Stoney Says Goodbye

Derek at The Big Red C reports that Steve Stone is officially gone. Derek also includes his resignation letter. So both sides of the WGN booth are moving on with Chip Caray broadcasting in Atlanta next year with his father.

For my part I think Stoney was among the best color men I've heard. He always did a good job of making his comments concise and to the point and wasn't afraid of anticipating the play rather than simply reacting. He also had a great sense for strategy even though I don't think it was at all refined by numerical analysis. He seemed to be skeptical of Moneyball when it came out but not violently against the ideas as some in the baseball community are.