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MLBTR Looking For Writers

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | October 29, 2010 at 11:51am CDT

Would you like to join the MLB Trade Rumors team? We are considering adding a writer. The position pays on an hourly basis. The criteria:

  • Knowledge of all 30 baseball teams, no discernible bias. Knowledge of hot stove concepts like arbitration and free agent compensation.
  • Writing experience is necessary and online writing experience is preferred.
  • Attention to detail – absolutely no spelling errors, especially for player and journalist names.  Ability to follow the MLBTR style and tone.
  • Ability to analyze articles and craft intelligent, well-written posts summing up the news in a few paragraphs.  We need the best of both worlds: quick writing with thoughtful analysis.  You must be able to add value to breaking news with your own insight, numbers, or links to other relevant articles.
  • Ability to use an RSS feed reader such as Google Reader.  Ability to use Twitter.  Both of these are crucial.
  • Strong evening availability – typically 5-10pm CDT shifts.  
  • If you're interested, email mlbtrhelp@gmail.com and take a couple paragraphs to explain how you stand out. Hundreds will likely apply, so we cannot respond to most applications.
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  1. Henry Castellanos

    12 years ago

    I would love to do this! Sadly I’m a Junior and I’m most likely gonna be busy most of the time, can’t do shifts.

    Reply
  2. Potrzeba

    12 years ago

    I would love this job!

    Reply
  3. BoSoxSam

    12 years ago

    ….You have no idea how much I’d want to get this job. Sadly, I meet almost none of the requirements xD

    Reply
  4. Jeff Hoagland

    12 years ago

    how much is the pay?

    Reply
  5. Yanks48

    12 years ago

    I meet most of the requirements here but im a sophmore -.-. I would love to do this job even if there is no pay. Sounds fun to me

    Reply
  6. chreeschan

    12 years ago

    Paging Spandemonium

    Reply
    • Dave_Gershman

      12 years ago

      Present

      Yeah I would love to do this. I think I’d do a good job, I meet all the requirements.

      Reply
      • BravesRed

        12 years ago

        You aren’t the only one that writes a blog on mlblogs. I think it could come down to the two of us.

        Reply
        • Chris Reed

          12 years ago

          I see your blog and raise you a column!

        • BravesRed

          12 years ago

          I call.

        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          Arm wrestle? Thumb War? Home run derby? Whats it going to be?

          But yeah quite honestly, everyone on MLBTR knows their Baseball, I think pretty much everyone would do perfectly fine at the job.

        • BravesRed

          12 years ago

          Thumb war.

          Everyone? I disagree. How many of the them that know baseball, know about writing a blog, or a column?

        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          Good point…Well I hope everyone reads ours and likes them and learns and gets encouraged to write one.

        • Chris Reed

          12 years ago

          I promise to start commenting from now on. No more lurking & read-only.

        • airohpue13

          12 years ago

          Anyone that is a diehard MLBTR reader can get used to the style pretty easily.

        • tomymogo

          12 years ago

          If they hired anyone, then pretty soon will start seeing stories about how the Braves should hire Carl Crawford, Jayson Werth, and Cliff Lee…………..They wouldn’t hurt, but do you think there’s any chance of that happening? It needs to be somebody that can be analytical about what he writes, somebody who has an idea of how much money may be available for a certain team, and what type of a risk a team is willing to take…….And he needs to know what a type A player means, who may get non-tendered and why, etc……I’d love to be a writer and share my opinion about what a team should do and why, but you need to have good arguments and it needs to be possible.

        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          I think I fit the bill there.

        • BravesRed

          12 years ago

          I fit that also.

        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          Yes sir.

        • BravesRed

          12 years ago

          Sorry, I didn’t mean to but into your conversation with tomymogo.

        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          Its okay man. I do that 15855 times a day!

        • tomymogo

          12 years ago

          lol

        • airohpue13

          12 years ago

          Just apply then instead of trying to convince readers that you are the best candidate. I doubt it is going to come down to a fan poll.

        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          I applied and I’m not convince readers of anything. Were not the ones making the decisions anyway right?

      • Gumby65

        12 years ago

        Thought about SPAN before I even opened up the comments section (thumbs UP)

        Reply
        • Dave_Gershman

          12 years ago

          Thanks man. Much appreciated.

  7. BravesRed

    12 years ago

    I want this job more than anyone here.

    Reply
    • airohpue13

      12 years ago

      Doubt it.

      Reply
  8. Chris Reed

    12 years ago

    E-mail sent!

    Reply
  9. tomymogo

    12 years ago

    I live in Bogota, Colombia but I’m a huge baseball fan, not bias though, huge Braves fan……And English is my second language……but following baseball is my hobby, I read a lot, I practically live in this website and the AJC(Atlanta journal constitution) baseball blog, I follow every team but because I want to find out what player might be available…….Maybe in the future if I ever live in USA

    Reply
  10. Guest

    12 years ago

    I think almost everyone who blogs on this site would nominate SPAN for the spot. I’d do it if I didn’t have another full time job right now. But yea…I’m a slave to corporate America 🙁

    Reply
    • Dave_Gershman

      12 years ago

      Thanks boomshwa I appreciate it. Hope I get the job!

      Reply
  11. joeycrist

    12 years ago

    I applied to this the first time, only problem is I would be subjective with the pirates and objective with everyone else. The job would be great for me as I am a grad student to be a teacher so my evenings are free. Only catch is I only write my own blog and I can’t get an audience to read it so I am guessing I’m not ready for this yet. I need a job due to my rent just doubling because of some stupid government study. I would love to write about baseball all day, not enough good minds left that love the game.

    Reply
  12. Sniderlover

    12 years ago

    I would love to be one of the writers but University work load is just too much.

    Maybe in 4 years?

    Reply
  13. DunkinDonuts

    12 years ago

    “Attention to detail – absolutely no spelling errors, especially for player and journalist names. Ability to follow the MLBTR style and tone.”

    I think the Twitterification of journalism has made attention to spelling and grammar largely irrelevant. If you can’t spell a player’s name, just mash some buttons and blame it on your Blackberry’s tiny keypad. If you don’t know how to punctuate sentences, just write in stream of consciousness and chalk up the lack of punctuation to saving precious characters for the meat of the story. If you’re incapable of forming complete sentences, you’re not stupid; you’re efficient. Fragments tell the whole story in half the time.

    Observe…

    “STL Postdspatch rpts Puhols 2 meet w moleziak 2 talk xtension … if an agmt is reached, u have to believe this takes cards out of running for FA Kevin Millar”

    “NYY close 2 deal w C.Lee, acc 2 Tyler kepner – deal is 8 years, AAV not known … NYY officials gave Lee blank check, hes still writing in zeros ….. Depending on when Lee’s pen runs out of ink, Yanks may set sites on Crawford/Werth platoon in LF, moving Gardener 2 play roll of late inning pinchrunner”

    When do I start?

    Reply
  14. Steve_in_MA

    12 years ago

    I cannot be completely objective, favoring both the Red Sox and Mets greatly. I cannot read an RSS feed … hell, I don’t even know what an RSS feed is. And I make way too much money drafting legal documents for a living to consider doing this for mere glamour, or at least that’s what Chase Mortgage subliminally tells me (yeah, I know its risky to start a sentence with “And”). But I hereby nominate Spandemonium, because the dude can write, knows what an RSS feed is, and knows his baseball.

    Reply
    • BravesRed

      12 years ago

      What about me?

      Reply
  15. Glen

    12 years ago

    Span, you are good but I feel I am your equal or better. I am also pursuing this. Good luck to you. I do not believe I partcipate on this site as much as you so that may prove to be a difference.

    Reply
  16. shysox

    12 years ago

    SPANdemonium_is_back_again

    Reply

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