Keith Law gets one right

[taxman]

On ESPN Radio this morning, discussing his time with the Blue Jays:

"I didn't know anything."

(OK, so he was discussing PEDs specifically; I prefer to believe he just had a moment of self-awareness.)

[ghostrunner]

I think he's a pretty bright guy actually. He just happens to write very bad game reportage.

[Swirls]

I think he's a pretty bright guy actually. He just happens to write very bad game reportage.

I agree that Law is a pretty smart guy - if you read his blogs then it's obvious he knows what he's talking about. I think the biggest problem people have with him is that he's trying hard to be brutally honest and take no sides, that he comes off as a complete [expletive] who hates every team in the major leagues (especially the Cardinals). I haven't seen much evidence that shows him being a homer or being biased for one particular team like a lot of the writers are.

I enjoy reading his posts, but one can't help but feel a little miffed after each post, because he basically does nothing but bash, bash, and bash.

[ghostrunner]

He posts in the comments regularly on BaseballThinkFactory and comes off a lot better there. Rob Neyer posts there too, but still comes off like a jerk.

[JL21]

For me, it's the smarmy tone.

And while I wouldn't really want the guy running any of my favorite teams, he has to be a bright guy to have gotten where he was with the Blue Jays.

[JohtoVillage]

I enjoy reading his posts, but one can't help but feel a little miffed after each post, because he basically does nothing but bash, bash, and bash.

That's his main problem. To him, there are six good prospects in all of the minors and seven decent MLB players. And that's it. Everyone else sucks and doesn't deserve to be there.

[greenback44]

He's Billy Packer, without the fawning over every coach in the history of D-1.

[JohnDoolittle]

Keith is an enema.

Er, maybe I meant enigma. Yeah, I got it right the first time!

[ThatGuy]

I'll never be able to like him after his coverage of the 2006 postseason. He knew he was being an asswipe (especially towards Cardinals fans), and he basically used that as his calling card afterwards, doing whatever he could to take shots at the Cards and piss all of us off. It certainly got him a lot of attention (didn't even know who he was before that), but he will always be a douche to me.

[Cronos]

I'll never be able to like him after his coverage of the 2006 postseason. He knew he was being an asswipe (especially towards Cardinals fans), and he basically used that as his calling card afterwards, doing whatever he could to take shots at the Cards and piss all of us off. It certainly got him a lot of attention (didn't even know who he was before that), but he will always be a douche to me.

I just loved his classic interview with McKernan and co. on the morning drive one day around the beginning of the world series(or maybe it was after it was over, I can't recall) where he kept insisting in his whiny voice: "No, winning the world series does not make them a good team!!111"

I'll never forget how stupid the guy sounded by his continuing to say that.