Thursday, January 30, 2003

Early Birthday Party 

On February 1st, the best website in the history of the galaxy will celebrate its third birthday. If you've read my site regularly, you know that I often sing the praises of Baseball-Reference.com and you may even know that I designed the site's Babe Ruth banner that gets seen millions (yes, millions) of times a month. But you might not know much about the man behind B-Ref, Sean Forman. Doctor (yes, Doctor) Forman's an assistant professor of mathematics and computer science at St. Joseph's University who runs B-Ref in his spare time, and he covers the site's expenses by selling sponsorships of individual pages (I sponsor eight myself). Philadelphia's weekly City Paper has a worthwhile article on Dr. Forman and his labor of love. Go read the piece and then buy yourself a player to celebrate.

--posted by Jay at 1:29 PM LINK