Your Daily Amalie
Posted on March 14th, 2010 in Uncategorized |
“Their stories are intertwined, the new third baseman and the old. Their lockers are close together. They take ground balls one after the other, inhabiting a spot big enough for only one. A situation that could have bred distrust and strife in a clubhouse has not, from all evidence, though it is clear that, on many days, Lowell would rather be just about anywhere else.”
From “No infield dirt around third base,” by Amalie Benjamin, in today’s Globe
5 Responses
3/14/2010 9:36 pm
More proof that trying too hard is the death of good writing.
3/15/2010 9:36 am
It’s actually not all that far off from not bad. I can tell, at least, what she’s trying for. Maybe she’ll get there one day.
3/15/2010 10:29 am
As a Sox fan on the west coast, you people have no clue how good you have it with the sports coverage in Boston. With all the shoddy reporting out there, whether in print, on TV, or over the radio, AMALIE is who you choose to put on the dart board? She seems to work very hard at a grueling job, and writes much better stories and features than most other beat reporters. LA Times coverage is abysmal, for example (and they don’t do NESN). Cut her some slack on syntax, and you’ll come off looking a less like a cynical blowhard that is jealous the Globe never tapped you as beat writer. After all, syntax is not the end-all, be-all for sports writing.
3/15/2010 1:20 pm
I think you would do well Rich to pick apart the writings from various writers from other popular papers/magazines. We’ve gotten the point in several of your blogs (haven’t counted, but it’s been more than three) that she isn’t the best writer out there. Such ongoing criticism without a response from her (or better her editor) is starting to look like you have a personal vendetta against Amalie and it appears mean-spirited.
3/15/2010 2:26 pm
Me, mean-spirited?
Also: Covering the Red Sox is a grueling job?
Contrary to the assertions above, I wouldn’t want it myself, but I wouldn’t exactly call it grueling.