Tracy Ringolsby

Tracy Ringolsby

Tracy Ringolsby is a sports columnist for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. His specialty is covering baseball, and has been doing so since 1976. He is the former president of the Baseball Writers Association of America and has been a member since 1976. He was awarded the Spink Award by the BWAA in 2005.

Awards

He was the 2000 recipient of the Shining Star Award for journalistic excellence, presented by the Colorado Press Association, becoming the first sports writer nominated for the award. Ringolsby is the 2005 recipient of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award which was presented at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 30, 2006. [Jack O'Connell, "Ringolsby's Career Heads Home", [http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060730&content_id=1584637&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb MLB.com (July 30, 2006)] .]

Background

A native of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Ringolsby is a graduate of Cheyenne East High School. He began his writing career as one-man sports staff for the Wyoming State Tribune, the afternoon newspaper in Cheyene, the day after he turned 17. He later worked for United Press International before beginning a career of covering Major League Baseball.

Writing career

Ringolsby has been the major beat writer for the Colorado Rockies for the Rocky Mountain News since 1992. Ringolsby previously worked for the Long Beach Independent, Press-Telegram (California Angels, March 1977-July 1980), the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle Mariners, July 1980-July 1983), the Kansas City Star-Times (Kansas City Royals, August 1983-February 1986), and the Dallas Morning News (Texas Rangers, March 1986-1991. [Rich Lederer, [http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2007/12/qa_tracy_ringol.php "Baseball Beat Q&A: Tracy Ringolsby on the BBWAA,"] "Baseball Analysts", December 26, 2007.]

Other activities

Ringolsby is a co-founder of Baseball America, a member of the board of directors for the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation, and a member of the Society for American Baseball Research since 1979.

Ringolsby is a member of the executive committee of the National Western Stock Show, and is a member at the benefactor level of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.

References

* [http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/sports_columnists/article/0,1299,DRMN_83_5647343,00.html "Rocky Mountain News"]
* Rich Lederer, [http://baseballanalysts.com/archives/2007/12/qa_tracy_ringol.php "Baseball Beat Q&A: Tracy Ringolsby on the BBWAA,"] "Baseball Analysts", December 26, 2007.

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