Bill, the PD used to have one of the best and most well respected sports sections in the country. Over the past 10-15 years it has fallen so badly, I hardly ever read it. I'll read the headlines daily but read about one out of every 25 articles and/or columns they publish. In short, the average sports fan is not much less informed and can give analysis equal to or better than the clowns they have now. I used to enjoy some of Bernie Miklasz's stuff as a columnist but the arse-clowns they have now are a complete and total joke. The guy that wrote the piece you are referring to, Jeff Gordon, is hit or miss. He is usually pretty decent on Blues stuff. And don't even get me started on the late Brian Burwell...

Just to clarify, I have no beef with most of the beat-writers. The guys like Derrick Goold, Jim Thomas, Jeremy Rutherford, Rick Hummel, et al are just fine. It's the a-holes that get paid to write opinions that are so hard to read and not want to poke your eyes out...