What happened to this site? It used to be so great and full of Red Sox info. It seems to me, and I'm not a member, that they got so picky about the level of posting needing to be of a certain level of intellect, that nobody seems to post anything on that site anymore for fear of not living up to their standards.
Is there a better site, like Celticsblog, for the Red Sox, where everyday fans can just post news/opinions?
I don't know of one, although you could always jump into the comments section on Firebrand of the AL or Over The Monster, both quality SB Nation sites.
I get what you're saying about SOSH, though to be honest with you there have been times on these forums when I wish the culture were a little more like SOSH, with an expectation that posts will actually add to the discussion and demonstrate that there's some research / experience / thought put into them.
in my experience there, the quality of research that goes into so many SoSH posts is among the highest i have seen on the web. in particular, the statistical debates and detail about baseball in general are stunning in terms of the work that goes into them.
SoSH has a lot of problems, i know, i am a member. but quality of research and willingness to explore a topic indepth are most certainly not among them.
shallow, facile, unresearched posters are generally hounded until they flee. i dislike that practice, but i admit, it does create a general level of posting that exceeds that of cb.
now, civility? cb wins hands down. generally tolerance? cb again.
but over all quality of research? SoSH wins the majority of times. cb has moments of very good posting. SoSH as many more of these posts.
one case in point would be the thread title here. cripes folks, if you are going to ding SoSH, at least spell their name correctly.