Bill Simmons

Josh Q. Public calls out Bill Simmons in an open letter. He basically accuses Bill of going from the Vito Corleone of sports blogging to the Fredo "I knew it was you" Corleone of sports loyalties.

I must point out that I called this back in 2002 and even pinpointed the time the change happened in Simmons' sports soul:

This past fall Bill had a column that announced that he had gone over to the dark side of luxury boxes instead of bleacher seats. He even switched the picture that accompanied his columns from the one of him wearing a Red Sox jersey to one of him wearing a suit and tie. (In yesterday's mailbag Bill tries to pass the buck to management on the new picture but the excuse is as weak as the last few columns - come on Bill you could have said no to the new picture and you know it.)

I don't think that Bill realized that the "going over to the dark side" column was symbolic in more than just his choice of seating at the ballpark.

Suit Simmons has always been different from the jersey Bill we all learned to love. We still read him though because every once and a while jersey Bill makes a reappearance.

HT The Big Lead