2008 Is Over.....2009 Opens A Brand New Door Of Possibilites

2008.....Wow, it's over. It was a learning experience and long year that I will never forget. If you go to the beginning of the year you can see that I was still posting the full link instead of incorporating into the 'link'. I finally figured that out after some time along with editing the times so they fall in a timely manner of when something was posted and another. I've gone from a short list of sites to hit daily for news and have expanded it to so many that it makes my head spin some days. Very frustrating when you have a full-time job and are a single father going through a divorce. Thank God that it's over and it turned out well for myself & my child. All this along with writing for The Birdhouse. You can say I'm very tired right now. But the rewards have been great....I have seen a rise in hits from search engine sites such as USA Today, TBS Sports, Buzztracker, etc...

My Biggest Article (In My Eyes) That I Worked On At The Birdhouse: Cardinals Sign 1B/OF Jen Argenal (very special thanks to great friend of this site Gerald once again, can not thank you enough)

2009....It comes now. I have decided to leave The Birdhouse and work solely here at the Cardinals Best News Links. It was a mutual decision and I leave the door open to a future return. This means bigger and better things here at the site for all the readers. My plans are to still work closely with Ray at The Birdhouse, Brian at The Cardinal Nation, Dustin at Whiteyball, and anyone else who is associated with The Birdhouse site. But also I would like to work with the various Cardinal blogs, if time allows, and help promote them as well at the CBNL. At the same time bring here what I was working on over there.

Things To Look Forward To In 2009:

• Best St. Louis Cardinals Links (Hopefully!!!)
• Cardinals Winter Notebook (Spring and then in the fall/winter)
• Cardinals Winter League Wrap-Up (Basically 80+ pages of notes & stats I run through and just give you a summary of how those players did & maybe a comment or two on them...last season we watched Richard Castillo, Jose Rada, Amaury Marti, & etc emerge among others)
• Ex-Cardinals Census (It's updated as I get them on the site, but a full list will come in possibly April/May)
• Full Rundowns On The Boxscores Throughout The Season Across All Levels: Individual Highlights & Rough Outings (Majors to DSL/VSL)
• DSL & VSL Weekly Reports Are Moving Here For 2009 - This Is My Baby & I Want To Watch The Players Grow (I'm Also Considering A GCL Report, But Not Fully Committed Yet - Depends On My Time)
• Interviews Are A Maybe, It's Just A Matter Of Who Is Willing To Answer Questions (For some that don't know it's a lot tougher than you think)
• Player Updates As They Come, If I'm Feeling The Mood To Write/Type Away
• Me Getting Less & Less Sleep

So on that note Happy New Year to all and srpead the word that this one-man show needs some Tylenol PM. And I have no plans of adding another blogger to the site in the next year, but do leave it open for the right person.