Pat Neshek Prefers Blogs Over Newspapers - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog

I've always wondered how often professional athletes read what other people write about them on the internet. Cole Hamels (in a highly-entertaining interview with Bugs & Cranks, btw) says that he hasn't Googled himself since high school and has no interest in finding out what blogs are saying about him.

Pat Neshek, though, is on the exact opposite end of the spectrum, which isn't a huge surprise considering he has a blog himself. Earlier this year, Neshek used the blog to beg for All-Star votes. Now, he's doing what most bloggers do time and again: vent about the mainstream media:

It always amazes me at how much emphasis people place on the media and that's why I think blogs are going to be the place where people start turning for in depth analysis because you can only find (most of the time) sensationalism in print media or one sided views that have players like me shaking their heads unable to defend themselves. For better analysis I recommend turning to blogs like aarongleeman.com, sethspeaks.net, twinkietown, stickballguy, Lavelle's and Joe C's blog or just go to mngameday.com and they have all these blogs in one spot. These guys back up their comments with reasons that make sense and not ridiculous things like (they are figuring him out or lefties own him). For example if Aaron Gleeman would write something with the headline "The League is Figuring Him Out" I know he would have concrete stats detailing things like BA during second time facing player, 3rd time, 6th time, 100th time. I know he would then go out and do some crazy statistic adding up the entire leagues 2nd, 3rd, 4th at bats against me and lay it out and I would read it and go man, this guy is right.

What do you know, Neshek is a bona fide sports nerd just like us! Clearly, this is a man of discerning tastes, proving he knows way around the Twins' not-so-little corner of the sports blogosphere and name-checking some of the best baseball blogs out there. (And I mean that -- the only reason I stumbled across Neshek's post is because Aaron Gleeman is one of my daily reads.)