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Murray Chass. The erstwhile Times columnist garnered some attention last week with his detailed takedown of Selena Roberts' book. Whether you agree with him or not — and though I enjoyed the book and don't think Roberts is is some terrible person out to hurt poor little A-Rod, he does make a solid case and, frankly, it appears I'm on the wrong side of history on this one — I was mostly just relieved that, finally, someone is paying attention to Murray Chass. Ever since Chass launched his Protest Blog — a site that makes a big deal out of being "columns" rather than "blogs" — he's just been typing away in the nether, a lonely guy typing away tons of opinions, blissfully unaware that no one's actually reading any of them. I had been feeling kind of bad for old Murray: I feared his attempts to, at last, finally bring some class to that wretched Internet were, you know, failing. But Murray found some new online friends with his Roberts column. Congrats, Murray. Perhaps the striking originality of his recent Steroids Are Hurting Baseball's Image column will push you over the top. "The Hall of Shame will be an invisible wing of the Hall of Fame." Well played, sir. Well played.