Not to be a sycophant, but I agree with Matt's assessment.  There are many blogs out there that are the Internet version of Jerry "Crumbs" Krause:  Slovenly shut-ins that crave the "Sleuth's" reputation of knowing things that no one else does.  IMHO, Sam is right to ignore those for his stated reasons, but he's putting all blogs in that group.  "Blog a Bull" is not one of those blogs.

I visit blogs like this one for a number a reasons:

• One-stop shopping for Bulls news (Sam gives no credit for sites like this linking to online news from the local papers)
  
• Entertaining and informative conjecture on the team
  
• Reaction and opinion regarding the news that is reported in the "official" media
  
• Modern statistical analysis I can't get in the Trib or from chicagosports.com
  
• That unique perspective of the "objective homer"; I really like the team, but I like to see them called out for their blunders
  
• If I went to the neighborhood tavern daily for a break at work, I probably wouldn't keep my job.

However, I believe that journalists in general are terrified of blogs.  They are constantly trying to defend their turf.  They have been professionally trained and don't want to cede any credit to "amateurs" who are contributing their writing to the world free of charge.  As I've mentioned here a couple of times, I'm a huge Michigan football fan (not trying to rile you up, miles, just bear with me).  Early in the season, announcers were constantly saying that "the bloggers want Lloyd Carr to be fired."  This was, if not patently untrue, extremely misleading.  While there may have been a blog or two out there calling for the man's head, the vast majority of them were staunch defenders of Carr.  The people who wanted him canned were, for the most part, the casual fans who don't really understand the team that well or follow things that closely.  Yet, in broadcast after broadcast, all the way through the Rose Bowl, people like Brent Musburger continued to say, "early in the season, the bloggers wanted Carr gone."  I raise this issue because it speaks to the fact that most "real journalists" don't read any of the blogs they vilify.  In fact, Sam says here that he doesn't read any blogs.

Back to my main point, Sam is surrounded by other journalists who are, perhaps rightfully, fearing that their business is being eroded by blogs.  So in his world, blogs are getting a terrible rap, and he's going to hear about the worst kind of "reporting."  Even if that's not ever happening.  Networks and newspapers often believe that it is in their best interest to defame blogs.  Perhaps that is true, perhaps that is not, but the perception is there.  I think Sam would probably enjoy checking out this particular forum as it seems most of us are fans of his.  But the overarching thing is, blogs are here to stay and will continue to grow in popularity as long as there are talented people putting their effort into them.  The picture Sam paints of the "blogger" is propaganda, not generated by Sam, but certainly repeated by him.  But then someone stumbles cross BlogABull and realizes that there's a ton of quality stuff in here...