CJ Nitkowski Speaks!

by OmarMoreno18 on Jul 6, 2007 11:43 AM EDT

Not sure how many of you have Insider access over at ESPN.com, but in Rob Neyer's diary former Pirate CJ Nitkowski (I seem to recall him being very technology literate, and I think he also has his own online blog... so I am fairly certain it is actually him. Rob thought so too) made a scathing post against GM Dave Littlefield.

I won't copy/paste the entire thing (legalities and all), but take a look at this:

"Unfortunately Dave has a bad reputation among players as well. Before I joined their organization I had heard a lot of bad things about not being able to trust the general manager there. I am an open minded guy and always give someone the benefit of the doubt regardless of what others say about him/her.....They weren't wrong....At the end of the 2006 season I wrote Dave a letter and bullet pointed 10 things he lied to me about since I signed with the Pirates the previous off-season. I titled it "fallacious list"....I looked back at it recently and got a good a laugh, unfortunately all 10 of my points were 100% accurate, that part wasn't funny."

Ouch.

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link?

Do you have a URL for Neyer's diary?

by Alleghenys on Jul 6, 2007 12:07 PM EDT reply actions

Sorry, forgot it...

Here's the link to the article about McClatchy stepping down. The link to Neyer's blog (remember, I said it was Insider only) is in the article:

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2927649

by OmarMoreno18 on Jul 6, 2007 12:21 PM EDT up reply actions

weird

I don't see anything about CJ Nitkowski in the Neyer blog ("No excuse for Bucs' failures") or his notes ("Friday Morning Backstops"). Though a reader does mention CJ in the comments.

by Alleghenys on Jul 6, 2007 1:40 PM EDT reply actions

CJ is in the comments

He is a poster at Neyer's blog.

by Willton on Jul 6, 2007 1:46 PM EDT up reply actions

CJ Nitkowski posts at Rob Neyer's blog?!

Wow. Weird.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jul 6, 2007 3:19 PM EDT up reply actions

FYI...

CJ Nitkowski's personal website is:

http://www.cjbaseball.com/

Pretty neat stuff there, including his direct email address in case anyone is ambitious enough to pry more answers about Littlefield from him.

by OmarMoreno18 on Jul 6, 2007 3:53 PM EDT up reply actions

I just wrote to him

and asked for an interview. We'll see what happens.

by Charlie Wilmoth on Jul 6, 2007 4:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Wow.

CJ Nitkowski is one of the nicest guys in baseball. For him to go off on DL like that (assuming that it really was him, of course), DL must've really acted like an ass.

by Vlad on Jul 6, 2007 9:15 PM EDT reply actions

CJ

is having a pretty good season here in Japan as a lefty relief specialist for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.

by patthatt on Jul 7, 2007 1:28 AM EDT reply actions

Omar Moreno

Thanks for the link.

by patthatt on Jul 7, 2007 1:29 AM EDT reply actions

Others here have asked for useful links

to Japanese baseball...well, just his diary for July 1-3 encapsulates a number of the bewildering experiences foreign players have to deal with in Japan.
C.J. should ask Pedro Feliciano about some of his experiences a couple of years ago in the same position for the Hawks.
Charlie-I recommend this link for the sidebar for the rest of the season.

by patthatt on Jul 7, 2007 1:35 AM EDT reply actions