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So I was hanging out with Rob Neyer in Vegas

No really, I was. There was a big BlogWorldExpo conference, so I sat in on a sportsblogging session with him, Tyler Blezwhateverski from SB Nation, Will Leitch from Deadspin, and Chris Ballard from SI. It was pretty interesting stuff (Leitch is a real hoot), ostensibly organized around the rather tired (to me) bloggers vs. journalists debate.

Neyer said he fought as hard as he could from going behind the paid firewall, but couldn't buck the Man. Later, over cocktails, we agreed this was a boon for the SB Nations, Hardball Timeses & Baseball Primers of the world. He took his ribbing by Angel fans in very good humor.

He also said during the panel -- and I hadn't heard this before -- that it was totally common knowledge among all NY beat writers & others that George Steinbrenner has been losing his grip for months and months, and that Hank & Co. have been exerting themselves, yet no one had the nads to write about it. (A big sub-theme of the discussion was traps -- self-laid and otherwise -- of having to be a beat writer.) Each and every panelist said that watching games from the Pressbox is an abysmal thing to do, something no blogger should ever aspire to.

Anyway, just wanted to pass along that Rob's a real mensch, and says hello to all y'all. I didn't hang out with Tyler, so there weren't any violent HH/AN dust-ups....

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