No real shock, but looks like Jim Salisbury gets the scoop. Pete's gonna say he bet on baseball. It's STILL impressive that Rodale's kept the leaks this tight. We're inside of a week to release, the ABC interview was done weeks ago, and it's not like this is really a surprise. Someone could have blue-skied this one and had a pretty good chance of hitting it.

What's a bit more surprising to me are the pundits, coming down on both sides of the put him in/keep him out debate. A quick look through Google News breaks it down about 50-50 and if that's any indication what the writers might do, Pete has to be a bit worried ... unless he really doesn't care about the Hall, as some have said. Jim Sheridan is particularly harsh on the negatives.

Like Bud, I'm just watching the circus right now.