Revenge of the Blog-i

Deadspin squares off on Bob Costas' screed on bloggers. One must read it to appreciate.

I will lift only one passage:

But -- with all due respect, sir, from a fellow Cardinals fan and a longtime admirer -- why are you the only one who gets to talk?

Costas was speaking in Miami when he launched the broadside against those with keyboards and opinions. The starting point of this whole controversy is the Miami Herald coverage of the event. Part of this began with Mark Cuban's move to toss bloggers from access to his Dallas Mavericks, which of course is being called out considering his own blog.

This is the next frontier. Two years ago, it was the rise of the SNWs. Now it's the bloggers, and they're more than ready to bring their rebel alliance against the traditional media empire. OK, that's a two minute penalty for excessive geeky-ness.

Still, as Dan Rather learned the very hard way, where once one did not get into pissing battles with people who bought ink by the barrel, Costas -- and others -- might want to avoid calling out the masses. Next thing you know, somebody's posting your outtakes on YouTube.

Seriously, hit the links.