My Dear Batlings,

When she came back from her journeys in Eastern Europe, BG was perhaps a little hasty, and would like to make some clarifications:

Why did BG delete the game threads? They were stressing her out. Moderating them was a chore, making adjustments to the program cost her money, and they stopped being fun. They led to a chat room atmosphere on BG.com that was driving people away. Some generous Batlings have hosted The Batcave for both chatting and game threads. And, yes, they tended to be 400 posts of misery--even before we started actually to suck--and it harshed BG's buzz.

Is there a no negativity policy on BG? No. Before we started the sucking time, BG was growing a little weary of the game threads which tended to be all about how awful we were when we were .627. Of course, right now we just blow, so that's another story altogether. There is a difference, though, between teeth gnashing and irreverence, and the game threads were leading to a lot of teeth gnashing. BG prefers irreverence. BG will probably frown on any further comments about murdering players, though.

Is there a no chatting policy on BG? Let's call it a guideline. BG.com was turning into a chat room, and making all but the chatters uncomfortable. BG would prefer if you kept your comments to the post. Of course, if there's news we all need to know about or if you run into Juan Rincon at PetCo, that's another matter.

Does Batgirl delete comments? You bet your sweet ass. BG doesn't go on the websites of Cleveland or Chicago fans and trash them, so when people come on for the express purpose of trolling, BG deletes the hell out of them, always has, and always will. She will also, as always, delete anything she sees as disrespectful towards the commenters or that threatens to erupt in a flame war. She will also, now, delete chatter. This is BG's site, she does it for fun, and she can do whatever she wants.

But Batgirl, you call them the Bitch Sox! That's so mean! Deal with it. I don't care what a White Sox blog calls the Twins. It is, of course, sass, and this is a rivalry. I'm sure the players are all lovely people.

In other words, it's just baseball.

With great love,
BG