Looking forward to covering Giants for Major League Blogging

After meeting Jeff Gross and learning about his venture, Major League Blogging, I decided to jump on board and blog about the Giants for the ‘09 season (and hopefully beyond, if all goes well).  I think the concept of organizing authentic fan blogs for each Major League team has a lot of potential, and I can’t wait to see where this goes.  I also have a lot of strong opinions about the Giants and am hoping to meet and converse with other Giants fans via this blog.

A few miscellaneous points about me and my biases:

* I was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and was a huge NC State Wolfpack fan growing up (I met Jim Valvano at a Clemson / NC State football game)
* Not having a “home team” growing up, I became a big fan of the Pirates during the Van Slyke / Bonds / Bonilla years
* I later became a Cubs fan – both because of the availability of all the games on WGN / cable and because I really enjoyed watching “The Hawk” take his ABs
* I switched allegiance to the Giants when I moved to the Bay Area in 1999, and that’s where my loyalty will stay from here forward (though the last few years have been trying)
* By day, I’m the founder of ITDatabase, a research service for marketing, sales & PR pros in the Information Technology industry
* I live in Western Addition in San Francisco with my wife and 6 month old son
* I play golf at Presidio and Harding Park as much as I can – but am what you would call a “duffer” (17.9 hdcp)

I’m really looking forward to jumping in and getting started on a whole host of different issues related to the Giants.  But just off the top of my mind, some thoughts about things I am / am not interested to discuss on this blog:

* I AM interested to offer some critical analysis of Brian Sabean’s performance over the last few years
* I AM interested to occassionally visit Bonds’ legacy (and to what extent it should / should not be honored)
* I AM interested to talk about restaurants, bars and other “must visits” near AT&T Park
* I’m NOT interested to provide “homer” commentary on the Giants (Mike Krukow’s got that well-covered) … I plan to be as objective as possible
* I’m NOT interested to surface ongoing details about Bonds’ steroid case (I can’t think of anything less interesting to talk about at this point)

Send me an email (travisjohnvan@gmail.com) anytime with criticisms or suggestions.  Thanks!

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