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[QUOTE="billsin01, post: 1385998, member: 837"]
But I'm not sure he ever portrayed himself, at least for sports outside of the NBA, as a hard-hitting journalist (Barlett is the definition of that) or even as a numbers-crunching SABR guy like some of the fangraphs folks or others of that ilk. In fact, I'd argue, that the whole point of his writing was connecting with the fan on the level of 'when I'm watching, it makes no sense that the manager did X, when he should have done Y.' He added in a lot of humor (which, by the way, is an extremely difficult thing to do with any semblance of consistency), found a way to intertwine sports and many subjects beyond sports (movie, celebrities, etc.), and generally connected with the avid sports fan on levels very few before or even currently are able to do.

So I agree, he's not winning a Pulitzer.  His books are, eh, OK writing but nothing of literary consequence. He's not much of an on-camera NBA analyst. But ultimately I'll remember him as a guy who has created more legitimately entertaining content than the rest of the sports media (Tony Kornheiser aside) combined. That's not a bad legacy at all.
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