Best column lineup

The restructuring and departures at the DMN got me thinking (a dangerous development).

What paper does the board think has the strongest lineup of general sports columnists? Which paper has a No. 1 starter, a fast baller; a No. 2 starter, a reliable eater of innings; a No. 3 starter, who specializes in off-seed stuff?

Fire away.

 

the berkeley daily planet.

 

I'd say the KC Star has the best 1-2 punch out there. And I love Plaschke-Simers and to a lesser extent, Adande at the LA Times.

 

I know it is biz jargon, but can we stop using this baseball analogy for sports writers? Just lazy.

What do we call the staff hack? I get the metaphor, but I am going to puke if I read it again.

 

Carl Pavano. Matt Clement. Eric Milton. Esteban Loaiza. Any Kansas City Royal.

 

There's too many columnists who think they are the No. 1 guy when in reality, they're mostly all No. 2.

 

Is that you Mitch Albom?

 

I don't want to know what "off-seed stuff" is.

 

I got spoiled reading Bozich and Forde on a near daily basis over the years at The Coruier-Journal. Brewer was a good read, and I liked the out-of-the box approach he did sometimes (for instance, following a jockey's diet for a couple weeks).

Eric Crawford has gotten off to a good start and shows promise as a No. 2 guy, and I don't mean that in ARod-Jeter sense.

 

Thank you. Well said.

 

We're on a message board...who cares?

 

Posnanski-Whitlock is all the KC Star needs, really. Good cop, bad cop. Optimist-pessimist. Royals-Chiefs (and KU). Those two made me look forward to reading the Star over breakfast every morning growing up.