Baseball Toaster was unplugged on February 4, 2009.
scott@scottlongonline.com
In Will's excellent recent post Making the Call, he discussed how he would like to see the blogging world put more effort in interviewing the people they write about. A good example of someone doing this is Vince Galloro, who has developed a great White Sox blog titled Exile in Wrigleyville. (wordplay on Liz Phair's debut) Vince is quick to fly off the handle, but his passion is a large part of Exile's charm.
Recently, Vince conducted an interview with Cubs beat writer Paul Sullivan (Chicago Tribune) and White Sox beat writer Scot Gregor. I highly recommend reading this interview, as it gives some insight on two very different opinions on baseball bloggers.
As much as Sullivan comes off like a complete DICK during the interview, I do give him some props for being honest in his answers. Sullivan has an occasional segment at the Tribune's internet site, responding to readers questions. I used to read it when he wrote on the White Sox and the guy is a very witty, first class smartass. In a world of politically correct types, Sullivan isn't afraid to attack anyone. Now if he would only be open-minded enough to consider that just because it's new (blogs) doesn't mean it's all crap, he would be even better for it. Of course, considering where I'm writing this, he will never see it, so I guess it doesn't really matter.
Comment status: comments have been closed. Baseball Toaster is now out of business.