THIS WEEK IN CHATTER (10/11/07)

(FanChatter's sorta-weekly letter to its registered users. Sign up here to receive via email and Call 'Em Like You See 'Em.)

Hey sports fans, I have a big favor to ask...

Tonight I'll be demonstrating FanChatter at MinneDemo, Minnesota's foremost technology showcase event. This is a big chance to show off the site, and the more chatter, the better.

My demonstration (7:45pm CDT) is scheduled to start just minutes after the first pitch of the Rockies-Diamondbacks NLCS Game 1 on TBS (7:37pm CDT).

That means if everybody started chattering at the beginning of the game in the Major League Baseball group (also on the homepage) and kept chattering until at least 8:00pm CDT (about 20 minutes in total), then the site would appear to be... well, the place to be for sports fans, and that's what we want. That's the favor.

So please remember, when the game starts, start your chatter. Join in with predictions or color commentary or whatever, from your computer or from your phone or email, and who knows? You might just find your way into next week's...

THIS WEEK IN CHATTER

This was the first full week of mobile photo uploads at FanChatter, and pjmori91 made the most of it by posting this amazing shot of Waveland Avenue outside Wrigley before the Cubs' Game 3 against the Dbacks and this one of "Mr. Cub" Ernie Banks throwing out the first pitch in the Major League Baseball group. But several Dbacks runs later, Brendan wondered if sales of Old Style were skyrocketing just as pj confirmed he was ordering... and that was about three innings before he finally, reluctantly admitted "I've lost hope" (not pictured).

I contemplated that one for a moment until chowdahead chattered "i smell something" in the Fight On Trojans group. Good nose, chowd. It was Stanford staging an unlikely upset of USC, but I didn't want to hear about it from a Boston fan (i.e. Pats, Sox, Celts, even BC!) so I told him to go help Belichick log his secret videos. Ultimately, it was badmonkey who summed up the loss for all Trojans fans: "wow, guess i need to cancel my hotel for the sugar bowl."

In the U of Mn football group (are they any worse than Stanford?), Dastro wasn't sure if Coach Brewster has any choice but to keep starting redshirt QB Adam Weber.

If the NHL season started, and nobody was around to chatter, does it matter?

JJDacotah reminded everybody in the Logos and Jerseys group that the orange and... orange pirate who long ago graced the sides of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers helmets was named "Bruce". Hmm. Okay.

As the Yankees faded away, Bistro24 wondered if we've seen the last of Roger Clemens and Homesig predicted that A-Rod would be playing shortstop for the Cubs next year. Would that give you any hope pj ?

Speaking of predictions, statman picked the Dbacks and Tribe for the Series while cyclones is thinking Rox and Sox...

And then there's Nemo, who poetically asked of Colorado's 17-1 streak, "will the momentum die or can they continue to ride their Rocky mountain high?"


Tune in tonight at 7:37pm CDT to find out, and don't forget to chatter until at least 8pm. Not going to be home? No problem. Just activate your mobile phone for chatter via text message OR email. And FanChatter is better with friends, so recruit yours, add them to your Lineup, and talk sports from anywhere, anytime, all at once.

Happy Championship Series,

Marty

PS - Look for my MinneDemo post-game at THE BLOG TO BE NAMED LATER...