BLOGOSPHERE WAR
Some of you may be aware of the battle between David Pinto at BaseballMusings.com and two other guys, Al Bethke of albethke.blogspot.com and some guy named Shawn. Some of you have written asking for my take on the situation, so here it is.

I think this whole thing is pretty stupid. Is it going to turn into a west coast vs. east coast rapper-like thing? It's one thing to challenge another writer's idea or question the validity of his statements, but quite another to criticize his entire site. If any of us wanted to, we could go through the thousands of baseball blogs and write about how bad they are, since like I'm fond of saying, "all it takes to get a blog is a computer and a pulse". The point is that any jackass can type what he thinks. Pinto's site has been top notch for years now, and like many of you, I was first introduced to the baseball blogosphere through his site. I still think it is one of the best out there, and maybe his writing has slipped a little recently, but that's how things go sometimes. Everybody has slumps. Sometimes they last a week, sometimes they last a few months (ask Derek Jeter), or sometimes they last a life-time (ask the Los Angeles Clippers).

Attack the idea, not the person. That is what it comes down to. I hope everybody agrees with me or else they are stupid and ugly.