Recent content by DSzymborski

Generally speaking, the rules have been liberalized rather than tightened. The basic qualification that most chapter heads are using these days -- there's a bit of leeway either way -- is that you're covering baseball as a full-time employee of an outlet, print or online, that is accredited for...

In some years in the 30s 20-25% of position player plate appearances are by Hall of Famers. It's been the Hall of Pretty Good for 30 years. It's not modern players watering things down (this image was before last induction).

The list is in the Forums if you're a BBWAA member. There's no posted 2020 list -- Jeff Fletcher appears to have missed a year in the COVID-19 stuff -- but 2019 is probably just as good for this sort of thing. After Newhan, by seniority, it goes Murray Chass, Mike Waldner, Hal Bodley, Hal...

I stay away from politics on Twitter, that's just me. I'd hate to lecture writers about what they should or should not be tweeting, but it *does* get tiring beyond belief when sportswriters go on 40-50 tweet storms about politics. I personally rather alienate my readers with the stuff I normally...

And life.

Meh, once you get into the $300-$400 range, you start to run into mainstream 11.6" laptops with convertible form factors that don't lock you into using ChromeOS.

Visitors in the clubhouse, including accredited media members, should conduct themselves in a professional manner. There shall be no seeking of autographs, no touching or removing of equipment or personal items from lockers, and no sampling of players’ food spreads. Clubhouses are work places...

Jonah never covered a team on a day-to-day basis, as far as I can remember. I think, but am not positive, that he moved back to Montreal in 2017/2018. I think he was in Denver for a decade or so, but it's not like he covered the Rockies. While I lived in Baltimore and near Cincinnati, being...

"I know what the article says, but Jemele Hill May or May Not Leave ESPN, Will Not or Maybe Will Kiss Political Ass Depending is such an unwieldy headline!" - Some editor

I get the feeling that the talk of extensive high school coverage is mostly aspirational right now. Of course, now watch them add 20 writers to cover preps after I say that. I'm more optimistic about their long-term health than I was six-to-eight months ago. Not only have they populated the...

I stay away from the actual coverage outside of the events themselves. Too treacly. Brennan is the only sportswriter I know of that blocks me on Twitter. I never even directly engaged with her; I simply described her overwrought pile on how the world was ending because A-Rod was broadcasting...

I feel similarly. I grew up in Baltimore and am ostensibly an Orioles fan, but I'd be lying if I said I had even a fraction of the personal feeling of connection with the franchise that I did when I was 15. I love baseball as much while covering it as I did when just following it, but it's...

Peter Gammons. When I found out some years ago he was familiar with my work, I grinned a lot, unbecoming of the jaded asshat that I am.

I only have a few brief exchanges with Schultz. Certainly not enough to suspect anything; nothing seemed off as far as I could tell (just social media, so no voice).

I still have my football phone somewhere.