The 700 Level in Today's Philly Inquirer

The700Level.com was featured in an article today in the Philadelphia Inquirer.  (UPDATE: the Inquirer link no longer appears to work, you can read the text of the article here.) I sat down with the author, Will Hobson, to talk about Philly sports, the origins of this website, and many other random topics.  It's a nice little article and I'd like to thank Will for asking us to sit down with him.

Perhaps my favorite parts of the article were the quotes used from some other Philly sports personalities.  610 WIP's Glen Macnow, one of the enjoyable Philly sports talk hosts, had this to say, "[Enrico] writes it with a sense of humor, and he covers the gamut of things. He finds interesting stories early."  Also, A.J. Daulerio says we notice the nuances -- like him in a Tyrone Hill jersey.

Check it out for yourself and let us know what you think.  If there was one thing I would clarify a bit it would be this quote, "I don't want to be the next legendary sports writer; I just want to be the next Sports Guy [Bill Simmons of espn.com, who came to fame as an Internet columnist], or Will Leitch."  While I may have said that, it probably came out slightly wrong.  I don't really want to be the next Simmons or Leitch.  It's more of continuing down a similar path that they have lead the way in writing from a fans point of view and having fun with it all.

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Comments

[johndewar]

Well done! Keep up the good work!

[gootman]

I just want to be the next Enrico Campitelli Jr.

[themajor]

definately a real nice piece. Its always good too see positive press in then INqy bout bloggers, not jsut the bashers.

[GreggyD]

Very nice article and I enjoyed reading it. It's awesome that they gave you this opportunity. Bloggers get such a bad rap and it's cool that they gave you the space in the "validated media" to express your opinions and praise you for your success.

[phlyinghigh]

Wow, what a great compliment to this blog! But what a shame that they didn't give you a backlink ;)

[Kyle]

I go to school on the other side of the state, all i can get on TV is Pittsburgh crap, this is the first site i look at when i want to know what is going on in the Philly sports scene. keep up the good work, it keeps me goin.

[digi]

I know him...! I know him...!

[MarkA]

A Friars the Author of all this? awesome. Is that the same Will Hobson from Malvern Prep?

[theKrisheim]

congrats, but time to upgrade that laptop.

need to me on an Apple machine asap.

[enrico]

Funny you should say, Kriesheim. I bought a new MacBook Pro this past Saturday.

[Mike H.]

Nice work!

They're big media. They don't know what a back link is.

[bryan b]

Congratulations buddy, that's pretty f'ing cool!

[theKrisheim]

word

[meech.one]

Congrats, 700 Level.

The most revealing part of the article was found when I clicked on 'More Images' and the caption on the 2nd picture said,

"Proprietor of "The 700 Level" Philly sports blog Enrico Campitelli Jr. and his partner Matt Pesotski (right)."

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

[George]

Where can I get a "The Phillies are my favorite squadron" shirt?!

Glad to see some good press for the site!

[Sid]

meech.one, i thought the same thing. haha it says "partner" Enrico when did you and matt start dating?

[Matt P.]

guys, it was a misprint. it was supposed to say "life partner."

in other news, I just finished Will Leitch's book "Catch" on my flight home last night. there is, I crap you not, a character named "AJ" from Philly who is another male character's lover.

[Nick]

Nice piece, good to see some positive press. Was that photo taken at the Delancey's in Bala-Cynwyd?

[Joe]

How about a design that isn't awful looking Enrico?

[Carl P.]

Congrats on the press, gents! Hope it brings you some more much-deserved respect.

[John]

Nice piece. Which coffee place are you sitting in? No, I don't plan to stalk you - it just looks like a nice place.

[J.P.(the drunk)]

Guys thanks so much for all the work you put into this and if your ever in the Allentown area (god why would you be) I got a pair of season tickets to the minor league park up here I'd be glad to take in a game and buy ya a beer or 10 Thanks again

[Calcbunny]

I discovered this site the other day to see TO crying. I live in Atlanta now, but I have sat in the 700 level of Vets Stadium, the last time was during a rainy World Series Game in 1993....the Phillies lost by some insane score like 16 to 14. Oh well I'm used to it.

[M]

Dude, your famous

[Beren]

Great job 700level. My favorite sports site.

You get in the newspaper when you know how to use HTML frames, and go beyond photoshopping.

[Ricky - Sixers4guidos]

sorry I am reading only now but you know, in Europe we are always behind you...

great job, congratulations, nice to see a fellow guido being successful :-)

(and I absolutely LOVED your letter to Frank Fiztwhatever, polite, informative and funny)

take care !

[Ed Hardiman]

I always wanted to be the next Pickles Dillhoefer...

[Chamomiles Davis]

ENRICO, HOW CAN I GO ABOUT GETTING MY NEW BLOG MENTIONED IN THE INQUIRER? THEY WON'T LET ME ON THE PREMISES ANYMORE BECAUSE THE JANITORS COMPLAIN THAT I LEAVE CHEEZ DOODLE CRUMBS ON EVERYTHING I TOUCH.

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[DannyD]

Way to go! Nice Press...Keep up the good work. I'm a big fan of your site. Congrats!

[Mark K_NJ]

Very cool. Very, very cool. Congrats!