My favorite blogger, Tony Pierce, got his walking papers yesterday. No longer will he be flying the big chopper as a super-agent for the XBI. A "layoff," supposedly, but the many fans of the busblog are suspecting otherwise.

No matter. If he can't hang with Tony, the Man ain't worth worrying about. The stars are putting the Blog King of L.A. into play, and it will all be good.

Hurts now, though. Not as bad as the hellish Night of Steve Bartman, of course, but it still smarts. Get on over there and flow a 111-year-old brother some love.