Blogger Nine Innings: Amanda Rykoff
Amanda Rykoff isn’t from New York, but anyone whose Yankee fandom goes back to a “first encounter with the bleacher creatures back in the early ’90s” can’t be considered a bandwagon jumper, especially as she’s lived in the city for, as she puts it, “way too many years” after growing up in Santa Monica, Calif. After leaving ESPN recently, she’s blogging about the Yankees and more on the aptly-named AmandaRykoff.com and is one of the most active Twitter users I know. But more on that later as we get into the latest installment of Blogger Nine Innings
Blogger Nine Innings: Amanda Rykoff
Amanda Rykoff isn’t from New York, but anyone whose Yankee fandom goes back to a “first encounter with the bleacher creatures back in the early ’90s” can’t be considered a bandwagon jumper, especially as she’s lived in the city for, as she puts it, “way too many years” after growing up in Santa Monica, Calif. After leaving ESPN recently, she’s blogging about the Yankees and more on the aptly-named AmandaRykoff.com and is one of the most active Twitter users I know. But more on that later as we get into the latest installment of Blogger Nine Innings
Blogger Nine Innings: Paul Sporer
A six-time All-Star, Alan Trammell was MVP of the World Series in 1984, and truly one of baseball's exciting stars of the 1980s.
Even though he lives in Austin, Tex., and works for Dell Computers, Paul Sporer's heart remains in Detroit, where he grew up in the suburbs, rooting for the Tigers and Alan Trammell was his favorite player. Today, he concentrates his baseball energy on fantasy, writing on his own blog, Baseball by Paul, as well as for
Blogger Nine Innings: Paul Sporer
A six-time All-Star, Alan Trammell was MVP of the World Series in 1984, and truly one of baseball's exciting stars of the 1980s.
Even though he lives in Austin, Tex., and works for Dell Computers, Paul Sporer's heart remains in Detroit, where he grew up in the suburbs, rooting for the Tigers and Alan Trammell was his favorite player. Today, he concentrates his baseball energy on fantasy, writing on his own blog, Baseball by Paul, as well as for OwnersEdge.com. And today, he's the latest Blogger Nine Innin
Blogger Nine Innings: Gloria Gonzalez
Gloria Gonzalez lives in Ridgewood, Queens, and edits magazines about serious things like climate change for a living. But her passion is the Yankees, and she uses her own words online, where she is the author of Rebel Yankee Chick. Today, she's the latest interviewee for Blogger Nine Innings...
1. You write that your blog is for "female Yankee fans." Why make the distinction, and how does that factor into the way that you write?
Gloria Gonzalez: My blog looks at baseball from a female fan's point of view. The vast majority of Yankee blogs are written by men. But if you go to any Yankee game, you will se