i look forward to part two

There’s a lot of great writers out there, solid writers and thinkers and hard workers. In a crowd like this, you probably wouldn’t say “who?” if I mentioned Alex Belth, Matthew Leach, Aaron Gleeman, Eric Seidman, or Sam Mellinger. But is anyone the next Peter Gammons, or is that like asking who the next Sandy Koufax is? The next Tracy Ringolsby? The next Michael Lewis? (I have an idea about that …) And moreover, where will they be writing?

The rest of the piece is hilarious because Will is asserting how “in the know” he is.

Does anyone remember this debacle? The Star chose to endorse a Royals fan blog, and chose this guy. First of all, he lived in Atlanta. Second of all, he was a Braves fan, but said he would adopt the Royals. Third of all, it didn’t seem like he followed baseball all that closely, he was just an aspiring writer. Poop really hit the fan when he asked readers how they felt about 3B Mark Teahen. Then he corrected himself by saying Teahen was in LF. Finally readers corrected him and he had Teahen in RF. Then he didn’t post at all for weeks, leading many to believe he committed seppuku in shame. The Star finally dropped him.

Royals fans have some of the most interesting and diverse arrays of blogs out of any fanbase I have seen – and they chose this maroon.

Maybe you can take over Flanny’s blog?

What IS Ken Harvey up to?

Making Part II a separate fanshot was too shamelessly self-promotional. If someone else wants to fanshot, be my guest, but otherwise…it’s here.

I guess the best way to put it: those without press access are limited, just like those with press access who ignore the newer methods of analysis are limited. There’s a ton of information available out there for free, done well by people who do it for free, so the only way those of us who want to get paid for it can earn our money is by doing it better and using the advantages that we’re lucky enough to have.