Schilling Has Competition
April 24th, 2007 by Tim Daloisio
Don’t look now, but Curt Schilling’s 38pitches.com hasn’t cornered the entire market on pitchers blogging. John Lackey recently launched his own blog on the social sports news/community site Yardbarker.
Lackey, the right handed starter for the L.A. Angels, is just getting his blog on, so bear with him as he feels his way around. It feels like it’s not as personal nor as detailed as Curt’s, but he has answered questions in the comments and looks like he is going to provide additional insight into the behind the scenes life of pitching in the big leagues.
In his latest post, Lackey talks about preparing for the upcoming series with the Detroit Tigers,
“We have Detroit in town for a two game set starting tonight. To prepare, our entire pitching staff meets together before the start of every series to go through the lineup we’re about to face. We just finished our meeting about the Tigers. They have a tough lineup from top to bottom. Guillen, Polanco, Ordonez and Sheffield are always tough outs.”
When I first heard that Lackey was blogging at Yardbarker, one question came to mind, so I posed it to him in the comments of his first post,
“John….do you feel any pressure to live up to the mother of all pitchers blogs www.38pitches.com? Seriously though, do you read Curt’s blog? and if so, do you look for any hints about how to face certain guys? Does his breakdown of the games he pitches ring true to you as a fellow pitcher?”
I was happy to get the following response from Lackey,
“I’ve heard about Curt’s blog, but I haven’t read it yet. It sounds like he provides a lot of good information. I get most of my info from scouting meetings at the start of each series. They give us a report on each guy we’re going to face. As a pitcher, it’s important to know who’s hot so you can really read up on them before facing them.”
It will be interested to see how Lackey’s blog evolves over time. I don’t expect anything as detailed as Curt’s, but I am happy to see more athletes embracing the medium.
Which brings me to my last question of the day, if you could read any baseball player’s blog, whose would it be and why?
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“Which brings me to my last question of the day, if you could read any baseball player’s blog, whose would it be and why?”
Pedro, because I think he sees the game differently than most of us.
A toss-up between Greg Maddux and Jeff Weaver.
Chris Coste - He toiled in the independent leagues and winter ball for five years and the minors for another five before finally getting his break last season, and unlike Schilling, he went to a real college and is a published author (”Hey…I’m Just the Catcher”)