Wonderful news.  Congrats Ex-shyster.

But what will we call ShysterBoy now? So many unintended consequences….

What a year. Posnanski gets a seat with SI, and you’re hooking up with NBC full time. Now if only Mauer wins the AL MVP, we’ll have hit the trifecta!

Sincerest congratulations, Craig.

When NBC asks you to sit for an official portrait, consider actually doing the unkempt hair, five o’clock shadow, and tattered bathrobe look.

As a fellow Markie Post fan, congratulations. What amazing, wonderful news!

PS I’d love if things stayed under the “Shysterball” moniker here, if only for RSS feed purposes… If you want to get rid of the name, perhaps consider keeping it active “under the hood”, so to speak?

Ain’t it cool- Gonna have to dig up some old Letterman GE bits for your first (fully-paid) day.

I happened upon ShysterBall in a I guess a silly way, judging by other’s remarks.  Was setting up My Yahoo page and ventured far enough to pick out a bunch of feeds (BBTF, Ballbug, THT, NBC MLB) then found your stuff on the right column, now go there everyday first.

Believe it or not, with the season ending tomorrow night, was going to suggest a round robin post where we faithful commenters could kind of have a company picnic before the admittedly less than exciting Hot Stove Season. Some of the best ShysterBall came those afternoons when we’d go off on movies, music, corned beef sandwiches, ad infinitum (nauseum).

But…...onward and upward, Craig.  The quality of your work has made it through the crowd. Kudos to your work, past, present, and future.(Gives secret handshake)

They get a personal thanks, Joyce. Although it’s going to be hard. For the past three years I’ve been telling the old man that I made partner at the old firm.

Thanks for all of the kinds words everyone—I’ve been overwhelmed with emails and comments and everything else this afternoon. Aplogies if I don’t keep up, but you all know how I feel.

congrats you won

Well done! As has already been said, you have achieved most lawyer’s ambitions - to stop being one!

As I sit on the bus here in Scotland on the way to the office in the morning, I always get excited to see you having done a new post overnight - a far more fun way of keeping up with the baseball world than reading all the game reports oneself.

Where else can you get Star Wars, Hitch Hiker’s Guide, Monty Python and the glorious game of baseball, with a sprinkling of law thrown in?

Of course, the full time gig is really going to get the NBC commenters going, as, within a week, you will be accused of hating every team there is, including the minor league ones!

Just promise us at least one Cap’n Jetes post a week - those threads are priceless.

Well done - and I say that with the greatest of respect!

Congrats Craig.  I’ve been lurking and reading your baseball thoughts since they were making jokes about your wife at baseball primer.  It’s been obvious you’ve wanted this for a while and I am glad for you that you made it.

Craig,

Great news.  The next time I’m filling in on radio in Champaign, I’ll be thrilled to introduce you as a full-time blogger with NBCSports.com.  Outstanding work.

Much congrats to you, Craig.  Looking forward to what comes next.