Writers?

[stejay]

How many people in this forum are baseball writers? I was wondering whether you would trade tips and talk about writing?

[JerseySoxFan19]

aspiring writer huh? Me too pal.

[stejay]

Yep. Check my blog for full details. I am actually a qualified statistician, and coach baseball. I thought it would be fun to write about what my life essentially is. So I am. I have to divide my time though, between travelling for my book, coaching little league and consulting my former collegues in the stats department.

[BradC34]

Here, albeit a student, but here.

[Dalkowski110]

Not a baseball writer, but I am a published author (one published, two pending). I do however plan on writing something about Steve Dalkowski before the year is done.

[Steve Jeltz]

Ed Hardiman used to post often on the Phillies board a few years back. He hasn't posted here in over 2 years though. I read a blog of his on Foxsports.com a few months ago, but I don't know how often he writes for them.

[Phantom Dreamer]

Gemma Kaneko, a writer for MLB Cut 4 was a contestant on Jeopardy! Monday, though she is probably not a BBF member.

[toomanyhatz]

I'm mainly a music writer, but I have done some baseball writing as well. I've interviewed recently retired Giants coach Tim Flannery a couple of times, as I've mentioned here before.

I could use some tips myself - I wish I could do more! - but the one valuable tip I have to offer is to write constantly - don't necessarily wait for inspiration or a subject that interests you. Don't sell yourself short either - writing is not a particularly valued skill and there are people waiting in line to take advantage of you - but learn how to produce good writing, quickly and on demand. You never know when an opportunity will come up - it's always been unpredictable for me.

[Phantom Dreamer]

RIP The Sporting News. Such a shame. Formerly one of the top sports publications reduced to complete irrelevance. I can almost shed a tear.

[Phantom Dreamer]

Burgess' 'Meet the Sportswriters' thread should be merged with this one and moved from the History forum, which is just inundated with endless player comparison threads, to the Between Innings forum.

[Phantom Dreamer]

Bill Simmons is leaving ESPN

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/sports/bill-simmons-and-espn-are-parting-ways.html

[stejay]

In reference to this post, im starting an alternative route of writing a book based on UK baseball, and experiences of an American trying to set up a team over in the UK where I live now.

[Phantom Dreamer]

Are we familiar with FanDuel's Jessica Kleinschmidt?

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[Phantom Dreamer]

This guy, Twins beat writer Mike Berardino, missed his calling. He should find something else to do with his life.

https://twitter.com/MikeBerardino/status/627295954094411776