I was going to weigh in with my own opinion about Phillies slugger Raul Ibanez going pre-Middle Ages on a Midwest blogger with his “basement” blogger comments and the subsequent (and predictable) reaction from sports journalists. But instead, Chazz Reinhold kept creeping into my head and clouded whatever lucid thoughts I meekly possessed.

However, I will say I’ve seen and read far worse on both the blogging and print journalism side. Moreover, people are forgetting blogs are personal diaries. They’re not meant to be anything more.

Besides, sports blogs are pussy cats next to the viciousness seen on political blogs where ad hominen attacks are the norm rather than the exception.

And yes, I do detect a faint elitist attitude by sports journalists regarding the populism of bloggers. As if some of us can’t think and write up good sports content. While I understand their position, to me there are bad and good bloggers just like there are terrible and great mainstream writers. Like anything in life, there’s a thin layer of excellence, a thin layer of garbage and a huge chunk of mediocrity in the middle in the universe of sports.

Guys, it’s sports writing. It’s not rocket science.

Let’s just all learn to get along and crash some parties. After all, we all love sports, right?

Now if you don’t mind, it’s getting humid down here.