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Seems to me your issue is that I'm not contributing original thought here - only responding to what others are posting. I'd like to point out that, if you want to read Logan's Original Thoughts On Baseball, you can do so at www.lookoutlanding.com. I flat out don't have the time to write for two different Mariners blogs. I drop in here to comment on articles because I like getting your guys' point of view and conversing with you, not because this is my forum for expounding my own baseball beliefs.
If you want to talk "Do Unto Others"... personally, as a writer, I love it when commenters point out the flaws in what I'm doing, and I hate it when they shower me in praise. I don't get better by being told I'm awesome. I get better by being told when I'm making a mistake, because it enables me to avoid that mistake in the future. Or by being told when something I'm doing is novel and good, because then I can keep doing it. If no one at LL ever challenged what I was saying, I'd stop writing there. Admittedly not everyone has my boundless self-esteem, and other people appreciate compliments once in a while. If you're one of those people, then I apologize for not having thanked you for your work in so long. (If you're not one of those people, then doesn't stopping to say "thank you" after every article slow down idea exchange?)
I'd argue, by the way, that idea exchange needs friction. If everyone in the room is thinking the same way, then somebody in the room's not thinking. There needs to be some level of disagreement, some level of fact-checking, just to make sure you're not going off the rails.
Admittedly the Iwakuma correction, unaccompanied by actually addressing the point of the article, was perfunctory and not particularly helpful. My bad on that one. But I don't see any problem with challenging your arguments as a general rule. If you want me to say "thanks, I agree" more often, I can do that - I don't really appreciate it when commenters do so on my pieces, but I can understand that you might and will by your requests in your space. But I can't be posting regular original essays over here, and I think biting my tongue when I disagree with something is good for none of us.