Citizens Bank Spark

The Return of One of Phlogdom's Best Serves to Inspire

THE E-MAIL'S subject line was "I have returned," and in the message, Michael Berquist said simply:

I'm pleased to announce that I've decided to return to blogging effective March 6th.  I've been avoiding blogging and baseball for the last six months b/c I was so burned out, but I've got the bug again.

I'm back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And damned if there wasn't a similar announcement on Mike's site, the incomparable Citizen's Blog, last Saturday. As if to prove his own point about the bug's return, he then went and posted some thoughts about Jimmy Rollins's hitting streak on Wednesday. Having blogged in fits and starts myself over the last several weeks, I've come to realize that I, too, miss the extraordinarily fulfillment that regular posting gives me. I write less and less as my career advances, and one of the primary reasons this site was launched two-and-a-half years ago was to give me a way to scratch that itch. Seeing the level of discourse offered on a daily basis by the Phlogosphere makes me want to jump back into the conversation. And so starting tonight, starting with tonight's sit, I'm rededicating myself to doing this, and doing it right.

Unless I decide otherwise in a few months.

Meantime, welcome back, Mike. I look forward to reading your thoughts -- and those of everyone else engaged in this dialogue -- over the coming weeks and months.