Not quite. He doesn’t go to any clubhouse. Or press box. Or ballpark/stadia. His columns were all the same, written with the same lines. For example, when writing about the White Sox, he would mention the team’s record since July 2, 1996 (why this date, no one knows), call the manager the Blizzard (as in Blizzard of Oz; he thought it funny), the GM a cheapskate/moron (despite the facts) and demand trades that no GM in his right mind would make (his favorite: Cub pitcher Jason Marquis for Boston’s Coco Crisp, as if the Red Sox would stop laughing at Ken Williams long enough to okay that deal). He got his info from the Sun Times reporters. How anyone can ever attempt to commend his courage is a slur on all of the real reporters in the world. If you really want to know how he stands by his word, there is a column written by Eric Zorn of the Tribune, http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2005/10/jay_mariottis_y.html