We’re not sure
whether P.Diddy had county cricket blog writing in mind when he wrote, “Gotta
make that money; bad boy, bad boy; gotta cash that money; gotta make that
money, money; gotta take, gotta make, gotta catch that money, money; yeah,
yeah”. Like we said, we’re not sure whether he had county cricket blog writing
in mind when he wrote this, but the Jessop Tavern View has always liked to take
it as its official motto. Everytime we’ve sat down to write something, our eyes
glaze over and we can picture the money, the fame, and presumably the girls
that would follow on from establishing the internet's only Gloucestershire
cricket blog.
And here it is. The Jessop Tavern is finally about to catch
that money. As Diddy would say; 'Yeah, yeah'.
Andy Bull, writing in the Guardian yesterday, suggested that
we might not be living in an age of quality fast bowlers, or batsmen who know
what to do when the pitch isn’t lifeless, but that we are living in a golden
age of cricket writing. Admittedly he didn’t name the View from the Jessop Tavern
specifically, but frankly who else could he have been referring to when he
wrote that despite this golden age, the county game isn’t receiving enough
attention, and his call to arms to all those people who report on the county
game. We will also gloss over his point that the internet has made everyone a
sports journalist, and that isn’t necessarily a great thing.
So there it is. Fame at last. We are now going to sit back,
put our feet up, and wait for the girls to start piling up. And the money.
Gotta catch that money. Yeah, yeah.
If this might be stretching the point too far, then we at
least heartily recommend the piece, available here, and we also cannot
encourage people enough to support the various publications mentioned in the
article. The Nightwatchman in particular, is brilliant.
