Baseball Toaster Is Unplugged
by Phil Gurnee on Feb 4, 2009 7:36 PM PST
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PrintBaseball Toaster creator Ken Arneson drops my jaw with this sign off post leaving me with no words to adequately describe this verbal opus. As you read page after page if you are like me you will be awestruck how he combined imagery, prose, and the coolest radio dial to hit the blogosphere to weave a spellbinding story about his life. Don't scrimp, the post will take a good 1/2 hour of your time but it will be time will spent. I'm humbled what someone with vision and talent can do in this medium.
I spent four years at the Baseball Toaster reading the stories of Jon Weisman, Josh Wilker , Ken Arneson, and Alex Bleth, while staying upto date on all the happenings in the sports world by Bob Timmermann. Using the Toaster as an intermediary I was able to develop friendships with intelligent people all over the world whose varied interest from baseball to cooking made each day fresh. Ken thinks he was a failure, his daily faithful readers beg to differ. If he was a failure why will we miss his creation so much?
They have all split up and moved onto greener pastures leaving the rest of us to scramble to keep up with the new digs. The Toaster has been unplugged and I have to turn the page, but it is a page I turn reluctantly. The Toy Cannon was created on the toaster and it will fire no more.
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Ken's final post was amazing
I was hooked when I saw the title of his post, quoting my favorite U2 song ever ("Bad"). What an amazing end to a wonderful site. Like Phil says, Ken was in no way a failure. The immense amount of joy we all got from The Toaster is immeasurable.
Without the Toaster, I would never have met Phil and many other wonderful baseball fans I am proud to now call friends.
Without the Toaster, I wouldn’t be here writing at True Blue LA.
Thanks Ken for setting the bar so high.
-Eric
That was an awe-inspiring post
May the Toaster RIP
by Brendan Scolari on Feb 5, 2009 12:11 AM PST reply actions
Great Site
That’s a shame, I loved the Baseball Toaster…toast on brothers, toast on.
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Sadness
This is first thing I felt when I saw the closing of the Toaster and the move of DT. I had never really had an online community like this before, and I feel like I lost something really valuale that can never be replaced.
by robotmadeofnails on Feb 5, 2009 12:08 PM PST reply actions
What a Community
Read Ken’s last post an strolled (scrolled?) down the list of posters. An amazing group of people.
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