Rank the Reds beat writers

[icehole3]

The only guys I'm familiar with are C Trent, Fay and Sheldon, correct me if Im leaving out someone.

[bigredmechanism]

Fay is a typographical disaster machine, and you hardly will ever get new information from him.

CTrent does that thing that I don't like where he puts himself into the story. It's like he just read Hunter S. Thompson's work for the first time and had an epiphany.

Sheldon, although I've read a good amount of his work, doesn't stand out to me very much for anything. I guess that's a good thing?

[RedTeamGo!]

Sheldon is about as generic as a writer can be. It amazes me he gets paid for what he does.

When talking about batters he only mentions batting average and RBI. When talking about pitchers he only mentions w/l record and ERA. Yesterday he wrote a story about Stephenson and mentioned his ERA in 4 starts at Pensacola, as if that means anything.

[redsmetz]

If we're going to be thorough, we should throw Joe Kay into the mix. He's the AP writer who covers Cincinnati sports. Not terribly flashy. In looking for a site that might show some of his work, I found he's been here a long, long time. I came across an AP story he wrote when Buddy Bell was traded to the Reds in 1985.

[reds44]

Sheldon is about as generic as a writer can be. It amazes me he gets paid for what he does.

When talking about batters he only mentions batting average and RBI. When talking about pitchers he only mentions w/l record and ERA. Yesterday he wrote a story about Stephenson and mentioned his ERA in 4 starts at Pensacola, as if that means anything.

I can just about promise you he writes how he does because that's how the team/MLB wants him to write.

[_Sir_Charles_]

Does Eradi count? If so, he's #1 of the 4.

[sdwagers]

does Hal McCoy still count - even though its FoxSportsOhio.Com ?

[TOBTTReds]

I can just about promise you he writes how he does because that's how the team/MLB wants him to write.

That's basically true. Being paid by MLB and being an "official" news source of MLB doesn't really allow them to break news without facts. So you'll never hear straight up rumors from him unless Jocketty or Bob Miller are telling him directly. He pretty much has to be dry and straight forward with little opinion.

[bounty37h]

Not sure, I guess I would say CTrent is the worst of them IMO, but not a fan of any of them.

[westofyou]

Ton Swope
Earl Lawson
Jack Ryder
Marc Lancaster
Tim Sulliven
Joe Posnanski

[mace]

If we're going to be thorough, we should throw Joe Kay into the mix. He's the AP writer who covers Cincinnati sports. Not terribly flashy. In looking for a site that might show some of his work, I found he's been here a long, long time. I came across an AP story he wrote when Buddy Bell was traded to the Reds in 1985.

Joe Kay is very professional, and a better writer than his job allows him to be. He posts essays on facebook and, though I've known him for a very long time, I was taken aback by their range and sensitivity.

[dougdirt]

I can just about promise you he writes how he does because that's how the team/MLB wants him to write.

Yep. They all write like that for the most part. They are writing for the masses and the masses flat out don't understand or even care much at this point for something beyond AVG/HR/RBI or W/L/ERA.

[SunDeck]

I was just thinking the other day that I probably missed out on some good Reds reporting being in a house that only subscribed to the Enquirer. Someone once told me it always had better sports reporting.

[Roy Tucker]

Ton Swope
Earl Lawson
Jack Ryder
Marc Lancaster
Tim Sulliven
Joe Posnanski

From up Dayton way...

Si Burick
Ritter Collett

[RollyInRaleigh]

From up Dayton way...

Si Burick
Ritter Collett

When I read those names, I could see their faces in my mind. I guess I read too many Reds yearbooks, over and over, when I was a kid.