I think it all came together for Pearlman about 10-12 years ago, when he realized he hated people.

Ha. Funny post, fair criticism. To be honest, I mainly work on books these days, so I infrequently enter clubhouses/locker rooms. I really went into the Bears’ room to observe the scene, which is just horrible. I LOVE writing books. Love it. But the day-to-day reality of the clubhouse scene would be horrific. But maybe you’re right, no one wants to hear me gripe.

Heh.  What’d I say?

I met some guy a few years ago who writes for one of the big magazines.  I asked him which team he actually roots for.  He said none of them.  Now that he has gotten to know the players, he pretty much hates them all.

“The food here is terrible. And such small portions.”—Woody Allen

Craig-
I very much enjoy your blog.  You’re my first stop for baseball news and, frankly, you’re about the only blog on any topic that I visit on a regular basis.

About your Pearlman post…it seems a little bit on the catty side…  Sure it’s easy for us to feel aghast that a guy with a job like his would ever think of complaining about his work, but like the guy says, there are down sides to any profession.  And it seems that his point is not so much complaining about the work as much as it is to reveal the realities of the trade.  Sports reporting (addressee exempted) has become a cheesy, predictable dung heap consisting largely of overhyped minutiae, moral posturing and treacle heartwarming pieces.  It’s not entirely unwelcome to have one of the inner sanctum point out some of the absurdities.

That said, and now that you’ve brought this Pearlman guy’s blog to my attention, I think it would have been much more interesting (and perhaps laudable) if you had shared with us his posting titled “Nothing changes, everything changes”.  Here is a piece that (maybe) better reflects the character and principles of the fellow as well as addressing a tangible social issue upon which, as the man says, history will spare us no sympathy in its judgement.

Right, keep up the good work and congrats on your fulltime gig.

——Charles

Followed the first link to the Pearlman piece, which linked to a Viva El Birdos post, which linked to a Shysterball post.

That was weird.  Who am I?  How did I get here?

I’m at the corner of first and first.  How can the same street intersect itself?  I must be at the nexus of the universe!

-Kramer