Jon Weisman
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Jon Weisman (born November 26, 1967) is the proprietor of Dodger Thoughts, a popular weblog devoted to "dealing psychologically with the Los Angeles Dodgers and baseball." He is also a writer and editor for Variety Magazine, and has contributed to Sports Illustrated's SI.com.
Jon Weisman is the brother of writer and producer Greg Weisman, with whom he has worked as a writer on several TV series, such as W.I.T.C.H. and Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles. The two brothers co-wrote "The Blackguard Syndrome", an episode of Men in Black: The Series.
Mr. Weisman has published two books. His first book, The Best of Dodger Thoughts, was published in 2005, with longtime Dodger broadcaster Ross Porter writing the foreword. His second book, 100 Things Dodgers Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, was published in 2009, with former Dodger owner Peter O'Malley writing the foreword.
[edit] Dodger Thoughts History
Dodger Thoughts began June 21, 2002, with a one sentence post on Blogger. On February 13, 2004, Mr. Weisman moved his blog to All-Baseball.com. Since March 9, 2005, he had hosted DT on the Baseball Toaster.
On February 2nd, 2009, Weisman announced that he moved his popular blog over to the LA Times website. The departure of Weisman to the LA times has led to the shutdown of the Baseball Toaster.
