'Ink-stained wretches' have reason to do Selig's laundry--lifelong jobs

"In its nine years, MLB.com has thrown lifelines to ink-stained wretches from coast to coast. There are now a dozen

• MLB (MLB.com) Web writers who hold Hall of Fame votes, including

• editor Mark Newman,
• national writers Hal Bodley and
• Barry Bloom and
• beat writers Marty Noble (Mets),
• T.R. Sullivan (Rangers),
• Carrie Muskat (Cubs),
• Dick Kaegel (Royals) and
• Chris Haft (Giants)."...

from Sports Business Journal, "No News is Bad News, Decline in Local Coverage pushes sports to Innovate" 7/20/09, by Bill King

• If baseball reporters are not independent minded and seek cradle to grave security, they're in the right place. Bud Selig is known to be quite invested in control of media, portrayals of players, awards, and the like. Now he has the MLB TV Network and increased control of programming on XM 175 Home Plate and Sirius 210 (MLB Network Radio) yielding a bunch more prizes to be handed out.

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