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@Doug: You don’t have to miss me if you don’t want to.

@Evan – Oh and congratulations! They never should have gotten rid of you in the first place.

Oh, I second KJ’s second post.

I knew it was too good to last. Thanks for the memories. What is Hindman doing, seemed like he must have had a big case toward the latter paer of the season.
Afraid DMN has gone too far down hill to follow you again, I guess I’ll check out ESPN.
This has been a good experience and a good group.
Good luck, Evan.

Evan, I thoroughly enjoyed your and DMagazine’s coverage of all things Rangers this summer. It’s been a pleasure reading the work you and the rest of the staff have contributed here at InsideCorner. Hopefully you can cultivate the same genteel manner by posters on the DMN blog as was possible here. And congratulations on your new opportunity!

Sad:(

Good luck on the DMN boomerang. Hope you’re not tasked with moderating the comments.

@Don in Austin: If that’s what needs to be done, I’ll attempt to do it.

@RipLSU: First, I hope your name refers to the Tigers fate this weekend. Second: I’m not sure what MJH’s future holds. He’s taking a break from writing at the very moment. But I hope we have a strong minor league presence on the DMN site.

@LC: Very nice of you to say.

You will be missed on here but I’m going to look at it as picking up another good site instead of losing you…I agree with the others that Capthcha must go…glad you landed on your feet again..you go into next season in a lot better shape than you went into the last one…good job

talk to you soon

Betcha won’t get to do wine and cheese parties back over at DMN!

Otherwise, a hearty congratulations is in order. It’s encouraging to see someone rewarded for their outstanding work.

Keep the same sense of humor and perspective, and I’ll keep reading! For now, thanks for a great season.

Evan,
You have built the best place for Rangers coverage here at InsideCorner. I don’t even look at the Star Telegram or DMN anymore because their coverage doesn’t even compare. I hope you will be able to duplicate the atmosphere/information/fun at DMN that has been created here.

@tball: I’m not entirely sure what aspects of “beat writing,” I’ll be doing. The DMN and Star-Telegram still “share” on a number of beats in print. I still view myself as a beat man. Perhaps I’m more beat blogger, now. But I’ll be around the team and I’ll be providing as much information/analysis/commentary as possible.

@All: By the way, you won’t have to wait until next year. I intend to keep churning out plenty of stuff during the winter on baseball, too.

@Cameron: Thanks so much for your kind words. We’re going to do everything we can to build an inclusive, respectful community for Rangers/baseball fans at the DMN.

@tball: Thanks for your words. I would say this, though: Both Bob Sturm and Jeff Miller have an awful lot to offer that you won’t find elsewhere.

@Rod in NC: Maybe not wine and cheese, but how about beer and wings? We’ll try to get something along those lines set up.

Glad to hear you keep landing on you feet Evan. I wanted to echo the comments on the poor quality of the DMN community, please make it better. I’ll keep popping over here for Sturm’s analysis, though I don’t know that I’ll stay for baseball. I like the nerd aspect Bob brings to football (and I mean that as a compliment). What other changes are going to be happening at DMN?

Moving on up to a penthouse in the sky, hate to see you leave but I love to see you walk away…stay hard Evan, stay hard…

Congrats Evan,

Inside Corner was fun this summer with all the Ranger talk, and you made that possible for us die-hard Ranger fans. I’m hoping you will make DMN better and I know you will. I liked Richard Durrett and since he’s moved on to ESPN, there’s no better candidate to produce a well organized Ranger blog then you. Congrats.

“Say it ain’t so, Evan” So, I guess the late night train to Surprise is off for Spring Training. I guess I better start hitchiking now, to arrive on time. If you haven’t signed you might want to look at article #97. It usually says you can’t compete the next time you leave. I see a lot more restriction than you have encountered. Best of luck. It’s been a heck of a one season ride.

@MP: If Nancy still wants to play, find the hot dog, I’m game.

Oh, Mr. Grant!!
We are so glad you are back where you belong.
Rangers fans are very glad to see you back on the morning news again.

2010 will be a good for all of us Rangers Strangers Fans.

Evan – Being mostly a baseball fan I was extremely disappointed with the DMN when you parted ways. Couldn’t get my baseball fix until I found that you had moved over here, and then had a blast being a frequent reader/parttime participant in the conversations.

Best of luck on your return trip. I hope the DMN gives you the latitude to take your blog there in the same directions that you could while you were here. And I’m guessing that a lot of your friends from this summer will follow you back over there to continue the conversations and friendships generated here.

See ya’ there…

Evan-
Will you be taking MJH back to DMN with you or will we see him still posting here when he can?

Evan,

I was a week away from not renewing my subscription at DMN. I hope they allow some creative freedom. Thanks for everything this year!

WTF mf’er? Dude, it’s been fun. See you on the dmn site.

@hammertimez: Like any analogy that compares me to Chuck Morgan.

@chris: just tell them you are renewing because of me. I’m sure it will bring me a little something extra in my paycheck!

@Keith M: Thanks so much for that. The team obviously rekindled your interest and I hope the community enhanced your passion. If so, we did things right.

@RWC: MJH’s status is still to be determined. As mentioned earlier, he’s taking something of a sabbatical from writing. He’s always welcome and wanted in my baseball sphere. But we’ll also hope to have some other voices, too.

Evan: You’re doing exactly what will be required of 21st century journalists: You’re branding yourself. Congratulations, your brand is obviously becoming more valuable all the time.

@Douglas: I can’t get into the animal fries, though they looked awfully enticing last night in Fullerton. Maybe I’ll try some after the game tonight. Either a celebration of another day of pennant race baseball or a drowning of sorrows over the competitive end of the season.

@jd21: Thanks, that means a lot. I think 21st century journalists need to embrace customer service as much as any service industry. That’s what makes a strong brand.

While this is sad, if anyone can fix the wasteland that is the comment section of the DMN sports blogs, it’s you. Just promise that if someone yells at you to “git sem pitchin”, you’ll ban them immediately (and hopefully force them to hit their own head with a mallet.)

Congrats Evan. Loved following the Rangers this year, partially because of the product on field, but also partially because of this place. Made is a lot of fun, will be seeing you over at the DMN soon. Thanks again!

Evan
will you return to doing the Friday question and answer newsletter for the DMN? It just was not as entertaining or informative since you left.
Naomi in California

@Naomi: A lot is still to be determined about my role at the DMN. So I can’t answer your question directly at the moment. I do hope to have some sort of vehicle for a newsletter. Maybe something that will supplement the one already being sent out. I’ve got some ideas; now we’ve just got to go and execute them. Trust me when I say this: I loved doing the newsletter.

Congrats Evan. I’m sure there’s a big part of you that missed the day to day newspaper world. Once it gets in your blood…

Thanks for getting Inside Corner going. You did some really great work, especially for someone who didn’t know a lot about online community building. What most people don’t get about online communities is that they are ALWAYS a reflection of the person running them. That this one turned out as well as it did is a testament to you.

Grant

Thanks for your work this year. Its been great. I will follow your work at the DMN also.

IMHO this is a good move by the DMN. I have thought a lot about the future of the newspaper business, though probably not as much as you have and I think they need to do more beat reporting and less general columnists. This seems to be a step in that direction. Best of luck

Jeff Miller will carry on the Inside Corner tradition but the Great One may not be able to handle the pizza order. Smooth sailing, Evan Grant.

Bummer.

@Evan: Outstanding job this season w/ the Corner. Just outstanding. I am very happy that D Magazine took the chance … it seems like it turned out well for D and for you.

I personally much enjoyed the Corner – a unique experience for me … a bunch Ranger nutts that aren’t too over the top but all follow the team (and Evan). I’m confident that you’ll improve the DMN experience which I obviously have found lacking and largely forgettable as of late (no offense to Richard D).

Best of luck, Evan. I will definitely catch you over there.

@Evan – I think the greatest vindication of, and validation to, your work comes from all these voices that were devout readers, despite the fact that many/most weren’t frequent (if ever) posters. They clearly enjoyed what you built here and got a ton from it and that is pretty cool.

A very weird time in the media world. A few minutes of browsing over at ESPN Dallas shows that they appear to have a pretty decent set up. I am excited about your move back to DMN (mostly for you) and hope that you can re-create the collegial community that was created over here. The onus will be on you to do so! — While all of your loyal followers will no doubt read anything bearing your name no matter what it says on the URL, I suspect many of them won’t tolerate too long some of “silliness”, as you call it, that goes on in that board.

I am mostly a touch sad because I fear that some of the relationships AMONG the readers here will be lost, not so much our relationships with you.

Godspeed (and I look forward to hanging out in Spring Tranining — I got the hall pass for a couple of days!).

This just proves that if you’re good at what you do, you will always be in demand. The free market works! Congratulations, Evan. And congratulations to D Magazine for taking a risk that appears to have paid off in a big way for everyone involved. I’ll continue to be an InsideCorner P1, and start spending more time at DMN.

Evan – Will the Home Run Pool remain property of D Magazine, or does it belong to you? Do I need to put in an application for a summer job at Hurricane Harbor?

sucks because i hate the dmn site. would rather the collective sports knowledge provided for the past few months on inside corner be in one location, but i reckon i could add another bookmark to the list.

echo brent’s comment.

dmagazine – i hope you can find a worthy replacement. will still be checking this site regularly.

love sports sturm on cowboys.

maybe bring on followill for mavs blogs?

@Evan: Sad day…but good for you! I know you’ll help revive the lagging coverage going on over at the DMN. Such a great paper but it seems this summer has lost a lot of it’s luster especially in the sports area. Dallas deserves a good paper so I’m glad you’ll be over there making that happen. Great summer here though! Who is going to take over baseball coverage next season here?

@all: I hope everyone keeps posting here next season! It’s been so much fun!

I hope the move back to the DMN works well for you.

I will miss your Ranger reporting on Inside Corner; this was the best Ranger coverage in town – paper or electronic.

I have mixed feelings about following you back to the DMN. The DMN is a mere shadow of what it once was. I started my subscription while in college back in 1977 – for the first time, I let my subscription expire this year. The quality was poor and the $300+ annual subscription was more than double last year’s cost. I think the DMN will only be around another two years unless they follow another path.

Evan – apologies for not mentioning it in my prior post, but congratulations to you. I know it will work out for the best both for you and the Cornerians as well.

When I first read that you had been “traded again” on your facebook, I thought you might have been absorbed by the new ESPNDallas. Either way, looking forward to another interactive baseball summer next year!

Best of luck back at Belo! Can you still drop by and be a commenter on here or would that be a no-no?

YOU WHORE! YOU NEVER LOVED ME! YOU USED ME! I FRICKIN’ HATE YOU? GET OUT! TAKE YOUR SHIRTS, YOUR ALBUMS, YOUR ASSORTMENT OF HOT INTERNS AND JUST GO! GO! GO! GO!

…

Where are you going? Come back. I love you.

Congrats! It is a crazy time in the world of media. I enjoyed your work here. DMN is fortunate to get you back.
Rich

Congrats, Evan, though with personal misgivings. My most fervent hope is that you can somehow foster the same feeling of respect between readers/posters at the DMN that you did here. At the Corner, rare was the time that sniping or flaming reared its ugly head. And that, along with your writing, made this site the most pleasant online experience that I have had in a long, long time.

My second wish is that the DMN allows you to write like, well, YOU. You are at your best when you write based on emotions, so I’m happy that you are being called a “columnist” instead of a “beat writer”. Seems to imply a little more leeway.

Third, I hope this means Jeff Miller will take a more active roll here. If you both post daily (or almost daily), everyone wins.

Finally, jd21 had a brilliant point. Could not agree more.

Best of luck to you, and to all the Cornerians out there. Thanks for a very memorable season.

It can’t be said enough, your newsletter needs to return in some form. Maybe my favorite recurring feature at the DMN, on any of the sports beats.

Evan, you have the offseason to get a new chat system in there, you have to read every post and allow each to post to the web.
It is a pain, believe me I have seen it.
Try to get a user system so we can keep our names and not have to deal with imposters.

Is Sports Sturm following Evan too?

Well Evan, its been a sweet ride this year. I have genuinely enjoyed the blog, your articles and your interaction with the commenters here. You have built a great group of friendly blogsters and I hope you are able to do the same at DMN. I’ll be sure to keep tabs and check you out there. Hope you can put together some similar promos too. Best of luck in your new adventure and DMN will certainly be tremendously improved with you back on board.

Well I must say that this has been one of my most enjoyable sports years and D magazine and Evan have made that possible…..this site has been a great community even when i had no clue what i was talking about…….i wish you nothing but the best, i know that belo is a fine place and you will make it even better…….

Evan – now that you are back at the news and apparently BMOC, I have a critique (and congrats on the the new/old gig!). The not being able to go from blog-to-blog on the fly that DMN has implemented is going to significantly reduce the amount of time I spend there. I assume it is to get hits on the ads on the main sports page. Put them on the blogs, I don’t care. But don’t make me click extra clicks. And poor Barry Horn – try to find HIS blog! (I did, but it ain’t easy!)

Thank you for another year of great coverage. I guess we “don’t” have to miss you. But we will miss reading you in an excellent almost-troll-free blog.

@Evan: Thanks so much for what you have done here for us Rangers fans. Time and again you have written about wanting to create a Rangers community where fans can feel involved and included. I think you have done a fantastic job of exactly that and also given us a place to receive top notch reporting and up to the minute information in the same place. I certainly feel like a more knowledgable fan this season because of what you have done here and I have enjoyed the collective personality of this blog. Again, thank you Evan and congratulations on the move back to DMN.

Congrats on the new job Evan. Best of luck. I’ll catch you there. Thanks for all the work you did here. You did a great job.

Evan,

I just discoved the joys of reading Rangers blog sites this offseason, which was perfect timing since it was right before Inside Corner was born. I really enjoyed reading Inside Corner this season, and I could write paragraphs worth of compliments. Instead of taking up too much time and space, I will simply say that each day when I stop at each of my favorite Rangers blog sites, I ALWAYS save Inside Corner for last. Every day I look forward to reading Inside Corner, and I save Inside Corner for last so that I can savor the anticipation.

I am a shy person, so I never really commented that much here, but I felt comfortable doing so when I did. Like many people, I have given up trying to post comments on other sites like the DMN site because I do not like flame wars. I like being able to share my opinion with my fellow Rangers fans without fear of being ridiculed for my opinion, or my grammar. Thank you for providing us with a place to express our opinions civilly. Hopefully Inside Corner will continue to provide excellent Rangers coverage, or maybe DMN can get things cleaned up. Either way, I really enjoyed this summer.

Congradulations on your triumphant return to DMN, and I look forward to following your work in the future.

Thanks,
Matt

Evan honor to meet you and your new ig watch how the front ofice and office personnel treat the fans
u will see it for yourself maybe it will change when some people get fired with new owners Tawny, C. Morgan
I have emails to prove it I canceled my season tickets because of their rudeness talk about the whole operation

Evan and Wick,

I moved to NC and InsideCorner has been a great way to keep up with what is going on. Thanks.

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