Career

Jimmy Rollins: Fifteen years with one shortstop

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In case you missed it, I wrote my first story for Sports Illustrated Friday, about the symbolism of Jimmy Rollins being the first homegrown Phillies star to leave town.

One story wasn’t enough for me to get it all out of my system, so here’s a more personal take on what it’s been like to follow Rollins all these years.

Rollins’ first full season in the Major Leagues was in 2001.

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My week as the Red Hot Reporter

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I’m back from London.

As I wrote in September, I won a contest sponsored by Virgin Atlantic to become their Red Hot Reporter during the NFL International Series game in London. After a week covering the Dolphins, Raiders and general fanfare, I figured I should write about the whole experience and compile all my work in one spot.

Then I got home, caught up on sleep, had a busy week and finally got around to it.

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My first GIF

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I am trying to be a sports journalist.  What I continue to learn, for better or worse, is that that isn’t enough. In the digital age, you can’t just be a reporter, you must also be a content creator.

I’ve seen job descriptions for what seem like basic reporting jobs, which mention skills like Photoshop are considered a plus.

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We did it: I’m going to London

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I guess I’ll start with the lede: Virgin Atlantic chose me to be their Red Hot Reporter for the 2014 International Series in London. I’ll be flying across the pond next week to cover the fan activities, team practices and the Raiders/Dolphins game in Wembley Stadium.

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Thoughts on bothering prominent people with silly questions

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As I’ve gotten more serious about my journalism career, I’ve grown increasingly interested not just in good stories, but in the backstories about how they come together. For example, I enjoyed Richard Deitsch’s podcast with Lee Jenkins about Jenkins scooping the LeBron homecoming, which surprisingly only about 2,500 other people listened to.

I’m not comparing myself to Jenkins, but I have this new blog and I think in some cases it’ll be fun to offer similar looks at how my articles come together.

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I'm blogging (again)

I’m blogging (again)

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Welcome to my new blog!

This is the first post, where I’m supposed to explain my reasons for launching the blog.  I know this because I’m kind of experienced.  You see, this is the fourth different personal blog I’ve launched.

My first blog, An Incaviglia Truth, chronicled my 2007 trip to all 30 MLB stadiums in one summer.  The blog ended when I ran out of stadiums.

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