Part of why I accepted the assignment to write articles on the Colorado Rapids was to meet some of the greats of the soccer world. Marcelo Balboa, midfielder par excellence and US Men's National Team player Pablo Mastroeni, and John Spencer to name a few.
In a post a couple days ago, I mentioned meeting Allen Hopkins, a soccer announcer for Fox Sports World.
The top 3 all play for the Colorado Rapids, and at a recent practice I got to meet them and ask them, well, pretty much anything.
As a fan, great fun. As a writer, much more frustrating as you get way, way too much information to distill into a quick quote for an article. But, this is what I signed on for!
Posted by BilFish at April 21, 2004 06:38 AMBob Mitchell from my class 314 Fire Academy wrote:
Hey besides being a Policeman, Firefighter, EMT ...did you know I'm a Sportswriter? Check this story out "Ebo Elder Wins Decision Over Oscar Diaz". I went to this event with the photographer who asked me to write it...I did and I had a blast!
Bob
Susie writes back...
Bob!
You are not going to believe this! My brother just started doing sports writing too. Congratulations on your article. You guys have something in common and will be great friends someday too when you fly the friendly skies up to Colorado to go skiing as you have been wanting to do.
Good job Bob on all of your accomplishments! You are an outstanding Police LT, FF/EMT, (a true Baldwin of course) and FRIEND overall, and you will be a great Flight attendant for Jet Blue Airways http://www.jetblue.com/ . Congratulations on your retirement and your plans for the future. Don't ever forget your good friends and study partners, McDuffy and Fisher, for whom without you would not be the person you are today :-)
Susie
-----Original Message-----
From: Ltrkm@aol.com [mailto:Ltrkm@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 3:45 AM
To: sfisher@miamifirerescue.com
Subject: Re: Hey Sports writer!
I read both articles. Very good writing. Is he doing this for a hobby or a job? Will he cover all sports or just the Rapids Soccer team? Thanks for the compliments!
Bob Mitchell
Posted by: Susie at April 24, 2004 08:37 AM