Late to the blog game...

Welcome to "Thank You Kevin McClatchy!" and thank you, the reader, for taking some time out to explore our new endeavor. As natives of Western Pennsylvania transplanted in the Boston, Atlanta, and Los Angeles areas during the past eight years, we wanted a forum to express our views on the goings-on of our favorite sports teams back in Pittsburgh. Frankly, it can be lonely following the Steelers, Penguins, and Pirates (ugh) without fellow fans around, and we hope this blog will give us an outlet to connect with others in the same boat. It also gives us a chance to comment on the constantly changing (and often negative) opinions of Pittsburgh's local sports reporters and commentators. Long entrenched newspaper writers such Ed Bouchette, Joe Starkey, Bob Smizik, Ron Cook, and Mike Prisuta shape a lot of the coverage we are able to read via the internet in our distant locations, so it is only right that we keep them honest. We only hope our day jobs do not keep us from regularly contributing new and insightful commentary.