The Chicago Tribune's Paul Sullivan, ever dismissive of bloggers, continued the pattern in his report in Sunday's paper on the Q&A session with GM Jim Hendry and manager Dusty Baker at Cubs Convention Saturday:

The majority of questioners rambled on and on about their Cubs-related heartbreak before offering an actual question, many plugging their Cubs-related blog.

The first awkward occasion occurred when one particularly long-winded blogger groused that White Sox GM Ken Williams and manager Ozzie Guillen were "smoking cigars with their feet up and laughing at us, laughing at you guys, laughing at the North Side."

For the record, no CubsNet.com moderator was there. But we're sure Sullivan has no love for us, either.

Sullivan's comment came after he said that "Cubs fans were all bark and little bite" at the Q&A session. As opposed to Sullivan's two year crusade against Sammy Sosa's boom box, I suppose.

OK, maybe that was a little harsh.

But Sullivan's consistent belittling of "bloggers" generally does a disservice to his readers and his profession, given his failure to also applaud the excellent work done by some (including, but not limited to, here and here and here).

If you are looking for excellent coverage of the convention, read Al Yellon: Day 1 and Day 2.

UPDATE (1/16/2006 9:15am): Another blogger with a good report on the convention: Cubbiepalooza -- Part 1 and Part 2.