It's not about a salary it's all about reality

Or is it? Eric and I had lunch with a friend who works in advertising, and the topic of blogs came up. Our friend said that he liked how we actually respond to comments, and that he has worked with more than a few athlete/clients who don't even really write their own blogs. They might dictate it or provide a general idea, but then a team will put it together for them. Bummer. I don't read celebrity blogs religiously, but there have been at least three athletes whose online writing I have enjoyed:

1. Agent Zero's blog was legendary, and I'd be bummed if they were actually ghost written. (Same for his amazing forward for the excellent Freedarko book.)

2. Cap's blog was impressive for their breadth in subject matter and deliberate thought process, and made me proud to be a Bruin. I'm pretty sure the author, athlete, actor, and coach wrote the entries himself--especially since his blogging run began on the L.A. Times site.

3. Most recently, I've been following Dining with Andre, in which the young Dodger outfielder shares his takes on food and baseball. There are just enough errors, weird facts, and personal intonations to make me think it's really him... His last post was in January, but hopefully he'll blog more regularly now that it's Spring Training.