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I think it's unfair to compare a 'when it moves me' blogger (no disrespect intended) to a baseball beat writer. First year beat writers call it 'a dream job'--until their first August on the beat. From then on, in perpetuity, it's a slog. So hats off to the Divish's and Dutton's of the world.
On the other hand, 'columnist's', 'analysts', etc., get no such pass. And compared to these guys, Doc is #1 with a bullet.
Since the likes of Calkins and Baker and Thiel and now Larry Stone and every last one of the paid screamers on sports radio are expected to also comment on other sports, maybe you could also give them a partial pass.
But I don't. Not one can match Doc in terms of insight or mental dexterity. It's not even close.
Tip of the hat.