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Baseball. Blogging. Whenever.Tuesday, November 03, 2009Programming NoteWhen I started writing ShysterBall in the spring of 2007, the idea was to give myself a place to be where I could escape the stress and unpleasantness of my legal career, if only for the briefest of moments. As time went on, it began to consume more and more of my waking hours and, in all honesty, interfering pretty significantly with that legal career. No, I never dropped the ball on a case, but it has been a struggle. I mean really, how is someone supposed to prepare for an oral argument when Roger Clemens is testifying before Congress? I'd like to say that I eventually managed to find balance with all of this, but that would be a lie. My life hasn't been in balance since at least 2006. Maybe earlier. Something has to be done. So I'm doing it:I'm quitting the law. Starting November 30th I will be writing about baseball full time for NBC Sports.com. Obviously this wasn't a unilateral decision on my part. NBC has decided that they want me all-in on Circling the Bases, and that's not the kind of thing you have to ask me twice. The people over there have been fantastic to me since I started moonlighting back in April. They've never censored a word I've written. They've never declared a topic off-limits. Their instructions to me when I started were to make some f*cking noise, and they've allowed me to do that non-stop since. When they asked me to do it full time, it was a complete no-brainer. I don't yet know how it's going to all work out -- the enormity of this is just starting to sink in -- but to say I'm excited would be something of an understatement. Q: But Craig! Where am I going to go for my daily ATH fix come April?! A: Right here. Well, to THT at least, because NBC has been good enough to allow me to keep doing ATH and posting it at The Hardball Times (see above about NBC being totally cool). It likely won't be in ShysterBall, because the ShysterBall name is going to go into mothballs. Right now the smart money is on it appearing as a daily post at THT Live, but we'll give you lots of advanced notice once the good Mr. Studeman and I figure it out. The upshot, though, is that everyone involved realizes just how valuable an outlet and how outstanding the readership and community is at THT, and no one wants to mess with a good thing. Day-to-day blogging will be at NBC, but ATH will continue to appear at The Hardball Times. Q: But Craig! How can you subject yourself to the kind of abuse you get from the commenters over there every day? A: I've learned a lot in a short period of time. I've also noticed a slight uptick in commenter quality as time has gone on. I credit many of you for that, as I have been seeing a lot of familiar commenting handles migrate over to NBC as the year has progressed. I hope that continues. And I'm sure that it can. None of you are the type who can't handle more baseball in your lives, so I'm sure you can make a point to be good boys and girls and read your THT, and then come over to NBC to see what I'm up to. Q: So, like, what does this all mean for you? A: I don't know. No shaving. Pants optional. Walking kids to the bus stop. Cheaper coffee. More time to go to the gym. Occasional cushion forts in the living room. I'm sure it's going to be an adjustment process. I'll ask Neyer what he does with his days. OK, enough self-indulgent crap, we have almost a month to get all of that in. In the meantime, let me offer some thanks to some people. Thanks ShysterBall readers of both the commenting and the lurking persuasion. I could bring more bloggy noise than anyone, but it's worthless if there's no one there to read it. I'm not the statcounter obsessive I used to be, but whenever I've lost the will to write, I've checked in to look at the numbers. When I see people who have way better things to do with their lives click and click and click like you've been doing for so damn long, I'm reinvigorated. And away we go . . . Posted by Craig Calcaterra at 1:52pm Comments
Kritical Man said...
Wow. You’re living the dream. Huge congratulations to you! Posted 11/04 at 02:25 PM
John said...
Congratulations! Now that’s over with, can I send my resume to your firm? :p Posted 11/04 at 02:25 PM
Jonathan said...
Just wanted to say thanks and good luck. I was one of the many that found you through Mr. Neyer’s links. I look forward to redirecting my Google Reader subscription permanently to your new home at NBC. Posted 11/04 at 08:14 PM
marietta mouthpiece said...
From one mouthpiece to another (now, soon to former mouthpiece) - res ipsa loquitor, brother! Posted 11/06 at 09:38 AM
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Just tried Googling and Markie Post and Shyster are now forever linked. Nice work, fellas!