View unanswered posts | View active topics

Page 1 of 1

[ 5 posts ]

Print view Previous topic | Next topic

Author	Message
Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Warning! Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:09 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	Post Magazine sends eight writers to RFK to cover one randomly chosen night of baseball. A Tale of Nine Innings It was the best of seats, it was the worst of seats, it was brilliant pitching, it was abysmal pitching, it was an evening of darkness, it was the spring of hope . . .
Top

Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 4:45 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	Wow. Years of coming to this site have inured me to bad writing for the most part, but I literally felt my stomach convulse at this one.
Top

Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:59 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	Reminds me of Daniel Okrent's baseball classic, "Nine Innings," except without the writing flair, organizational skill or narrative cohesion.
Top

Wabberjocky	Post subject: Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 6:03 pm
Joined: Mon Feb 07, 2005 6:47 pm Posts: 1734 Location: Washington	But baseball is woven into summer like the stuttering of sprinklers or the imprint of a lawn chair on your back. More unifying than the filibuster, more reliable than the real estate boom, baseball has quickly become -- once again -- part of Washington culture. One beauty of baseball is the pastoral tempo, the lulls and lacunae, the moments when a fan might relax, exhale and simply enjoy the beauty of twilight, or the graceful flight of a bird on the wing, far below you. With all those writers on the clock, I'm guessing the editors were given the day off.
Top

Wayne Countryman	Post subject: Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:34 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1775 Location: Baltimore	After reading the first few grafs I figured this wasn't a story for fans. After reading a few more I couldn't imagine it appealing to many non-fans either. The story sets up scenes with actions that go unexplained, as if it had been cut sloppily. Editing to fix my mistake: Another sign that this story might not have been edited carefully: The second baseman playing here for the Brewers against the Nats hit a home run for the Nats today against the Blue Jays. Did I miss that trade? Yes, I did miss that trade. Spivey was traded to the Nationals two weeks ago. E-me. But it would have been nice for the story to point this out. What kind of deadlines does this section have?
Top

Display posts from previous: All posts1 day7 days2 weeks1 month3 months6 months1 year Sort by AuthorPost timeSubject AscendingDescending  Previous topic | Next topic

Page 1 of 1

[ 5 posts ]

What They're Saying

"This is like group therapy with prisoners in the Poynter Institute's dungeon." ... "You take a vocation that the simple-minded consider to be mere drudgery, and you exploit every bit of fascinating and humorous nuance imaginable." ... "Delicious" ... "Ask your professors? The only professors whose opinions matter are named Walsh, Blanchard and McIntyre." ... "What I come here for, I can find ONLY here. Phillip, you've built a great place." ... "Nothing gets us hotter than reading bitchy discussion threads from over-exhausted copy editors endlessly debating the merits of "theater" versus "theatre." ... "I love this site. It's better than the Kool-Aid acid tests." ..."I'm awed at the efficiency with which matters of opinion get hashed out in this forum." ... "Phil is the bomb!" ... "I'd wager that it's exactly your sort of hidebound thinking that contributes to the problems newspapers are having attracting readers." ... "I'm totally obsessed with this site. It's like porn--if you get off on Scrabble." ... "It reveals the backstage carping and vindictive emotions that roil the souls of those trapped at the copy desks." "When they say "testy," they certainly mean it. Whether it's reporters, editors, or the general public, no one is above their savage snark." ... "An apparent crack in the thin grey line." ..."Testy Copy Editors is a bitchboard for journalism's underclass." ... "My desire to read 'Testy Copy Editors' is only rivalled by my desire to pop "Constipated Call Girls" in the DVD player." ... "Phillip Blanchard is not just a testy copy editor, but a prophet scorned in his own time, and those of us who defend wordplay will be punished for it come the Judgment Day." ... "Phil Blanchard is as dashing in person as he is at the TCE board." ... "As far as writing and editing go: Read this board, read Bill Walsh, memorize the style book, read William Zinsser, and read the New York Times. That's a good start." ... "You should let go of your bitterness. You were not the oppressed talent you thought yourself to be. You were a miserable, brooding, silent, joyless grind, lucky to have a job at the Sun-Times, and we're lucky now that you've moved on to afflict others."

Useful Links

Our 2003 ACES Handout
Our 2004 ACES Handout
Our 2005 ACES Handout
Our 2006 ACES Handout
Our 2009 ACES Handout
The Slot (Bill Walsh)
HeadsUp: The Blog
John McIntyre
Regret the Error
Banned for Life

TCE RSS Feed