March 31, 2005
Pledge Drive, Last Day
Today marks the end of the March Pledge Drive. So far 165 readers have donated over $2400. I want to thank every one of you from the bottom of my heart.
It's been a great month working on this site. While I've always had interesting jobs, I've never had more fun working on anything. And the response has been tremendous. The feedback I've recieved on the Probabilistic Model of Range, Day by Day Database, and Range Charts tell me that there is a real desire to see this kind of work continue.
If you agree, please consider a donation. As it turns out, if every unique visitor to this site had left $1 Baseball Musings could run full out for two years. Traffic has grown enough that if everyone who visits today donated $10, this is a full time job for a year. So if you've been waiting for the last minute, now's your chance. Amazon is working again and PayPal is always there. Thanks again to all who support this site, both with donations and with your visits.
Posted by David Pinto at
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David,
The only reason I haven't donated yet is I am waiting for a sponsor to drop a couple of bucks into Paypal for me. As soon as I get that handled, I'm gonna. You, and your readers, may wonder why another writer like myself would donate. I'll tell you. You are the best out here in the blogosphere. You are my biggest supporter, and have been since the day I got started, and in fact, as my blogfather, YOU are the reason I got started.
In point of fact, WE all owe you a debt of gratitude, all of the writers, all of the readers, everyone. You are the man, my friend, and I wish you all the success in the world.
I'm donating again. I donated after the first request, and now I'm donating after the last request. If you posted a monthly request, I'd be more than happy to throw a couple bucks your way every month. I think the work that you've done this month, which I'm betting is just the tip of the iceberg, is well worth $1 or $5 or whatever per month.
Personally, I can't believe that more of the people that visit this site haven't donated a dollar or two. It's no skin off their nose(s), but a couple bucks from each of them would be huge for you. I wish I could give all those people a good swift kick in the butt to wake them up.
I am a blogger, a broke student, and a new mom, and I managed to abstain from two drinks at Starbucks so that I could donate. Dave, you're a great guy who does great stuff. Thanks for everything.
Besides, as I've told other people, if you fear hackers or the IRS, you should donate; Dave's a genius with computers and stats, and if he ever turned to the dark side we'd be screwed.
