His TV career, however, has left me largely unimpressed (and I still think “Beyond the Sixth Game,” while full of interesting stuff, is a poorly written book).

HE DID revolutionize game acounts in the boston globe and a Sunday note column in the globe through the 70s. To all of you who enjoy reading baseball trade rumors on mlbtr.com or from Rosenthal, Olney, et al. Never forget PETER GAMMONS started this practice with the globe.

And his trade rumors were much more accurate and his prospect projections (admittedly a weak point).

I am THRILLED to see Peter gone from the 4 letter pay per view sportssite and ,look forward to following him on NESN and MLB.com

Is this an inappropriate time for me to declare that I’ve always believed Gammons to be incredibly overrated?

Granted, I was probably a bit too young to be reading him back when he was supposedly “revolutionizing” newspaper baseball coverage, so maybe I missed his best years.

But since he’s been on TV (this goes back a good 20 years or so now), he’s just always struck me as an apologist for the players, the players union, the steroid users, and for certain ownership groups with whom he’s personally friendly. Moreover, his predictions–especially about prospects’ potential–are usually way off; his “inside information” often turns out to be erroneous; and I also have found him to be a below-average writer (”Beyond the Sixth Game” was full of interesting facts and tidbits, but it was brutally hard to get through because the writing style was so clunky and disjointed).

This “Gammons for Commissioner” talk has always cracked me up, too. Yeah, just what baseball needs–a Commissioner who will make the MLBPA even MORE powerful than it already is.

A die hard Yankees fan.
Mike B.
East Haven,CT.

THIS GUY was deep up Theo’s ass before, now he tastes Theo’s coffee before Theo does.

THIS GUY is waiting to hear from Bud Selig to know what he can say about steroids.