they are arrogant as fuck.

Arrogant like … pretty much every single big city sports columnist (Plaschke, Simers, Muschnick, Shaughnessy, Mariotti, Le Batard, Kornheiser, Vecesey, etc., etc. etc.)

Got to punch the bullies, in order to shut them up.

But they’re also so single-minded when it comes to their baseball analysis — numbers, numbers, numbers

So instead, reporters should analyze athletes based on their friendliness. Oh wait, they already do.

I really like Passan’s stuff on Yahoo!, and his interview make me think more of him–seems like a good guy. I especially agree with him on the salary cap issue: There shouldn’t be one in baseball. It’s easy to say, “Oh look at the Yanks and Red Sox.” There’s more to it than that, though. There’s already revenue sharing in the game and taxes. What more can they impose? It’s the one issue I’ll commend Selig and Fehr on.

Anyway, hats off to Passan and TBL. It was a good read. And Fire Joe Morgan’s rebuttal on Omar really takes some of their credibility away in my eyes. Defensive ability can never be accurately measured by any metric. And all of these metrics should be backup in proving points on players, not the sole criterion. Those who love Sabermetrics and are intrigued by numbers needn’t be so afraid of some classic scouting and watching player’s mechanics in person.

This pic of Passan was taken at his wedding, i.e. the happiest day of the dude’s life. He’s a good dude, a better person than writer. That should say a lot because he’s a great writer.

If you’ve never been to the Quaff, the Pop-a-shot battles are legendary. The only thing is that you’re guaranteed to leave smelling like smoke from three days ago.

And I’m glad he gave Fresno some credit. Despite a relatively crappy reputation, there are plenty of good things about the area, and the newspaper has produced some top shelf writers in recent years. You mentioned a number of them, and I appreciated Passan’s point. With all the crazy, crazy stuff that goes on around FSU, there’s plenty of good stuff to write about.