Rob Neyer’s Leaving ESPN [UPDATE]

Rob Neyer announced on his blog today that he’s leaving ESPN. He’d been with the company since 1996, and had put together a pretty decent blog network over there (“Sweet Spot.”) Where’s he going? The word on the street is that he’s going to SB Nation [confirmed] … to presumably help those guys put together a baseball blog network.as a National Baseball Editor.

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26 Responses to “Rob Neyer’s Leaving ESPN [UPDATE]”

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ms621 Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 3:49 PM
Interesting choice in picture for the post.
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HuskerDawg Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 3:49 PM
Jarring.
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Brad Clooney Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 3:50 PM
doesn’t SB Nation already have a baseball blog network?
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Watsonian Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 3:55 PM
One of the few writers at ESPN I would read.
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Babar 2.0 Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 3:55 PM
The fuck’s an SB Nation?
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Tim Ryan (TheSportsHernia) Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Rob Neyer in a rare depiction of “Casual Patrick Bateman”
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sportsdork Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 3:59 PM
I believe there was an old post/comments where TBL’s voiced his feelings about Neyer. That was fun.
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s1rweeze Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:00 PM
I always thought Neyer’s ESPN picture made him look like he belonged in a Gillette commercial or something.
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starkweather Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:02 PM
I don’t remember that, Sportsdork, what were his feelings? SB Nation seems like he’s slumming it although I am a fan of mockingthedraft
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cleet Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:03 PM
Rob Neyer in a rare depiction of “Casual Patrick Bateman”
The bottle opener on his keychain is eggshell white.
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spencer096 Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:06 PM
Rob Neyer in a rare depiction of “Casual Patrick Bateman”
this is before he notices the watermark.
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sportsdork Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:09 PM
I don’t remember that, Sportsdork, what were his feelings?
Eh, I tried to find it but it’s on a post where the comments have all been blown away, so I’m leaving it alone. If TBL cares I’m sure he’ll comment.
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TheBigLead Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:09 PM
I believe there was an old post/comments where TBL’s voiced his feelings about Neyer. That was fun.
might have me confused with someone else. Don’t read him regularly enough to have feelings about the guy. he’s pretty well-liked, apparently.
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spencer096 Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:09 PM
SB Nation seems like he’s slumming it although I am a fan of mockingthedraft
sbnation is fantastic. spencer hall and…uh…um…LSUFreek!
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ThatsSoTaguchi (Now With Zip) Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:10 PM
very disappointing. Half of the reason I read ESPN.
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ms621 Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:10 PM
Rob Neyer, you might say, is the anti-Jon Heyman.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:10 PM
Not that I read him often, but he was one of the better ESPNers.
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Tim Thomas's Bagels Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:12 PM
Neyer’s quality. Keith and Rob made for some of the most intelligent writing on ESPN.
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Watsonian Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:12 PM
Keith and Rob made for some of the most intelligent writing on ESPN.
This right here.
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sportsdork Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:13 PM
might have me confused with someone else. Don’t read him regularly enough to have feelings about the guy. he’s pretty well-liked, apparently.
Ah. I think Neyer’s name was involved in one of those annoyingly contentious old Blyleven discussions.
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SouvenirCity Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:23 PM
SB Nation seems like he’s slumming it although I am a fan of mockingthedraft
sbnation is fantastic. spencer hall and…uh…um…LSUFreek!
SCH FTW
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grungedave Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:45 PM
sbnation is fantastic. spencer hall and…uh…um…LSUFreek!
and me! Ummm, sometimes. It’s true!
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vajayjay redick Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:47 PM
Neyer is like a cross between Law and Poznanski. He and Law share a lot of the same viewpoints but he knows how to write without coming across as a smug asshole.
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Brad Clooney Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 4:56 PM
so does Law, he just has a lot less patience for dumbasses than Neyer does. Or the dumbasses don’t bother Neyer. One of the two.
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Wally's World Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 5:13 PM
Neyer is like a cross between Law and Poznanski. He and Law share a lot of the same viewpoints but he knows how to write without coming across as a smug asshole.
This right here. Law comes off as a douchecanoe. He makes valid points in between vinegar and water spritzers, but it’s tough to read.
Neyer is A+ quality. That’s a bad loss for the WWL.
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Tim Ryan (TheSportsHernia) Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 5:21 PM
So “This right here” is the new “This”? This all sucks.

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Rob Neyer’s Leaving ESPN [UPDATE]

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