When Did Peter Gammons Become So Crotchety?

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 When Did Peter Gammons Become So Crotchety?
I don’t think that I would ever dare challenge Peter Gammons and his views on things. We’re talking about a guy who has elevated his profession to a point that I can’t even fathom me doing in mine (which, by the way, is far less interesting than baseball journalism and will never get me into Cooperstown). But now, more and more often, I feel like the man is indirectly ... [link]

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Ump Bump: When Did Peter Gammons Become So Crotchety?
Published 1/4/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
Ump Bump: When Did Peter Gammons Become So Crotchety? Ok, so I was ####### wrong! I don’t think that I would ever dare challenge Peter Gammons and his views on things. We’re talking about a guy who has elevated his profession to a point that I can’t even fathom me doing in mine (which, by the way, is far less interesting than baseball journalism and will never get me into Cooperstown). But now, more and more often, I feel like the man is indirectly criticizing me for liking non-conventional statistics. And I guess I didn’t expect any of this from a guy like him, ...

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