BBWAA Opens Doors to Online Writers
FanHouse —
... Well, since it opened its door in 1908, the BBWAA has been an organization for print publications, both magazine and newspapers. But no longer, friends. Long live the Web-based writers. From Baseball Analysts: ...
The Baseball Analysts: Lederer: BBWAA Opens Up Its Membership to Web-Based Writers
BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog —
The Baseball Analysts: Lederer: BBWAA Opens Up Its Membership to Web-Based Writers The Baseball Writers Association of America voted yesterday to open up its membership for the first time to web-based baseball writers. Qualified candidates were required to be “full-time baseball writers who work for websites that are credentialed by MLB for post-season coverage.” Sixteen of the 18 nominations were recommended for approval: Scott Miller from CBS Sportsline; Jim Caple, Jerry Crasnick, Peter Gammons, Tim Kurkjian, Amy Nelson, Buster Olney, and Jayson Stark from ESPN; Ken ...
BBWA To Neyer, Law : Fuck Off
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... This should do wonders for the public’s confidence in the Hall Of Fame voting process; Rich Lederer of Baseball Analysts reported the Baseball Writers Association of America opted yesterday to provide membership to a select group of web journalists (link courtesy Repoz and ...
The BBWAA is on a serious losing streak
ShysterBall —
First they screw up the awards thing, and now they screw up their membership drive. Baseball Analysts' Rich Lederer: The Baseball Writers Association of America voted yesterday to open up its membership for the first time to web-based baseball writers. Qualified candidates were required to be “full-time baseball writers who work for websites that are credentialed by MLB for post-season coverage.” Sixteen of the 18 nominations were recommended for approval: Scott Miller from CBS Sportsline; Jim Caple, Jerry ...
Friday Morning Mets Newsstand
Amazin' Avenue —
... speak to the hollowness of this gesture. Sixteen of the eighteen nominations were approved, including Buster Olney, Tim Kurkjian, Ken Rosenthal, Peter Gammons, Tom Verducci, and others. The two writers who were curiously left unapproved are Rob Neyer and Keith Law, both of ESPN.com. Feel free to draw your own conclusions from this one, but it certainly appears as if Neyer and Law are being blackballed for voicing their objective, conventional wisdom-less opinions over the years. [Baseball Analysts| ...
A Small Opening
baseballmusings.com —
The BBWAA is now open to internet writers . Unfortunately, it appears to be writers who used to be newsmen: After combing through the list, my first reaction was "what about Rob Neyer?" Well, as it turns out, Rob's nomination was one of two that were turned down. How can that be? Isn't Rob full time? Is he not a baseball writer? Is ESPN not "credentialed" for the post-season? I don't get it. While I'm happy for the 16 web-based writers who were approved (many of whom had previously been members for years, if not decades), it doesn't make sense to exclude one of the most ...
At Least They're Consistent In Their Incompetence
Vegas Watch —
... So these 119 guys are apparently qualified. Included on that list are sixteen Web writers, who were recommended for approval yesterday: ...
The BBWAA and internet writers
Lone Star Ball —
The BBWAA has decided to admit internet baseball writers, something that was a long time coming... Of course, when you look through the list of the 16 writers admitted, there are a lot of folks like Gammons, Olney, Kurkjian, Rosenthal, and Verducci...newspaper writers who have migrated to the internet... 16 admitted out of 18 nominated...and the two guys who didn't make it in were Rob Neyer and Keith Law. Which I think is indicative of the fact that there's change, and then there's change...this is a nice first step, but it is a baby step... ' You are not logged in. In ...
The BBWAA Gets It Right - And Wrong
Bleed Cubbie Blue —
... That seems right to me. Here's wrong: Rich Lederer at Baseball Analysts reports that the BBWAA is opening up its membership to web-based writers: ...
BBWAA Admits Online Writers.
SportsFilter —
The Baseball Writers' Association of America (already in the news this week) votes to accept into its ranks 16 online writers (most of whom previously wrote for "traditional media"); Neyer, Law snubbed; Peter Abraham, Rob Neyer and various other luminaries drop by the comments section here for some good back-and-forth. Read Story.
Eighteen Men Walk In. Sixteen Walk Out.
FIRE JOE MORGAN —
Not really. Those would be exciting backyard brawl rules, though, wouldn't they? Anyway, it's being reported here (and quoted on Baseball Think Factory ...
Writing the Ship
YFSF —
... Rich Lederer at Baseball Analysts picks up a Winter Meetings vote that may have been more important than the since-tabled "Schilling Rule": For the first time, Internet writers can become members of the Baseball Writers Association of America.
I was going to post something snarky about how great it is that talented, knowledgeable writers like Rob Neyer and Keith Law will finally be able to gain voting rights for the Hall of Fame and whatnot (except theirs were the only two of 18 nominations rejected by the BBWAA), but the subsequent debate over their exclusion ...
BBWAA Fails to Gain Credibility
crashburnalley.com —
... On the Internets, this is being discussed in great detail, but I just had to scribble something about it. Baseball Analysts has the story: 18 nominees for BBWAA membership, 16 make it. Those are: Scott Miller from CBS Sportsline; Jim Caple , Jerry Crasnick , Peter Gammons , Tim Kurkjian , Amy Nelson , Buster Olney , and Jayson Stark from ESPN; Ken Rosenthal from FoxSports; John Donovan , Jon Heyman , and Tom Verducci from SI; and Tim Brown , Steve Henson , Jeff Passan , and Dan Wetzel from Yahoo. The two that are left out? Rob Neyer and Keith Law . I’m ...
The Griddle: Posnanski interview with BBWAA President Bob Dutton
Baseball Toaster —
... , Royals beat writer for the Kansas City Star , about the status of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), which has been in the news recently over its decision to allow writers from internet sites in to the association. However, ESPN.com's Rob Neyer and Keith Law were excluded. This decision led to one of the longest threads I'd ever seen at Rich Lederer's Baseball Analysts . There was also a monstrously long thread at ...
The Cost of Admission
Twins Geek —
... where Neyer gives his initial reactions and wonders if his relationship to other writers cost him the nomination. The decision was also being examined early on Friday at BaseballAnalysts.com in a thread in which Rob also participates. It contains some solid back-and-forth with BBWAA members about the process and the reasons for rejection. ...
Bob Dutton Addresses the BBWAA Inclusion Process
The Biz of Baseball :: Business of Sports Network —
... and Tom Verducci from Sports Illustrated Two up for consideration were not recommended for approval. They were ESPN’s Rob Neyer and Keith Law, based upon the BBWAA’s criteria of members being required to attend, what they deem to be a “sufficient number of MLB games.” It is that criteria which is being questioned. It is that non-inclusion of Neyer and Law that have sparked the heated debate. That debate has raged across the blogsphere, from The Baseball Analysts, to Keith Law’s blog, to Baseball Think Factory, and ...
Hall of Fame issues
The Hardball Times —
... . But I'm not in the BBWAA, and neither is Rob. Which reminds me of another recent scandal. Recently, the BBWAA decided to open its doors to "websites that are credentialed by MLB for post-season coverage," such as ESPN and CBS Sportline. The BBWAA accepted 16 of the 18 nominations they received from these websites, except for two sabermetric darlings, Rob Neyer and Keith Law of ESPN. You can read some of the outrage in Rich's post and comments . How did this happen? Well, in ...
Jerkbutts and Ass-Toucans: It's HOF Voting Time
Center Field —
... . And by that, I mean that I cannot wait to see the logical backflips he does to justify the thought processes behind his HOF ballot. Even though Keith Law and Rob Neyer still don't get votes, guys like Heyman inexplicably do- and his reasons for his HOF votes are doozies.
Don't even bother reading what Heyman wrote, though - because the guys at Fire Joe Morgan (who know more about baseball than I could ever hope to cram into my head) have got you covered... twice over: ...
My ballot
Breaking Balls —
... I am not a member of the BBWAA. Though they recently opened their membership to web-based authors, and I egotistically consider myself a fairer judge of baseball talent than many voting members, my opinions on this year’s Hall of Fame class carry absolutely no weight. It’s like the famous Henry Kissinger quote: “University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.” This is no university, but the stakes are high and the feuds (this baseball fan is happy to report) ...
