Nationals beat writer, The Washington Post

How is covering the Gnats a sports journalism job?

 

Gotta disagree wholeheartedly with that. I've covered championship teams and dreadful teams. The dreadful teams always have more to write about. There's always something going woefully wrong. Winning teams ... win. It gets a bit redundant after awhile.

 

You may have something there. All of my lousy teams have come in football. Maybe the different sport makes a difference. I've just always found a new wart to pick at with bad teams.

 

Yeah comparing losing football with losing baseball is apples and oranges because of the number of games. You can write about 10 football losses and have a unique angle for each one. Try doing that 4-5 times a week all summer long for baseball. You run out of ledes pretty quick.

 

Even so, Chico brought the heat just about every time out. I enjoyed his coverage this year.

 

Anyone else catch the comment on the bottom of that post?

I guess since a background in sports isn't a necessity, "growing up on baseball" might make you overqualified to "write for an MLB team."

When did commenting on an unaffiliated message board start qualifying as applying for a job? And, when you click on the guys' user name it brings up a facebook page with his arm around Goofy. I love that the general public truly believes these are the type of qualifications you need to write sports at a newspaper.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/the_revolving_door/wapo_seeks_new_nats_writer__143590.asp


"I know that this is something that I would be very good at. I grew up on baseball and would love to write for an MLB team. I can be reached at 410-292-4116. Thank You."

 

Seriously. Especially at a tiny little paper called the Washington freakin Post. Do people think it's a hobby or something??

 

That's exactly what they think. And one that's not that hard, either.

People think they know/understand our jobs, and our industry, for that matter, based on what they see. But they don't.

 

Awesome!!