Welcome to the debut of the Baseball Side of FanSided on Call to the Pen. I started this series over on our Royals site, Kings of Kauffman, just after Thanksgiving of last year, but Call to the Pen seems to be a more natural fit going forward. For those of you not aware, the BBSoFS is a weekly article designed to highlight one article from each of our MLB sites on the FanSided.com Sports Network. The ultimate goal is to increase the exposure of our MLB team sites, highlight some the work of our writers and in doing so pass along some articles that are relevant to the “happenings” and topics of the week that was. The BBSoFS also affords me the opportunity to announce new writers to our MLB staff and also to announce staff openings that we have. Typically this will be published every Friday but from to time, as is the case this week, it will be posted on a Saturday.
With the introduction out of the way, it’s time to get down to business.
New Staff:
Jon Twibell is joining Michael Engel and myself over on our Kansas City Royals site, Kings of Kauffman, as a contributor. His first article should be up at some point this weekend and if you happen to read it, and enjoy it, he will be writing one or two articles each week.
Help Wanted:
If you are interested in joining our MLB staff to write for one of the listed teams, please don’t hesitate to contact us a fansided@gmail.com. We break our staff down into two roles. Lead Writers are expected to write and publish content on a regular basis. Contributing Writers are expected to write and publish at least one article per week but are welcome to write more if they choose to do so.
Reviewing the Brew (Milwaukee Brewers) Lead Writer
Rox Pile (Colorado Rockies) – Lead Writer
Southside Showdown (Chicago White Sox) – Lead Writer
Teddy Never Wins (Washington Nationals) – Lead Writer
The Content:
Birds Watcher: Quick Analysis – O’s Acquisition of Julio Lugo
Blog Red Machine: Sushi At Reds’ Games
BoSox Injection: Red Sox Finalize 2010 Roster
Chicken Friars: On Pitching in Petco
Cubbies Crib: Examining the Cubs 25 Man Roster
Deep Left Field: Musical Roster Spots
Frisco Fastball: Giants Make Moves – Send Posey and Hinshaw to Fresno
Halo Hangout: Scioscia Thinks Hunter Is A Better Hitter Than Morales
Jays Journal: Blue Jays 2010 Season Preview
Kings of Kauffman: The Importance of Being Aviles
Lasorda’s Lair: No new posts.
Marlin Maniac: Stats not a part of Beinfest’s secret to success
Motor City Bengals: MCB American League Central Preview
Nolan Writin’: What does the acquisition of Ryan Garko bring to the Rangers?
Rayhawk Review: Rays Starting Pitching Breakdown, Spring Training Stats
Redbird Rants: Julio Lugo traded to Orioles; Cards roster finalized
Rising Apple: Jose Reyes to Start Season on DL; Daniel Murphy Out 2-6 Weeks
Rum Bunter: Pirates Speed Up Ohlendorf’s Delivery and Phillies Fill Up Scoreboard
Sodo Mojo: Rotation implications at the start of the season
Swingin’ A’s: A’s Look to Surprise in ’10
That Balls Outta Here: Blood in the Water – TBOH’s Ass-Kicking, Gunslinging, Shark Infested 2010 Phillies Preview Part One, Part Two, and Part Three
Tomahawk Take: Are the Atlanta Braves Getting Any Respect?
Twinkie Talk: Who Should Be The Twins Backup Catcher?
Venom Strikes: It’s Predition Time as Season Starts Sunday
Yanks Go Yard: Yankees 2010 season preview
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