-round draft pick. We'll call it the "BK's Recommendation" slot.

So, post what you like, what you don't like, suggestions, death threats, etc.

So, it's really early in the morning, aka late last night. I've been playing with making custom widgets for awhile, and have posted what I've got in the left-hand sidebar. We now have a widget for the 25-man roster, the 40-man roster, and various & sundry prospects. Rather than return to our little-visited link pages, I blatantly, uh, pirated an idea from Bucs Dugout and put the most important links in right next to the players' names; I also think the color contrast with the links helps break up the text a bit and makes it more readable. At the very bottom, you'll find the default SBN roster block with which to compare the new stuff.

Anyway, use this thread to post and comments, concerns, or (dare I say) compliments you might have. Suggestions are of course welcome. Too many prospects (only 39!)? A better organization scheme? Let it fly. We're all socialists here.