I'm a schizo, and so am I

(Photo: A Bob with a split personality)

Semi-retired Post-Gazette blogger, Bob Smizik, has hit an all-time low as a hypocrite.

Thursday, in regards to the Pirates decision to continue to pitch Charlie Morton during his disastrous 2010 campaign, Smizik wrote:

"Considering his upside and the improvement he's shown this month, the Pirates are right in keeping Charlie Morton in the rotation."

The very next day, after another of Morton's epic pitching failures, Smizik changed his mind:

"Starting Morton again makes no sense. He needs to get out of Pittsburgh. He doesn't need the scrutiny or the ridicule he will receive in another start or even in a relief role."

I'm wondering if Bob Smizik has dissociative identity disorder. Honestly, how can you write something one day, and then pen the total opposite the very next day? Either way, he did it, so someone needed to call him out on it. Perhaps it's time Bob fully retires...or at least begins to read Baby Steps by Dr. Leo Marvin.

Technically, Smizik is off the hook because the Pirates put Morton on the Disabled List yesterday. This reminds me of Limas Sweed getting hurt in the 2008 AFC Championship Game after dropping a sure touchdown. The injury wasn't real, and unfortuntately, it appears the talent isn't real, either.

Sweed, Morton, and Smizik appear to have something in common, then.