Tracy Ringolsby
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Tracy Ringolsby is the pre-game and post-game analyst for Root Sports telecasts of the Colorado Rockies, and columnist for MLB.com. He also is a columnist for Baseball America and one of the insiders on MLB Network. He worked for the Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado, until its closure during spring training 2009. He is the former president of the Baseball Writers Association of America and has been a member since 1976.
Awards
He has won an Emmy each of the last two years for his work on the Rockies pre-game show, including one in 2012 for his Sunday segment Beyond the Boxscore. 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.[1] He was selected Colorado Sports Writer of the Year in 2005 and 2008, and was honored by the Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame for career achievement in 2009. He also received an honorary doctorate in letters from the University of Wyoming in the spring of 2009.
Background
A native of Cheyenne, Wyoming, Ringolsby is a graduate of Cheyenne East High School, and a member of the school's Hall of Fame. He began his writing career as one-man sports staff for the Wyoming State Tribune, the afternoon newspaper in Cheyenne, 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 was a major beat writer for the Colorado Rockies for the Rocky Mountain News from 1992, the year before the Rockies played their first game, until Feb. 27, 2009, the day the paper folded. 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).[2]
Other activities
Ringolsby is a co-founder of Baseball America,and a member of the board of directors for the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation. He was a member of the Society for American Baseball Research from 1979 through 2009. He wrote a syndicated baseball column from 1986-2006, and was a columnist for FOXSPORTS.com from April of 2006 until July of 2012.
Ringolsby is a member of the executive committee of the National Western Stock Show, a member at the benefactor level of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, a member of the board of directors of the Cowboy Joe Club at the University of Wyoming, and on the board of directors for the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation and Scout of the Year Program.
Ringolsby and his wife, Jane, live outside of Cheyenne, Wyo., with their four horses, Border Boss, Cinamon Sky, Alpo and Sunny.
References
- Rocky Mountain News
- Rich Lederer, "Baseball Beat Q&A: Tracy Ringolsby on the BBWAA," Baseball Analysts, December 26, 2007.
Notes
- ^ Jack O'Connell, "Ringolsby's Career Heads Home", MLB.com (July 30, 2006).
- ^ Rich Lederer, "Baseball Beat Q&A: Tracy Ringolsby on the BBWAA" Baseball Analysts, December 26, 2007.