Chico wrote a nice article when Julian was dfa'd that really kind of humanized what I'm sure a lot of older, end of the road players go through. I thought it was a nice thing to do for a player not many people other than me cared about
Chico got a lot of heat for that ill advised interview with Washingtonian but he was the best writer before Janes came. Svrgula was very good, very interactive with fans on his blog. Kilgore never bothered to learn the recent history of the team, under his watch I abandoned the Post as the primary source of info. Janes was the best, as a writer, getting scoops (tough for a local writer), and expressing measured opinions that weren't always complementary to the team.
It would be nice if the Post didn't cycle through beat writers as fast as the Lerners replace managers.