I am new to reddit. Well, from a posting perspective, I mean.
I saw on Twitter that Everyone Hates Cleveland poached a couple Indians writers from a different blog. Hadn't heard of it before. It begged the question -- who are everyone's go-to blogs for Indians analysis during those long work days?
The Athletic and Let’s Go Tribe are my favs. I wouldn’t waste time on Believeland Ball; Fan Sided doesn’t pay their writers, and it shows in the quality of their content.
LGT is definitely solid.
Smart crowd over there. Be warned: no subject lines!
I did get a little frustrated in there late last season ("regular season does not count...so losing all these games to good teams does not mean anything!"), but still a great group.
There's a lot about last season that was incredibly frustrating to write about.
Yeah, they started bending over backward a bit to rationalize it; I agree it was pretty annoying, but they’re generally pretty solid.
LGT doesn't pay writers either (for the most part) so I quit going there
Ah, that’s a shame to hear. I’m not sure what they’re doing to attract better writers (even if they’re not paying them), but Believeland has always read like it’s written by casual fans trying to spin water cooler speculation they heard elsewhere into content. No real insights or deep thoughts.
I'm bummed to hear that you stopped on account of the SBNation/Vox pay structure. I've always thought of it -- and was encouraged to think of it -- as something done on the side because of the amount we get.
That being said I think we're all really passionate about Indians baseball, and to me the more valuable thing is building and supporting a community of smart, fun, subject-line-hating fans. I don't think you should feel like you can't read because SBNation/Vox is stingy with its stipends.
Hey Matt thanks for the reply. I enjoyed the content and thought you guys did a great job. I would be happy to support the contributors on a platform I would feel OK getting behind. Vox isn't it though 😕 Go tribe
The athletic, imo. Those two do great work (Zuppe and Meisel).
Meisel is definitely great. I’m not a fan of their model, per se, but love the human interest stories from Zack!
Waiting For Next Year is my favorite. They cover Indians, Browns, Cavs, and Ohio State though. Not just the Indians.
The Athletic is great but I am too cheap (Dolan mentality). I like Let's go tribe and it's pronounced lajaway
I might be biased, seeing as how a few of my friends write for the site, but I think NEO Sports Insiders does a killer job on Cleveland sports coverage in general.